Naked Willie is an album from American country music

Country music

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 Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...

. This album was released on March 17, 2009, on the Legacy Recordings

Legacy Recordings

Legacy Recordings is Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division. It was founded in 1990 by CBS Records under the leadership of Jerry Shulman, Richard Bauer, Gary Pacheco and Amy Herot to handle reissues of recordings from the vast catalogues of Columbia Records, Epic Records and associated...

 label. The album include remixes of recordings from 1966-1970, stripped-down without orchestration or background vocals. The concept of the album is similar to the Beatles' Let It Be... Naked project released several years before Naked Willie. This album was released in some countries under the alternative title Stripped or Willie Stripped.

Track listing

All songs written by Willie Nelson except as noted.

1. "Bring Me Sunshine
   Bring Me Sunshine
   "Bring Me Sunshine" was the best-known signature of Morecambe & Wise. The duo regularly used the song to close their shows for the BBC in the 1970s...
   
   " (Sylvia Dee
   Sylvia Dee
   Sylvia Dee was an American songwriter and novelist best known for penning the lyrics to "Too Young", a hit for Nat King Cole, and "The End of the World", a hit for Skeeter Davis...
   
   , Arthur Kent) – 2:11
2. "Following Me Around"  – 2:42
3. "The Ghost"  – 2:34
4. "Happiness Lives Next Door"  – 2:36
5. "I Just Dropped By"  – 3:19
6. "Jimmy's Road"  – 2:37
7. "I Let My Mind Wander"  – 2:53
8. "If You Could See What's Going Through My Mind"  – 2:55
9. "Johnny One Time" (Dallas Frazier
   Dallas Frazier
   Dallas Frazier is an American country musician and songwriter who had success in the 1950s and 60s.-Biography:Frazier was born in Spiro, Oklahoma but was raised in Bakersfield, California...
   
   , Arthur Leo Owens
   Arthur Leo Owens
   Arthur Leo Owens , born November 28, 1930 in Waco, Texas; died October 4, 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee, was an American country music songwriter and singer...
   
   ) – 2:48
10. "The Local Memory"  – 1:50
11. "The Party's Over"  – 2:26
12. "Where Do You Stand"  – 2:10
13. "When We Live Again"  – 2:15
14. "What Can You Do To Me Now"  – 3:27
15. "I'm A Memory"  – 2:29
16. "Sunday Morning Coming Down" (Kris Kristofferson
    Kris Kristofferson
    Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
    
    ) – 5:50
17. "Laying My Burdens Down"  – 3:01

Chart performance

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	29
U.S. Billboard 200	193

External links

• Willie Nelson's Official Website
• Record Label
• Liner Notes: Mickey Rapahel on Willie Nelson's 'Naked Willie'
• MySpace Blogs