Ride Me Back Home
Studio album by
Willie Nelson
ReleasedJune 21, 2019
GenreCountry
Length43:20
LabelLegacy
ProducerBuddy Cannon
Willie Nelson chronology
My Way
(2018) 		Ride Me Back Home
(2019) 		First Rose of Spring
(2020)
Singles from Ride Me Back Home
  1. "Ride Me Back Home"
    Released: April 26, 2019
  2. "My Favorite Picture of You"
    Released: May 17, 2019
  3. "Come on Time"
    Released: May 31, 2019
  4. "It's Hard to Be Humble"
    Released: June 14, 2019
  5. "Immigrant Eyes"
    Released: June 24, 2019
  6. "Seven Year Itch"
    Released: June 27, 2019
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Ride Me Back Home is the 69th solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Willie Nelson. It was released on June 21, 2019, by Legacy Recordings.[2] Its title track earned Nelson his ninth Grammy Award, winning in the category Best Country Solo Performance.[3]

Background

During an interview on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, aired on April 13, 2019 Nelson announced the release of the album. The material consists mostly of original writings by producer Buddy Cannon and Nelson. Meanwhile, the title track was written by Sonny Throckmorton.[4] Nelson decided to record "Ride Me Back Home" for his own advocacy for horses. On Cannon's suggestion, a revisited version of "Stay Away from Lonely Places" from 1972's The Words Don't Fit the Picture was included.[5]

The first single, its title track, was released on April 26, 2019. Ride Me Back Home completed the "Mortality Trilogy" of Nelson, complementing God's Problem Child and Last Man Standing.[6]

Commercial performance

Ride Me Back Home debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Top Country Albums with 19,000 album equivalent units.[7] The album has sold 58,900 copies in the United States as of March 2020.[8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ride Me Back Home"
3:35
2."Come on Time"
2:55
3."My Favorite Picture of You"Guy Clark3:55
4."Seven Year Itch"
  • Nelson
  • Cannon
3:23
5."Immigrant Eyes"Clark4:34
6."Stay Away from Lonely Places"
3:59
7."Just the Way You Are"Billy Joel4:35
8."One More Song to Write"
  • Nelson
  • Cannon
3:56
9."Nobody's Listening"Skip Denenberg; Dan “Bee” Spears4:51
10."It's Hard to Be Humble" (with Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson)Mac Davis3:47
11."Maybe I Should've Been Listening"
  • Buzz Rabin
3:50
Total length:43:20

Charts

References

  1. ^ Ride Me Back Home at Metacritic Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Doyle, Patrick (26 April 2019). "Willie Nelson Details His New Album 'Ride Me Back Home'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Willie Nelson Grammy History". The Recording Academy. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  4. ^ Trigger 2019.
  5. ^ Doyle, Patrick 2019.
  6. ^ Sodomsky, Sam 2019.
  7. ^ Asker, Jim (July 2, 2019). "Lee Brice's 'Rumor' Tops the Country Airplay Chart, Willie Nelson Takes a New 'Ride'". Billboard.
  8. ^ Bjorke, Matt (March 10, 2020). "Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: March 9, 2020". RoughStock. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Willie Nelson – Ride Me Back Home" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Willie Nelson – Ride Me Back Home" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  11. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Willie Nelson – Ride Me Back Home". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  13. ^ "Willie Nelson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  14. ^ "Willie Nelson Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  15. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2021.

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