Willie Nelson To Debut New Studio Album, ‘A Beautiful Time,’ In April

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Willie Nelson. Photo: Pamela Springsteen

Willie Nelson is releasing his new studio project, A Beautiful Time, on April 29. The first single from the album, “I’ll Love You Till the Day I Die,” penned by Rodney Crowell and Chris Stapleton, is available everywhere now.

A Beautiful Time arrives on Nelson’s 89th birthday and will be available on black vinyl and an exclusive orange vinyl edition for Barnes & Noble, as well as on CD and digitally. The album includes five new Willie Nelson/Buddy Cannon compositions with contributions from some of Nashville’s best songwriters, including two Shawn Camp-penned songs–”A Beautiful Time” and “We’re Not Happy (Till You’re Not Happy).” The collection also premieres Willie’s covers of Leonard Cohen‘s “Tower of Song” and The Beatles‘ “With a Little Help from My Friends.”

A Beautiful Time is Nelson’s latest collection for Legacy Recordings, which in 2021 released two albums from the country music legend–That’s Life and The Willie Nelson Family. That’s Life, a tribute to the artistry of Frank Sinatra, debuted at No. 1 on both Billboard‘s Jazz Albums chart and the Traditional Jazz Albums chart and is currently in the running for the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.

A Beautiful Time Track List:
1. I’ll Love You Till The Day I Die (Rodney Crowell and Chris Stapleton)
2. My Heart Was A Dancer (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)
3. Energy Follows Thought (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)
4. Dreamin’ Again (Jack Wesley Routh and Douglas Graham)
5. I Don’t Go To Funerals (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)
6. A Beautiful Time (Shawn Camp)
7. We’re Not Happy (Till You’re Not Happy) (Shawn Camp and Charles R. Humphrey III)
8. Dusty Bottles (Jim “Moose” Brown, Scotty Emerick and Don Sampson)
9. Me And My Partner (Ken Lambert)
10. Tower Of Song (Leonard Cohen)
11. Live Every Day (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)
12. Don’t Touch Me There (Willie Nelson and Buddy Cannon)
13. With A Little Help From My Friends (John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
14. Leave You With A Smile (Buddy Cannon, Bobby Terry and Matt Rossi)

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