The Words Don't Fit the Picture

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The Words Don't Fit the Picture
Studio album by
Willie Nelson
Released1972
GenreCountry
Length27:45
LabelRCA
ProducerFelton Jarvis
Willie Nelson chronology
Yesterday's Wine
(1971) 		The Words Don't Fit the Picture
(1972) 		The Willie Way
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[1]

The Words Don't Fit the Picture is the 14th studio album by country singer Willie Nelson.

Background

By 1972 Nelson had made fourteen albums for

Nashville Sound, which had churned out hits for other country stars throughout the sixties but did not complement Nelson's highly stylized musicianship, and promotion behind Nelson's LPs had been historically non-existent.[2] Further alienating Nelson was the label's perplexed reaction to his 1971 concept album Yesterday’s Wine, a suite of songs examining mortality influenced by the Bible and the works of Edgar Cayce.[3]
Nelson's live shows bore little resemblance to the sound of his RCA albums, and Atkins refusal to allow him to record with his band left him disillusioned.

Recording and composition

As Atkins scaled back his production duties at RCA, Nelson worked more with

Waylon and Willie
would take to the top of the charts in 1982.

The album cover, shot by Jimmy Moore, portends Nelson's impending stylistic change - flanked by his wife, Connie, and his producer Felton Jarvis, dressed as a chauffeur, Nelson poses in front of a Rolls-Royce in full-freak cowboy regalia, battered guitar case in tow.

Reception

Jim Worbois of AllMusic states, "Another fine album of Willie originals, it's not quite as strong as some of his other albums released about this time, but still good."

Release History

Unlike most Willie Nelson albums from this time period, this was also issued on 8-track cartridge (RCA P8S-1892).

In 2017, reissue label Vinyl Me, Please remastered and reissued this album for the first time. Six years later, the Netherlands-based label Music on CD issued this album on

Compact Disc
, under license from RCA/Sony.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Willie Nelson, except where indicated

  1. "The Words Don't Fit the Picture" (2:47)
  2. "Good Hearted Woman" (Nelson, Waylon Jennings) (2:59)
  3. "Stay Away from Lonely Places" (Nelson, Don Bowman) (2:57)
  4. "Country Willie" (2:36)
  5. "London" (2:53)
  6. "One Step Beyond" (2:01)
  7. "My Kind of Girl" (2:34)
  8. "Will You Remember?" (3:32)
  9. "Rainy Day Blues" (3:15)
  10. "If You Really Loved Me" (2:11)

Personnel

  • Willie Nelson - vocals, guitar

References

  1. AllMusic
  2. ^ Patoski 2008, p. 220.
  3. ^ Nelson & Ritz 2015, p. 200.
  4. ^ Patoski 2008, p. 221.

Bibliography

  • Nelson, Willie; Ritz, David (2015). It's A Long Story: My Life. Little, Brown and Company.
    ISBN 9780316339315
    .
  • Patoski, Joe Nick (2008). Willie Nelson: An Epic Life. Hachette Digital.
    ISBN 978-0-316-01778-7
    .
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