Willie Nelson - Stardust (Top 500 Countdown Update)

Another great rainy Sunday album. A very pretty album with wonderful arrangements the uniqueness is lost on me 30 years later. The problem is that though Nelson is a good singer he's a better songwriter and so he's playing to his weakness on this album. The arrangements are wonderful and he pulls off the songs because of his expressive voice, but there is no real energy to the songs, no grab you moments of emotion or feeling. The arrangements are certainly timeless and that is why it is wonderful to hear in a romantic comedy or on a rainy Sunday afternoon laying around taking a nap with your dog and wife, but not the first album I'm going to grab any other time.