Willie Nelson - Stardust Album

Willie Nelson never plays it safe, and his Stardust album is a prime example. In this effort Nelson tackles pop standards from the 30s and 40s and comes out with one of the better discs in his whole career. In Nelson’s hands, “Georgia on My Mind” and “Moonlight in Vermont” become subtle, gentle country-tinged ballads and “September Song” an understated, mostly sugar-free declaration. The songs are designed for pop, jazz or Broadway treatments, but Nelson proves he can do them justice to them in his inimitable style and make them purely his own. This is clearly a phenomenal feat from the country icon.