That's Life
Studio album by
Willie Nelson
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2021
Studio
  • Capitol (Los Angeles)
  • Pedernales (Austin)
Genre
Length34:38
LabelLegacy
ProducerBuddy Cannon, Matt Rollings
Willie Nelson chronology
First Rose of Spring
(2020)		 That's Life
(2021)		 The Willie Nelson Family
(2021)
Singles from That's Life
  1. "A Cottage for Sale"
    Released: December 11, 2020

That's Life is the 71st solo studio album by Willie Nelson. It was released on February 26, 2021, by Legacy Recordings.[1] A tribute to Frank Sinatra, it represents the second volume of Nelson's Sinatra collection, following 2018's My Way.[2]

Produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings, it was mainly recorded on Capitol Studios, the original studio used for several of Sinatra's recordings. Additional tracks were recorded at Nelson's Pedernales studio. The release was mixed by engineer Al Schmitt, featuring string and brass arrangements. The cover of the album features a painting of Nelson evoking the cover of Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours.[1]

That's Life was nominated for the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
American Songwriter[6]

That's Life received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 80 out of 100 based on five reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[4]

Lee Zimmerman of American Songwriter said that Nelson "captures the feel and finesse of the original renditions and succeeds in making them his own."[6] In The Daily Telegraph Neil McCormick praised the "different pathos" Nelson brought to the material and characterised the album as "another loving and elegant tribute to an old friend and American legend."[7]

Track listing

Charts

Chart performance for That's Life
Chart (2021) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 97
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 33
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10] 18
US Billboard 200[11] 58

References

  1. 1 2 Iahn, Buddy (December 11, 2020). "Willie Nelson releasing second Frank Sinatra covers album". Legacy Recordings. The Music Universe. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  2. ↑ Variety staff (July 20, 2018). "Willie Nelson to Release Frank Sinatra Tribute Album 'My Way'". Variety. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ Minsker, Evan (April 3, 2022). "Grammys 2022 Winners: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "That's Life by Willie Nelson". Metacritic. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  5. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "That's Life - Willie Nelson | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Zimmerman, Lee (25 February 2021). "Willie Nelson Takes On Frank Sinatra With 'That's Life'". American Songwriter. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  7. ↑ McCormick, Neil (February 25, 2021). "On That's Life, Willie Nelson sings a heartfelt tribute to Sinatra and America". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Willie Nelson – That's Life" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Willie Nelson – That's Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Willie Nelson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
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