Teatro (album)

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Teatro
Studio album by Willie Nelson
Released	September 1, 1998
Genre	Alternative country Country music
Length	50:30
Label	Island
Producer	Daniel Lanois
Professional reviews
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Willie Nelson chronology
Spirit (1996) Teatro (1998) Milk Cow Blues (2000)

Teatro is a 1998 studio album by Willie Nelson. The recording sessions for the album were held in an old movie theater in Mexico and were produced by Daniel Lanois. The album features backing vocals by Emmylou Harris, as well as backing by regular Nelson harmonicist Mickey Raphael and Nelson's sister, Bobbie Nelson, on piano. The majority of the songs are composed by Nelson, and most are re-recordings of some songs he wrote and first recorded in the 1960s: "Darkness on the Face of the Earth" (1961), "My Own Peculiar Way" (1964), "Home Motel" (1962), "I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye" (1968), "I've Just Destroyed the World (1962) and "Three Days" (1962).

Lanois contributes one of his songs, "The Maker", and plays electric guitar, bass and Omnichord, and also took the photograph for the album cover.

Teatro is noted for its spare, yet drum-heavy and atmospheric sound, credited to Lanois, who also produced Harris' breakthrough alternative country album, Wrecking Ball.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Willie Nelson except where otherwise noted.

1. "Ou Es-Tu, Mon Amour? (Where Are You, My Love?)" (Emile Stehn/Henri LeMarchand) – 2:43
2. "I Never Cared for You" – 2:18
3. "Everywhere I Go" – 3:50
4. "Darkness on the Face of the Earth" (Chester Odom) – 2:33
5. "My Own Peculiar Way" – 3:37
6. "These Lonely Nights" – 3:29
7. "Home Motel" – 3:15
8. "The Maker" (Daniel Lanois) / (Jeffrey Green drums/keyboard) – 5:08
9. "I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye" – 4:38
10. "I've Just Destroyed the World (I'm Living In)" (Nelson/Ray Price) – 2:52
11. "Somebody Pick Up My Pieces" – 4:39
12. "Three Days" – 3:07
13. "I've Loved You All Over the World" – 4:18
14. "Annie" – 3:51

[edit] Personnel

• Willie Nelson – Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Emmylou Harris – Background vocals
• Daniel Lanois – Producer, Gibson Les Paul, bass guitar, Omnichord
• Tony Mangurian and Victor Indrizzo – Drums, percussion
• Bobbie Nelson – Wurlitzer electric piano, organ
• Brian Griffiths – Guitars, slide guitar, mandolin
• Mickey Raphael – Harmonica, bass harmonica
• Brad Mehldau – Vibraphone, piano
• Malcolm Burn – Organ (on "The Maker)
• Jeffrey Green – Drums/Keyboard (on "The Maker")
• Cyril Neville – Congas (on "The Maker")