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Last Leaf on the Tree
Country · 2024 · 13 tracks · 51m

Last Leaf on the Tree

Willie Nelson

A fragile, acoustic meditation on mortality. Weathered vocals and sparse nylon-string guitar turn indie rock covers into haunting country elegies.

November 1, 2024 · Legacy

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A quiet, dignified acceptance of the end, delivered with a trembling but steady hand.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 51m
01
Last Leaf
3:14
02
If It Wasn’t Broken
3:23
03
Lost Cause
3:32
04
Come Ye
3:34
05
Keep Me in Your Heart
3:35
06
Robbed Blind
4:03
07
House Where Nobody Lives
4:10
08
Are You Ready for the Country?
3:46
09
Do You Realize??
3:11
10
Wheels
3:25
11
Broken Arrow
6:40
12
Color of Sound
3:39
13
The Ghost
5:11
Moments Worth Listening For
The fragile, high-register quiver in the vocal during the chorus of Do You Realize??
The skeletal harmonica solo on Keep Me in Your Heart that feels like a long exhale
The way the arrangement on Broken Arrow swells with a subtle, cinematic tension before receding
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Last Leaf on the Tree sound next to the rest of Willie Nelson's catalogue?

Autumn Walk+4.0σ

Autumn Walk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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