• Reviews around standard (5.00 of 5)

    Stardust

    • With a laid-back ensemble of country-music performers, Nelson brings his unadorned singing style to ten of the most accessible standards, from the title cut to another Hoagy Carmichael classic, "Georgia on My Mind," and Irving Berlin's optimistic "Blue Skies
    • and I watched the sun set as waves crashed against the beach,while listening toWillie Nelson sing these utterly classic standards, bringinghis unique life and heart to the table -our time, sound, sight and memories are married to songs perhaps written 20 years or more before we came to life-songs that younger generations might never hear but for Willie Nelson
    • I have always loved 'the standards' by composers/artists like Duke Ellington and Hoagy Charmichael, and Willie does a great job in interpreting 'the standards' HIS way
    • Wonderful standards as only Willie can deliver them
    • This is one of his best if you like standards.
    • Stardust is Nelson's love song to old-time American music: At the height of his country popularity, the crooner digs up his favorite Tin Pan Alley standards
    • Willie is at his best singing old standards
    • Willie wanted to record all of these favorite standards.
    • It was a change from his predominately CW repertoire and showed that he could also do entertaining versions of the great pop standards.
    • A classic award winner from Willie covering some great standards
    • A classic award winner from Willie covering some great standards
    • georgia on my mind&all of me.his voice sounds great as are the musical arrangements.a must have for those who appreciate remake standards.
    • These are well-orchestrated pop standards and he sings them straight up, albeit in his own unique style
    • If you grew up with the baby boomers, you learned to love these American Songbook "standards," to which Willie pays a loving tribute on his masterpiece, "Stardust
    • Ah, Willie, love these old standards!
    • The old standards will never lose their appeal
    • Willie Nelson's excellent album, Stardust, is terrific both for his fans as well as for anyone who loves classic pop and jazz vocals
    • Great as always
    • More than a quarter century later, it still impresses me as much as when I first heard it as a teenager
    • Willie Nelson's excellent album, Stardust, is terrific both for his fans as well as for anyone who loves classic pop and jazz vocals
    • Great as always
    • More than a quarter century later, it still impresses me as much as when I first heard it as a teenager