Phases and Stages

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Phases and Stages
Studio album by Willie Nelson
Released	1974
Recorded	Muscle Shoals Sound Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Genre	Country
Length	30:19
Label	Atlantic
Producer(s)	Jerry Wexler
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link The Music Box 17 Jul 2006 Rolling Stone (Favorable) 14 Mar 1974
Willie Nelson chronology
Shotgun Willie (1973)	Phases and Stages (1974)	Red Headed Stranger (1975)

Phases and Stages is a 1974 album by Willie Nelson. It is a concept album illustrating the dissolution of Nelson's marriage.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Willie Nelson.

1. "Phases and Stages (Theme)/Washing the Dishes" – 1:42
2. "Phases and Stages (Theme)/Walkin'" – 4:06
3. "Pretend I Never Happened" – 2:59
4. "Sister's Coming Home/Down at the Corner Beer Joint" – 3:46
5. "(How Will I Know) I'm Falling in Love Again" – 3:25
6. "Bloody Mary Morning" – 2:48
7. "Phases and Stages (Theme)/No Love Around" – 2:24
8. "I Still Can't Believe You're Gone" – 4:15
9. "It's Not Supposed to Be That Way" – 3:27
10. "Heaven and Hell" – 1:52
11. "Phases and Stages (Theme)/Pick up the Tempo/Phases and Stages (Theme)" – 3:26

[edit] Personnel

• Willie Nelson – acoustic guitar, vocals
• Fred Carter, Jr. – acoustic, 12-string, & electric guitars, dobro
• Pete Carr – acoustic & electric guitars, dobro
• John Hughey – pedal steel guitar
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
• Barry Beckett – keyboards
• David Hood – bass
• Rober Hawkins – drums
• Eric Weissberg – banjo
• Al Lester – fiddle
• Jeannie Greene – background vocals
• Pete Carr – background vocals
• George Soule – background vocals
• Mike Lewis – string arrangements