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First Rose Of Spring

Willie Nelson

First Rose Of Spring

Album number seventy from the country legend produced by Buddy Cannon (Kenny Chesney, Merle Haggard, George Jones)

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Sony Music
UK Release date
03/07/2020
US Release date
03/07/2020
  1. 8.0 |   The Independent

    William Nelson reflects on life experience, love and mortality, while British-Jamaican artist Denai Moore explores matters of the heart with a confidence she has seldom shown before on her third record
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  2. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Nelson’s is a unique voice, instantly recognisable – the sonic equivalent of a face on Mount Rushmore
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  3. 8.0 |   The FT

    The 87-year-old’s genius is well displayed on his 70th album, on which he sings with a profound emotional authenticity
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  4. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Country legend Willie Nelson employs his experience on a strong set of songs to take a wide look around him
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  5. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The highlights are when Nelson sings the songs of his old friends: His cover of Johnny Paycheck’s 1977 outlaw rocker “I’m the Only Kinda Hell My Mama Ever Raised” is a blast
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  6. 6.0 |   NME

    Still hard at it at the age of 87, Nelson opens his account for the 2020s with a fresh collection of country covers but just two new songs
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  7. 6.0 |   All Music

    First Rose of Spring is sweet and elegiac, a record that sways gently in the breeze, only picking up its pace when it's time to swing through a cover of Jimmy Dean's "Just Bummin' Around"
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