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A Beautiful Time is the 72nd solo studio album by Willie Nelson, released on April 29, 2022 on his 89th birthday. Produced by Buddy Cannon, the album includes original songs by Nelson, as well as covers of the Beatles and Leonard Cohen.[1]

A Beautiful Time
Studio album by
Willie Nelson
ReleasedApril 29, 2022
Studio
  • The Tracking Room (Nashville)
  • East Iris Studios (Nashville)
  • Blackbird Studios (Nashville)
  • Pedernales Studios (Austin)
  • Sound Emporium Studios (Nashville)
GenreCountry
Length49:19
LabelLegacy Recordings
ProducerBuddy Cannon
Willie Nelson chronology
The Willie Nelson Family
(2021)		 A Beautiful Time
(2022)

On February 10, 2022, Nelson released the single "I'll Love You Till the Day I Die" a song written by Chris Stapleton and Rodney Crowell.[2]


Critical reception


Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Arts Desk[5]

A Beautiful Time received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 84 out of 100 based on four reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[3]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic praised the record's "earned wisdom and wry humor," concluding that "it's still a marvel to hear him find sustenance and surprises within his music".[4] Liz Thomson of The Arts Desk called the album "classic Nelson" [5] while No Depression, though acknowledging that the remote recording meant that the musicians performed without "other players to bounce off", praised Nelson's vocals and guitar playing and gave their verdict that it "is a delightful album from beginning to end".[6]


Track listing


No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I’ll Love You Till the Day I Die"Chris Stapleton, Rodney Crowell4:11
2."My Heart Was a Dancer"Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon3:11
3."Energy Follows Thought"Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon3:18
4."Dreamin' Again"Jack Wesley Routh, Douglas Graham3:57
5."I Don't Go to Funerals"Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon2:27
6."A Beautiful Time"Shawn Camp4:57
7."We’re Not Happy (Till You’re Not Happy)"Shawn Camp, Charles R. Humphrey III3:17
8."Dusty Bottles"Jim “Moose” Brown, Scotty Emerick, Don Sampson3:31
9."Me and My Partner"Ken Lambert2:12
10."Tower of Song"Leonard Cohen5:00
11."Live Every Day"Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon3:12
12."Don't Touch Me There"Willie Nelson, Buddy Cannon2:38
13."With a Little Help from My Friends"John Lennon, Paul McCartney3:43
14."Leave You With a Smile"Buddy Cannon, Bobby Terry, Matt Rossi3:42

Personnel



Charts


Chart performance for A Beautiful Time
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)[7] 8
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 49
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 100
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 74
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 44
Scottish Albums (OCC)[12] 14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 19
UK Country Albums (OCC)[14] 2
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[15] 26
US Billboard 200[16] 100
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[17] 13

References


  1. Corcoran, Nina (February 10, 2022). "Willie Nelson Announces New Album A Beautiful Time, Shares New Song "I'll Love You Till the Day I Die": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. Hudak, Joseph (February 10, 2022). "Willie Nelson Records Songs by Chris Stapleton, the Beatles for New Album 'A Beautiful Time'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  3. "A Beautiful Time by Willie Nelson". Metacritic. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "A Beautiful Time - Willie Nelson | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  5. Thomson, Liz. "Album: Willie Nelson - A Beautiful Time". The Arts Desk. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  6. Heselgrave, Doug. "ALBUM REVIEW: Humor and Humanity Run Through Willie Nelson's 'A Beautiful Time'". No Depression. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  7. "ARIA Australian Top 40 Country Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. May 9, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  8. "Austriancharts.at – Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  12. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  13. "Swisscharts.com – Willie Nelson – A Beautiful Time". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  14. "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  15. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  16. "Willie Nelson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  17. "Willie Nelson Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 11, 2022.

На других языках

- [en] A Beautiful Time

[ru] A Beautiful Time

A Beautiful Time — 72-й студийный альбом американского кантри-музыканта Вилли Нельсона (в момент выхода ему исполнилось 89 года), изданный 29 апреля 2022 года на студии Legacy Recordings. Альбом, спродюсированный Buddy Cannon, включает оригинальные песни Нельсона, а также каверы на the Beatles и Леонарда Коэна[4].


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