Pretty Paper (album)

Pretty Paper
Studio album by
Willie Nelson
ReleasedNovember 6, 1979[1]
Genres
Length29:15
LabelColumbia
ProducerBooker T. Jones
Willie Nelson chronology
Sings Kristofferson
(1979)		 Pretty Paper
(1979)		 The Electric Horseman
(1980)
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Pretty Paper is the first Christmas album and 24th studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. It was also his last release of the 1970s. Nelson reunited with producer/arranger Booker T. Jones, with whom he had collaborated on the acclaimed Stardust album released the year before.

The self-composed title track had been a hit Christmas song in 1963, when it was recorded by Roy Orbison. Nelson had previously recorded the song in 1964.

Track listing

Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
2:13
2."Frosty the Snowman"
2:27
3."Silent Night"
3:46
4."Little Town of Bethlehem"
1:27
5."Christmas Blues" (Instrumental)
3:13
6."Pretty Paper"Willie Nelson2:28
Total length:29:42

The 1984 CD release places "Pretty Paper" as the first track instead of the last. The remaining tracks are in the same order listed.

Personnel

Certifications

Certifications for Pretty Paper
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[2] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[3] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Pretty Paper by Willie Nelson". Rate Your Music. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Willie Nelson – Pretty Paper". Music Canada. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  3. ↑ "American album certifications – Willie Nelson – Pretty Paper". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 19, 2022.


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