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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concept album → studio album →
artist	Willie Nelson →
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male (for Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain) →
basedOn	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 →
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 (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	American West →
significance	landmark album in outlaw country movement → one of Willie Nelson's most influential works →
storyType	cohesive song cycle →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Willie Nelson → Willie Nelson →	notableWork
Willie Nelson →	album
Red Headed Stranger ("Red Headed Stranger (1953 song by Edith Lindeman and Carl Stutz)") →	basedOn
Phases and Stages →	followedBy
Red Headed Stranger ("Red Headed Stranger (song)") →	hasPart
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain →	includedInAlbum