Red Headed Stranger

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concept album studio album

Red Headed Stranger is a landmark 1975 concept album by Willie Nelson that tells a cohesive Western-themed story and is widely regarded as one of his greatest and most influential works.

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Red Headed Stranger canonical 24
Red Headed Stranger (song) 2
"Red Headed Stranger" 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concept album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Willie Nelson ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male (for Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain)
basedOn Red Headed Stranger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Red Headed Stranger (1953 song by Edith Lindeman and Carl Stutz)
chartPosition Billboard 200 top 30 ⓘ
Billboard Top Country Albums number 1 ⓘ
containsHitSingle Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtFeatures portrait of Willie Nelson ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
followedBy The Sound in Your Mind ⓘ
follows Phases and Stages ⓘ
format LP record ⓘ
genre country music ⓘ
outlaw country ⓘ
hasPart Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain ⓘ
Blue Rock, Montana ⓘ
Hands on the Wheel ⓘ
I Could Not Believe It Was True ⓘ
Red Headed Stranger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Red Headed Stranger (song)

Time of the Preacher ⓘ
influenced later country concept albums ⓘ
instrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ
piano ⓘ
labelCatalogNumber Columbia KC 33482 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 33 minutes ⓘ
mainCharacter unnamed red headed stranger ⓘ
narrativeTheme Western ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
murder ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
performer Willie Nelson ⓘ
producer Phil York ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
publicationDate 1975-05 ⓘ
recordedIn Autumn Sound Studios, Garland, Texas ⓘ
recordingApproach sparse instrumentation ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1975 ⓘ
setting Old West ⓘ
surface form: American West
significance landmark album in outlaw country movement ⓘ
one of Willie Nelson's most influential works ⓘ
storyType cohesive song cycle ⓘ

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Willie Nelson → notableWork → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Willie Nelson → album → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Willie → notableWork → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
subject surface form: Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger → hasPart → Red Headed Stranger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Headed Stranger (song)
Red Headed Stranger → basedOn → Red Headed Stranger self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Headed Stranger (1953 song by Edith Lindeman and Carl Stutz)
Phases and Stages → followedBy → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain → includedInAlbum → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Autumn Sound Studios, Garland, Texas → associatedWithWork → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
subject surface form: Autumn Sound Studios
this entity surface form: "Red Headed Stranger"
Time of the Preacher → album → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Time of the Preacher → partOf → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Time of the Preacher → openingTrackOf → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Time of the Preacher → recurringThemeIn → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Time of the Preacher → associatedWith → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Headed Stranger (storyline)
I Could Not Believe It Was True → album → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
I Could Not Believe It Was True → partOf → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
I Could Not Believe It Was True → isTrackOn → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Blue Rock, Montana → appearsInFilm → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Blue Rock, Montana → usedAsSettingFor → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Hands on the Wheel → partOf → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Hands on the Wheel → originallyReleasedOn → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Columbia KC 33482 → catalogNumberFor → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Columbia KC 33482 → albumTitle → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Columbia KC 33482 → isOriginalPressingOf → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Columbia KC 33482 → hasNotableTrack → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Columbia KC 33482 → containsWork → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Headed Stranger (song)
The Family (Willie Nelson’s band) → notableAlbumWith → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
The Sound in Your Mind → follows → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Phil York → notableWork → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ
Phil York → workedOn → Red Headed Stranger ⓘ