The Sound in Your Mind

The Sound in Your Mind is the nineteenth studio album by American country music artist Willie Nelson. This was his second album for Columbia Records.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Christgau's Record Guide	B−[1]

The Sound in Your Mind
Studio album by Willie Nelson
Released	February 1976
Studio	Autumn Sound (Garland, Texas)
Genre	Country outlaw country country rock honky-tonk
Length	33:38
Label	Columbia
Producer	Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson chronology
Red Headed Stranger (1975) The Sound in Your Mind (1976) The Troublemaker (1976)

Track listing

All songs written by Willie Nelson, except where noted.

Side one

1. "That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)" (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith) – 2:20
2. "If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)" (Lefty Frizzell, Jim Beck) – 2:05
3. "A Penny for Your Thoughts" (Jenny Lou Carson) – 3:22
4. "The Healing Hands of Time" – 3:58
5. "Thanks Again" – 2:14
6. "I'd Have to be Crazy" (Steven Fromholz) – 4:21

Side two

1. "Amazing Grace" (Traditional, arr. Nelson) – 5:41
2. "The Sound in Your Mind" – 3:27
3. "Medley" – 8:31
   • "Funny How Time Slips Away"
   • "Crazy"
   • "Night Life" (Paul Buskirk, Walt Breeland, Nelson)

Personnel

• Willie Nelson – vocals, guitar, arrangements, production
• Bobbie Nelson – piano
• Paul English – drums
• Rex Ludwick – drums
• Jody Payne – guitar
• Bee Spears – bass guitar
• Mickey Raphael – harmonica
• Steve Fromholz – harmony vocals on "I'd Have to Be Crazy"
• Tom Morrell – pedal steel guitar on "That Lucky Old Sun"
• Phil York – engineer

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1976) Peak position US Billboard 200[2] 48 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1976) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 1

References

1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: N". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
2. "Willie Nelson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
3. "Willie Nelson Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
4. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1976". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2021.