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9.0
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Exclaim
These tracks and more prove the octogenarian has as much grit and vigour as country stars a fraction of his age
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8.0
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PopMatters
Willie Nelson's Ride Me Back Home continues a hot streak of recent records that are every bit as good as anything he's recorded. And, yes, that includes Red-Headed Stranger and Stardust
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8.0
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Uncut
The best of Ride Me Back Home feels as much a companion to its predecessors in Nelson's trilogy of reckoning. Print edition only
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8.0
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The Arts Desk
Nelson’s had a fine run of late-period albums, and has written more new songs in the past decade than he had in years
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8.0
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Under The Radar
Our favorite country outlaw shows us not only how to grow old gracefully but live it to the fullest
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8.0
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The Observer
The voice has weathered like timber, but his timing is impeccable, his Tex-Mex guitar flurries thrilling. The cowboy sage (and Beto Democrat) remains unique
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7.4
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Pitchfork
Old age suits the country singer well. On his latest album—featuring three newly penned tunes—Willie sings with a kind of chagrinned humor, as if nobody is more surprised by his longevity than he is
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7.0
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Clash
Whilst the album could do without a cover of Billy Joel's ‘Just The Way You Are’, it doesn't detract from the overall feeling of warmth threading through this project
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7.0
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Rolling Stone
The prolific 86 year-old American icon proves once again that he hasn’t lost a step
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7.0
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Spectrum Culture
Nelson and his stable of writers take stock with such warmth and insight that the lightness hides the emotional weight it carries
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6.0
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All Music
Ride Me Back Home isn't a statement, but rather just another enjoyable record in a long line of enjoyable records
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6.0
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NME
The country legend's 69th album - yes, really – finds him in absolute sweetheart mode, but unafraid to get a little bit political
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