Just One Love

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Just One Love
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Studio album by
Released1995
Genre Country
Length38:13
Label Justice [1]
Producer Grady Martin [2]
Willie Nelson chronology
Healing Hands of Time
(1994)
Just One Love
(1995)
Augusta
(1995)

Just One Love is a studio album by the American country singer Willie Nelson, released in 1995. [3] [4] Ten of the songs are covers of pre-rock 'n' roll country and honky tonk. [5]

Contents

Just One Love includes two duets with Kimmie Rhodes. [6] "Eight More Miles to Louisville" is a cover of the Grandpa Jones song. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Entertainment Weekly B [10]
The Indianapolis Star Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that the album finds Nelson "veering between simple elegance and somnambulism." [10] The Washington Post deemed it "a superb, old-fashioned honky-tonk album." [11]

Track listing

  1. "Just One Love" (Kimmie Rhodes) - 4:03
  2. "Each Night at Nine" (Floyd Tillman)- 2:21
  3. "This Cold Cold War with You" (Floyd Tillman)- 2:52
  4. "Better Left Forgotten" (Chip Young)- 3:05
  5. "It's a Sin" (Fred Rose, Zeb Turner) - 2:02
  6. "Four Walls" (George Campbell, Marvin Moore) - 4:12
  7. "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" (Merle Travis, Tex Williams) - 2:54
  8. "I Just Drove By" (Kimmie Rhodes) - 4:12
  9. "Cold, Cold Heart" (Hank Williams) - 3:10
  10. "Bonaparte's Retreat" (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart)- 2:07
  11. "Alabam" (Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas) - 2:38
  12. "Eight More Miles to Louisville" (Louis "Grandpa" Jones)- 2:16

Personnel

References

  1. "Robert Christgau: The Unflashiest: Willie Nelson". www.robertchristgau.com.
  2. Courtney, David; Hall, Michael; Kienzle, Rich; Marshall, Max; Patoski, Joe Nick; Spong, John; Wallace, Christian. "All 146 Willie Nelson Albums, Ranked". Texas Monthly.
  3. Stambler, Irwin; Landon, Grelun (July 14, 2000). Country Music: The Encyclopedia. Macmillan. ISBN   9780312264871 via Google Books.
  4. Scherman, Tony (August 28, 1995). "Picks & pans — Just One Love — Willie Nelson: A Classic & Unreleased Collection by Willie Nelson". People. Vol. 44, no. 9. p. 21.
  5. 1 2 Hawn, John (September 17, 1995). "Willie Nelson turns back the clock with album of cover tunes". The Indianapolis Star. p. I7.
  6. Davis, John T. (August 17, 1995). "What people like; 'Willie Nelson looks back at 'good songs'". Austin American-Statesman. p. 10.
  7. Verna, Paul (July 22, 1995). "Album reviews — Just One Love by Willie Nelson". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 29. p. 56.
  8. "Willie Nelson Just One Love Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  9. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 via Google Books.
  10. 1 2 "Just One Love". EW.com.
  11. "WILLIE NELSON: OUTLAW GETS SOME JUSTICE". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 27, 2022.