For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 16, 2016 | |||
Studio | Ocean Way, Hollywood | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 40:25 | |||
Label | Legacy Recordings | |||
Producer | Fred Foster | |||
Willie Nelson chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
PopMatters | 7/10[2] |
Rolling Stone Germany | [3] |
For the Good Times: A Tribute to Ray Price is the 65th solo studio album by country music singer-songwriter Willie Nelson, released on September 19, 2016. The album features cover versions of songs recorded by Ray Price, who had died in 2013. Nelson, a former member of Price's Cherokee Cowboys and friend, recorded the twelve-track album at Ocean Way Studios, where Price had recorded his final album, Beauty Is. Engineered by Fred Foster and Bergen White, the album features Vince Gill on six tracks. The content spans Honky Tonk and Countrypolitan.[4]
The album debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, and No. 84 on Billboard 200, selling 7,000 copies in its first week.[5][6] The second week it sold 2,600 copies.[7]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Heartaches by the Number" (featuring The Time Jumpers) | Harlan Howard | 3:05 |
2. | "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" (featuring the Time Jumpers) | Rusty Gabbard, Ray Price | 2:10 |
3. | "Faded Love" | Bob Wills, Johnny Lee Wills | 5:24 |
4. | "It Always Will Be" | Willie Nelson | 3:34 |
5. | "City Lights" (featuring the Time Jumpers) | Bill Anderson | 2:57 |
6. | "Don’t You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me" (featuring the Time Jumpers) | Hank Cochran | 2:34 |
7. | "Make the World Go Away" | Hank Cochran | 3:03 |
8. | "I'm Still Not Over You" | Willie Nelson | 4:31 |
9. | "Night Life" | Walt Breeland, Paul Buslirk, Willie Nelson | 3:19 |
10. | "Crazy Arms" (featuring the Time Jumpers) | Ralph Mooney, Charles Seals | 2:44 |
11. | "Invitation to the Blues" (featuring the Time Jumpers) | Roger Miller | 2:47 |
12. | "For the Good Times" | Kris Kristofferson | 4:17 |
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] | 182 |
US Billboard 200[9] | 84 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] | 5 |