"Why be predictable?," Willie Nelson asked Columbia Records executive Nick Blackburn, after the latter resisted the Red Headed Stranger's decision to make an album of classic pop tunes. Talk about outlaw country. Cutting against the genre's traditions and Music Row conventions, Nelson's Stardust remains a genius-level creation as well as the icon's most commercially successful release, a truly gorgeous record infused with ultimate respect for composers and lyrics and many of the finest performances of his career. It is a quintessential part of any catalog.

Review

A1 Stardust
A2 Georgia On My Mind
A3 Blue Skies
A4 All Of Me
A5 Unchained Melody
B1 September Song
B2 On The Sunny Side Of The Street
B3 Moonlight In Vermont
B4 Don'T Get Around Much Anymore
B5 Someone To Watch Over Me