Red Headed Stranger (studio album) by Willie Nelson

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 1,721st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 215 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (26th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (340th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,721st)
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79/100 (from 215 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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60/100
From 12/30/2022 17:14
Nelson uses the album to tell a story of an outlaw on the run after committing a crime of passion. The ultimate country concept album.
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From 11/21/2021 14:10
I much prefer his previous record Phases and Stages. That one included so many of his standards he would be remembered for, but this one is not bad at all.

Nelson doesn't write as much as much on this one, but he clearly has a knack for taking folk/country standards and putting his own twist on them. The production is so sparse that it must have sounded like demos at the very time, very unusual for a major release on Columbia.

A Side: Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
B Side: Can I Sleep In Your Arms
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95/100
From 09/02/2021 03:04
Willie Nelson is maybe the most important American artist of the last century. It's a shame he doesn't rank higher on the site. It's probably because it's more his overall corpus which so impresses rather than single albums. But this is one of the best, so we should get behind it!
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From 08/03/2021 12:54
never forced sublime majesty flows throughout genres and regions with heartfelt genius C+W in all its majesty
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From 07/18/2021 21:56
Belíssimo e nada afetado!
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From 06/17/2021 08:17
Just in one word: beautiful!
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From 03/06/2021 02:01
A great concept album. Nelson's brilliant idea of arranging cover songs that suit his story still seems so original. Few of the songs are actually written by Nelson, and those that are mostly serve as quick vignettes that set the stage for the next chapter. I expect this album to grow on me.
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75/100
From 12/13/2020 22:38
Willie's always going to get a bit of a nostalgia bump from me, and this album has some interesting conceits, but it's ultimately not the most memorable collection of songs.
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From 09/07/2020 17:21
Everything about this album is beautiful, even down to the way it's structured. Brief country vignettes that weave together to make a narrative. It also helps that the music is absolutely fantastic as well.
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From 07/27/2019 18:08
Favorite Tracks:I Couldn't Believe It Was True, Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger, Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain, Remember Me, Bandera
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Best Albums of 1975
1. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
2. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
3. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
4. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
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