''Last Man Standing'' is the 67th solo studio album by
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ''Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (197 ...
. It was released on April 27, 2018, by
Legacy Recordings.
Critical reception
The album was widely praised by music critics, and it received a
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). M ...
rating of 84 based on 11 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
Commercial performance
The album debut on No. 3 on ''Billboard''s Top Country Album chart with 26,000 equivalent album units, mostly in traditional album sales. It sold a further 8,700 copies in the second week. It has sold 82,900 copies in the United States as of April 2019.
Track listing
Personnel
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Buddy Cannon
Buddy Cannon (born April 20, 1947 Lexington, Tennessee) is an American country music songwriter and record producer. Active since the late 1970s, he is known primarily for his work with Willie Nelson and as Kenny Chesney's record producer, for w ...
– production
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Alison Krauss
Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of 8 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with ...
– background vocals, fiddle
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Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ''Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (197 ...
– vocals, guitar
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Mickey Raphael
Michael Siegfried "Mickey" Raphael (born November 7, 1951) is an American harmonica player, music producer and actor best known for his work with Willie Nelson, with whom he has toured as part of The Family since 1973.
He has performed or rec ...
– harmonica
*James Mitchell – guitar
*Bobby Terry – electric guitar, steel guitar, acoustic guitar
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
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2018 albums
Willie Nelson albums
Legacy Recordings albums
Albums produced by Buddy Cannon