LAST MAN STANDING
| Willie Nelson
LAST MAN STANDING
Last Man Standing is the sixty-seventh studio album by Willie Nelson. -Wikipedia
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Rolling STone
On Last Man Standing, Willie Nelson continues to turn his ninth decade into a classic country song full of remembrance, regret and resilience.
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Soil Magazine
Musically, Last Man Standing rests confidently in a space that included strong elements from country, folk, the blues, and even hints of jazz.
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The Guardian
the outlaw king’s still got it
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All Music
Last Man Standing feels richer than so many self-conscious meditations on mortality
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Irish Times
Country star still going strong
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Hot Press
The songwriting – all, like the last one, by Willie and producer Buddy Cannon – is at a level that any of the current crop of big hats would kill to reach
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NPR
We have Willie Nelson, the best life coach anyone could ask for, who at 84 has made it his business to help all of us not only contemplate the Grim Reaper but grab that bony elbow and have a dance.
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American Song Writer
Last Man Standing isn’t just a terrific album made by a living legend with nothing left to prove; it’s one of the most joyous, insightful and understated sets from Willie Nelson, a guy who acts like his best years are still ahead and refuses to slow down now.
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Pop Matters
He and Cannon employ three different drummers and three different steel guitarists, which shows how important these instruments are to the sound of the album. Of course Nelson himself plays his own guitar named Trigger.
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Lone Star Music Magazine
If Willie gets another decade, we probably get another 20 or so albums, and some of them are bound to be just as fun as this one.
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Exclaim!
The harmonica, piano and clean sounding guitars characterize The Last Man Standing. The smart and witty lyrics adorn the western swing album with an acoustic blues rock and rockabilly shine.
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The Wee Review
There’s plenty here to please the fans as well as make new ones.
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Entertainment Focus
It’s affecting and emotive in places, and sometimes even bold in its perspective.
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Saving Country Music
a solid effort, and includes some songs that people will remember Willie for in years to come
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Your Life in a Song
In these songs Nelson deals with his own mortality often with a light touch, his humour always perfectly pitched, to give the impression he can go on and on. There is defiance and also acceptance and all done with such dignity.
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Amaricana Highways
nothing less than a compelling masterpiece by one of the great American musicians
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My Kind of Country
what we have here is an excellent album, which found Willie (mostly) good voice, accompanied by a group of musicians who truly understand what Willie is all about
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Jazz Music Archives
Great album of all original material.
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Robert Christgau
Over impeccably relaxed session work, that wisdom is delivered with a clarity and resonance that would inspire substance abusers half his age to quit drinking if they had his brains or soul.
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Austin Chronicle
Willie Nelson, 85, keeps going from strength-to-strength, and Last Man Standing is the strongest yet.
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George Graham
The production is first-rate with the arrangements free of country cliches and often with a great honky-tonk groove.
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Original Rock
His latest batch of eleven freshly minted songs radiates wit, wisdom and laconic charm as Willie serves up memorable musings on mortality and the vagaries of the human condition
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Neuse News
Last Man Standing proves he still has plenty in the tank
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Flood Magazine
There’s strong craft and sharp writing throughout, and Willie makes it seem easy—but of course he does: This is the kind of thing he’s been doing forever.
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Glide Magazine
With his glorious voice, charm and light-hearted take on life, Nelsons Last Man Standing makes sure the good outweighs the bad.
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Americana UK
another excellent addition to the catalogue of perhaps the greatest country star of them all
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Country Music tattle Tale
Last Man Standing finds Willie Nelson rolling at a creative peak, writing and singing and playing with the seasoned wit and wisdom that comes from the road
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Kyles Korner Blog
Nelson delivers the best performance I’ve heard from him in years, and the production backs him with a quality sound that really stands out from the crowd.
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Nova Holistic Journal
Willie’s popped down to the studio and churned out yet another effortless elpee of wonderful songs full of originality, sharpness, wit and pathos
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Rock Cellar Magazine
it’s just a tremendous listen from start to finish
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The Young Folks
there are a quartet of punchline-heavy songs across the album that tackle politics, friendship, women, and the working class. But these just emphasise how much Willie enjoys life, and makes the death songs all the more painful.
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Gulf News
It’s more like the latest addition to a long-running saga, another burst of creativity from a towering American artist who can’t seem to stop writing, singing and playing guitar.
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The 13th Floor
He lays it out in this album with the type of lyrics that make us all feel like a close friend…
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