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	Jerry Wexler
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link 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 a marriage, reportedly Nelson's own. The first side of the album tells the woman's side of the story; the second side tells the man's.

Contents 1 LP track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 3 See also

[edit] LP track listing

All songs written by Willie Nelson.

[edit] Side one

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

[edit] Side two

1. "Bloody Mary Morning" – 2:48
2. "Phases and Stages (Theme)/No Love Around" – 2:24
3. "I Still Can't Believe You're Gone" – 4:15
4. "It's Not Supposed to Be That Way" – 3:27
5. "Heaven and Hell" – 1:52
6. "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 (on "Down at the Corner Beer Joint")
• Al Lester – fiddle (on "Bloody Mary Morning")
• Jeannie Greene, Pete Carr, George Soule – background vocals (on "Pick Up the Tempo")
• Mike Lewis – string arrangements (on "I Still Can't Believe You're Gone" and "It's Not Supposed to Be that Way")

[edit] See also

• Muscle Shoals, Alabama
• Muscle Shoals Sound Studios