Stardust
by Willie Nelson
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Willie Nelson bestography
Stardust is ranked 2nd best out of 77 albums by Willie Nelson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Willie Nelson is Red Headed Stranger which is ranked number 1715 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 995.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Stardust track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Stardust rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 64/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1978 | 46/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Artists Pt 3 | 46/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Ben | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 50/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | ctowner34 | Top 66 Greatest Music Albums | 25/66 | 61 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 70 Music Albums of 1978 | 2/70 | 5 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 17 Music Albums of 1978 | 15/17 | 1 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1978 | 11/25 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 137 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 532 | |||
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Stardust ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/27/2026 20:37 |  HoldenM | 1,896 | 84/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2026 10:06 | matterhornrider | 5,172 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2026 14:21 | AAL2014 | 4,302 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Stardust forum mentions
Romanelli 10/09/2024 13:20 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Sacred Cow Romanelli 10/02/2024 20:29 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 07/26/2024 15:38 in Our Country Music ChatStardust comments
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I'm not a Willie Nelson fan or a country music fan, but a friend of mine took me to the Hollywood Bowl a few years ago to hear Willie Nelson play this album in its entirety. I was shocked at how much I enjoyed that show, and so I went out and got the album. These are covers of some classic American tunes, but Willie does a bang up job on them. Well done. (Edited)
Apparently Willie's most successful album. The songs are familiar, but are the epitome of the great cover version - when an artist reinvents the songs, here investing them with Willie's soulful Texarkana country roots, all beautifully, subtly produced by the one and only Booker T. (Edited)
Superb album. One of the best covers records ever. Beautiful, intimate and discreet versions of excellent songs. Someone to watch over me, is a standout, as are, Unchained melody, and, Don't get around much anymore. Essential. (Edited)
This is an instant favorite. This is probably the best singing I've heard from Willie Nelson. I was so taken by this collection of simplistic renditions of standards. Probably the best cover album I've ever heard. (Edited)
Jboy56 01/05/2022 12:07 | #278604 | TOP COMMENT
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My favorite albums of all time. Filled with classic Americana, hits after hits. Beautiful. (Edited)
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