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Spirit
Country · 1996 · 13 tracks

Spirit

Willie Nelson

A skeletal, Spanish-influenced masterpiece of restraint. Just two guitars, a fiddle, and Bobbie Nelson’s piano creating a haunting, late-night meditation on loss.

June 4, 1996 · Island Records

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A profound, quiet stillness that feels like a conversation with the past.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
Matador
1:45
02
She Is Gone
2:58
03
Your Memory Won’t Die in My Grave
3:30
04
I’m Not Trying to Forget You Anymore
3:54
05
Too Sick to Pray
2:41
06
Mariachi
2:09
07
I’m Waiting Forever
3:12
08
We Don’t Run
3:04
09
I Guess I’ve Come to Live Here in Your Eyes
3:38
10
It’s a Dream Come True
4:02
11
I Thought About You, Lord
4:14
12
Spirit of E9
5:01
13
Matador
0:19
Moments Worth Listening For
The haunting recurring motif of the Matador theme that bookends the record with a Spanish flair.
The stark, vulnerable piano work by Bobbie Nelson on She Is Gone that feels like a shared breath.
The way the fiddle weeps through the skeletal arrangement of Too Sick to Pray.
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