Country Winners Explained

Country Winners
Type:Compilation
Artist:Willie Nelson
Cover:Countrywinnerswillie nelson1973.jpg
Released:1973
Recorded:1965–1969
Genre:Country
Label:RCA
Prev Title:Columbus Stockade Blues
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:The Best of
Next Year:1973

Country Winners is a 1973 compilation album by country singer Willie Nelson.

Released after Nelson signed with Atlantic, this was the closest thing to a "Greatest Hits" retrospective RCA issued at the time.

Six of the album's nine tracks were originally issued on Nelson's RCA debut, Country Willie - His Own Songs. "The Party's Over", "I Walk Alone" and "The Streets of Laredo" are from other Willie Nelson RCA albums.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Willie Nelson, except where indicated. Unless otherwise stated, all songs were originally issued on Country Willie – His Own Songs, released 1965.

  1. "The Party's Over" (from The Party's Over album, issued 1967)
  2. "One Day at a Time"
  3. "Night Life" (Nelson, Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk)
  4. "Hello Walls"
  5. "Mr. Record Man"
  6. "My Own Peculiar Way"
  7. "Funny How Time Slips Away"
  8. "I Walk Alone" (from the My Own Peculiar Way album, issued 1969)
  9. "The Streets of Laredo" (Traditional)(from the Texas in My Soul album, issued 1968)

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