A Horse Called Music

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A Horse Called Music
Willie-Nelson-A-Horse-Called-Music.jpg
Studio album by
Released1989
Genre Country
Length34:04
Label Columbia
Producer Fred Foster
Willie Nelson chronology
What a Wonderful World
(1987)
A Horse Called Music
(1989)
Born for Trouble
(1990)
Singles from A Horse Called Music
  1. "Nothing I Can Do About It Now"
    Released: April 1989
  2. "There You Are"
    Released: September 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Robert Christgau B [2]
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A Horse Called Music is a studio album by the country singer Willie Nelson, released in 1989. [4] The album includes Nelson's last number 1 single, "Nothing I Can Do About It Now". [5] "There You Are" peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard country chart.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Nothing I Can Do About It Now" (Beth Nielsen Chapman) – 3:17
  2. "The Highway" (Tom Conner, Richard Wesley) – 3:55
  3. "I Never Cared For You" (Nelson) – 2:25
  4. "If I Were a Painting" (Skip Ewing, Don Sampson) – 3:20
  5. "Spirit" (Kent Robbins, William Robinson) – 4:16
  6. "There You Are" (Kye Fleming, Mike Reid) – 3:04
  7. "Mr. Record Man" (Nelson)– 2:08
  8. "If My World Didn't Have You" (Chapman)– 3:42
  9. "A Horse Called Music" (Wayne Carson Thompson)– 4:26
  10. "Is the Better Part Over" (Nelson)– 3:31

Personnel

Charts

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