Grade List: Willie Nelson

  1. Willie Nelson: Face of a Fighter (1961 [1978], Lone Star)
  2. Willie Nelson: I Let My Mind Wander (1961 [1997], Kingfisher) A-
  3. Willie Nelson: The Early Years (1961-1963 [1994], Scotti Bros.) B+
  4. Willie Nelson: The Early Years: The Complete Liberty Recordings Plus More (1959-1963 [1994], Liberty) B+
  5. Willie Nelson: Country Willie: His Own Songs (1965 [1999], Buddha) A
  6. Willie Nelson: Country Favorites Willie Nelson Style (1966 [2000], Buddha) B+
  7. Willie Nelson: Crazy: The Demo Sessions (1960-1966 [2003], Sugar Hill) B+
  8. Willie Nelson: Oh Boy Records Classics Presents: Willie Nelson (1960-1966 [2000], Oh Boy) B+
  9. Willie Nelson: Face of a Fighter (1960-1966 [2001], Delta Blue) B+
  10. Willie Nelson: Broken Promises (1960-1966 [2003], Proper) A-
  11. Willie Nelson: The Party's Over and Other Great Willie Nelson Songs (1967, RCA) B
  12. Willie Nelson: Legends of the Grand Ole Opry (1964-1967 [2008], Time/Life) B
  13. Willie Nelson: Texas in My Soul (1968, RCA) B-
  14. Willie Nelson: Good Times (1969, RCA) B
  15. Willie Nelson: My Own Peculiar Way (1969, RCA) B+(*)
  16. Willie Nelson: Both Sides Now (1970, RCA) B+(**)
  17. Willie Nelson: Laying My Burdens Down (1970, RCA) B
  18. Willie Nelson: Naked Willie (1966-1970 [2009], RCA Nashville/Legacy) B+(**)
  19. Willie Nelson: Willie Nelson and Family (1971, RCA) C+
  20. Willie Nelson: Yesterday's Wine (1971, RCA) A-
  21. Willie Nelson: Nite Life: Greatest Hits and Rare Tracks (1959-1971 [1990], Rhino) A+
  22. Willie Nelson: The Words Don't Fit the Picture (1972, RCA) B
  23. Willie Nelson: The Willie Way (1972, RCA) B+(**)
  24. Willie Nelson: The Essential Willie Nelson (1965-1972 [1995], RCA) A-
  25. Willie Nelson: RCA Country Legends (1967-1972 [2001], RCA/BMG Heritage) B
  26. Willie Nelson: Nashville Was the Roughest (1965-1972 [1998], Bear Family)
  27. Willie Nelson: Shotgun Willie (1973, Atlantic) B
  28. Willie Nelson: Phases and Stages (1974, Atlantic) A-
  29. Willie Nelson: The Troublemaker (1973-1974 [2004], Columbia/Legacy) B+
  30. Willie Nelson: Red Headed Stranger (1975 [2000], Columbia/Legacy) A-
  31. Willie Nelson: The Sound in Your Mind (1976, Columbia) B-
  32. Willie Nelson: To Lefty From Willie (1977, Columbia) B
  33. Willie Nelson: Stardust (1977 [1978], 1999), Columbia/Legacy) A
  34. Willie Nelson: Willie and Family Live (1978, Columbia) B+
  35. Willie Nelson: Pretty Paper (1979, Columbia) B
  36. Willie Nelson: Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson (1979, Columbia) B
  37. Willie Nelson [Leon Russell]: One for the Road (1979, Columbia) B-
  38. Willie Nelson [Ray Price]: San Antonio Rose (1980, Columbia) B+
  39. Willie Nelson: Honeysuckle Rose (1980, Columbia) B
  40. Willie Nelson: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (1981, Columbia) B+
  41. Willie Nelson: Greatest Hits (and Some That Will Be) (1981, Columbia) B+
  42. Willie Nelson: Always on My Mind (1982, Columbia) C+
  43. Willie Nelson [Roger Miller]: Old Friends (1982, Columbia) A-
  44. Willie Nelson [Webb Pierce]: In the Jailhouse Now (1982, Columbia) A-
  45. Willie Nelson: Tougher Than Leather (1983 [2003], Columbia/Legacy) B+(***)
  46. Willie Nelson: Without a Song (1983, Columbia) B
  47. Willie Nelson: City of New Orleans (1984, Columbia) B-
  48. Willie Nelson: The Masters: Willie Nelson Sings the Country Hits (1965-1984 [1997], Eagle) B+
  49. Willie Nelson [Hank Snow]: Brand on My Heart (1985, Columbia) A+
  50. Willie Nelson [Webb Pierce, Hank Snow]: In the Jailhouse Now / Brand on My Heart (1982-1985 [2000], DCC) A
  51. Willie Nelson [Faron Young]: Funny How Time Slips Away (1985, Columbia) B+
  52. Willie Nelson: Old Friends / Funny How Time Slips Away (1982-1985 [1999], Koch) A-
  53. Willie Nelson: Me and Paul (1985, DCC) A-
  54. Willie Nelson: Half Nelson (1985, Columbia) B-
  55. Willie Nelson: What a Wonderful World (1988, Columbia) B
  56. Willie Nelson: Love Songs (1978-1988 [2000], Columbia/Legacy) D+
  57. Willie Nelson: A Horse Called Music (1989, Columbia) B
  58. Willie Nelson: 16 Biggest Hits (1975-1989 [1998], Columbia/Legacy) A-
  59. Willie Nelson: The Very Best of Willie Nelson (1974-1989 [1999], Columbia/Legacy) B+
  60. Willie Nelson: Stardust (Legacy Edition) (1976-1990 [2008], Columbia/Legacy) A-
  61. Willie Nelson: Live From Austin TX (1990 [2006], New West) B+(*)
  62. Willie Nelson: The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories? (1991, Sony) B
  63. Willie Nelson: Across the Borderline (1993, Columbia) B+
  64. Willie Nelson: Revolutions of Time . . . The Journey (1975-1993 [1995], Columbia/Legacy) B+
  65. Willie Nelson: Healing Hands of Time (1994, Liberty) B
  66. Willie Nelson: Moonlight Becomes You (1994, Justice) B+
  67. Willie Nelson [Curtis Potter]: Six Hours at Pedernales (1994, Step One) B+
  68. Willie Nelson: Just One Love (1995 [1996], Justice) B+(**)
  69. Willie Nelson: A Classic and Unreleased Collection (1995, Rhino)
  70. Willie Nelson [Bobbie Nelson]: How Great Thou Art (1996, Finer Arts) B+
  71. Willie Nelson: Spirit (1996, Island) A-
  72. Willie Nelson: Nacogdoches (1997 [2004], Pedernales) A-
  73. Willie Nelson: Teatro (1998, Island) B+
  74. Willie Nelson: Night and Day (1999, Pedernales) A-
  75. Willie Nelson: Me and the Drummer (2000, Luck) A-
  76. Willie Nelson: Milk Cow Blues (2000, Island) B
  77. Willie Nelson: Rainbow Connection (2001, Island) B+
  78. Willie Nelson: Great Divide (2002, Lost Highway) C
  79. Willie Nelson: Stars and Guitars (2002, Lost Highway) C+
  80. Willie Nelson [Ray Price]: Run That By Me One More Time (2003, Lost Highway) A-
  81. Willie Nelson: Live and Kickin' (2003, Lost Highway)
  82. Willie Nelson: The Essential Willie Nelson (1961, Columbia/Legacy) A
  83. Willie Nelson: It Always Will Be (2004, Lost Highway) B+(***)
  84. Willie Nelson: Outlaws and Angels (2004, Lost Highway) B+(**)
  85. Willie Nelson: Countryman (1995-2004 [2005], Lost Highway) B
  86. Willie Nelson: Songs for Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia (2005, Lost Highway)
  87. Willie Nelson: Songs (2005, Lost Highway)
  88. Willie Nelson: You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker (2006, Lost Highway) A-
  89. Willie Nelson: Songbird (2006, Lost Highway) B
  90. Willie Nelson [Merle Haggard, Ray Price]: Last of the Breed (2007, Lost Highway) A-
  91. Willie Nelson: One Hell of a Ride (1954-2007 [2008], Columbia/Legacy) A
  92. Willie Nelson [Wynton Marsalis]: Two Men With the Blues (2007 [2008], Blue Note) B+(***)
  93. Willie Nelson: Moment of Forever (2008, Lost Highway) B+(*)
  94. Willie Nelson [Asleep at the Wheel]: Willie and the Wheel (2009, Bismeaux) A
  95. Willie Nelson: Lost Highway (2002-2008 [2009], Lost Highway) B
  96. Willie Nelson: American Classic (2009, Blue Note) B+(**)
  97. Willie Nelson: Country Music (2010, Rounder) B+(*)
  98. Willie Nelson [Wynton Marsalis]: Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Music of Ray Charles (2009 [2011], Blue Note) B+(**)
  99. Willie Nelson: Remember Me, Vol. 1 (2011, R&J) B+(*)
  100. Willie Nelson: Heroes (2012, Legacy) B+(**)
  101. Willie Nelson: Willie's Stash Vol. 2: Willie and the Boys (2011-2012 [2017], Legacy) B+(*)
  102. Willie Nelson: Let's Face the Music and Dance (2013, Legacy) B+(**)
  103. Willie Nelson: Too All the Girls . . . (2013, Legacy) B+(*)
  104. Willie Nelson: Band of Brothers (2014, Legacy) A-
  105. Willie Nelson [Bobbie Nelson ["Sister Bobbie"]]: December Day [Willie's Stash, Vol. 1] (2014, Legacy) B
  106. Willie Nelson [Merle Haggard]: Django and Jimmie (2015, Legacy) A-
  107. Willie Nelson: Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin (2016, Legacy) B
  108. Willie Nelson: For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price (2016, Legacy) B+(*)
  109. Willie Nelson: God's Problem Child (2017, Legacy) B+(**)
  110. Willie Nelson: Last Man Standing (2018, Legacy) A-
  111. Willie Nelson: My Way (2018, Legacy) B+(**)
  112. Willie Nelson: Ride Me Back Home (2019, Legacy) A-
  113. Willie Nelson: First Rose of Spring (2020, Legacy) B+(***)
  114. Willie Nelson: That's Life (2021, Legacy) B
  115. Willie Nelson: The Willie Nelson Family (2021, Legacy) B
  116. Willie Nelson: A Beautiful Time (2022, Legacy) A-
  117. Willie Nelson: I Don't Know a Thing About Love: The Songs of Harlan Howard (2023, Legacy) B+(**)
  118. Willie Nelson: Bluegrass (2023, Legacy) B+(*)
  119. Willie Nelson: The Border (2024, Legacy) A-
  120. Willie Nelson: Last Leaf on the Tree (2024, Legacy) B+(**)
  121. Willie Nelson: Oh What a Beautiful World (2025, Leagcy) A-
  122. Willie Nelson: Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle (2025, Legacy) A-
  123. Willie Nelson: Dream Chaser (2026, Legacy) B+(***)

Number of A-listed albums: 35 (of 117 rated).

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