Stardust
★ 美国权威摇滚乐评网站PITCHFORKMEDIA 9.3分超高评推崇 ★ 美国乡村民谣巨匠1978年畅销经典 ★ 创下停留乡村音乐排行榜10年与500万张销售的傲人纪录 ★ 收录Blue Skies、All Of Me、Georgia On My Mind 威利.尼尔森 (Willie Nelson)给人的印象总是一身老嬉皮的打扮,唱著老土的美国乡村歌。然而,他对美国流行音乐的贡献却是不可小觑。1970年代加入Columbia唱片后,跟著名乡村歌手Waylon Jennings合作了Wanted: The Outlaws!专辑,由于他们创作的乡村音乐不合传统的纳许维尔的乡村音乐标准,自谓outlaw country。然而,他们称之outlaw country的乡村音乐新浪潮,却意外销售创下佳绩,成为第一张白金乡村音乐专辑,这也促使乡村音乐的创作朝向更多元的发展。威利.尼尔森除了音乐创作外更是一位长期关心美国农业的歌手,1985年由他发起的Farm Aid更是80年代流行乐界慈善演唱会的代表。这个美国乡村乐界的反骨就在1975年因专辑Red Headed Stranger大卖后,他在唱片的地位跟著水涨船高,于是就有更多的控制权决定下一张专辑的走向。1978年他告诉哥伦比亚唱片Nashville的行销高层要录製一张选自Hoagy Carmichael、George Gershwin、Duke Ellington这些通俗音乐大师的流行经典歌曲的专辑,这对正统乡村音乐的选歌题材不啻又是一种出格的反叛。唱片公司碍于合约中规定威利尼尔森享有百分之百的创作权,只好不干涉此张专辑的製作。当时他在加州Malibu正好结识以Booker T . & The MG's走红乐坛的风琴手 Booker T . Jones,两人于是携手打造这张出乎意料的乡村经典。 Stardust is a 1978 album by Willie Nelson that spans the genres of pop, jazz, country and folk music. Its ten songs consist entirely of pop standards that Nelson picked from among his favorites. Nelson requested Booker T. Jones, who was at the time his neighbor in Malibu, California, to initially arrange him "Moonlight in Vermont". Impressed by the arrangements, Nelson asked Jones to produce the entire album. Nelson's decision to record such well-known tracks was met with some controversy among Columbia executives, as he had positioned himself in the outlaw country genre at the time. Recording consumed nine days.