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1991 studio album by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clean Shirt is a duet album by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, released on Epic Records in 1991.
Clean Shirt | ||||
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Released | June 1991 | |||
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Length | 29:35 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Bob Montgomery | |||
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Jennings, who had just moved to Epic from MCA, expressed his frustration at producer Bob Montgomery, who seemed far more excited at the prospect of a collaboration between Jennings and Nelson than a new Jennings solo album:
The two singers' last collaboration, after Waylon and Willie (1978), WWII (1982) and Take It to the Limit (1983), it was released at a time which coincided with both artists' commercial decline. All but the final two songs were written partly by Troy Seals. Clean Shirt was the duo's least successful album, peaking at #28 on the country charts and barely making the Billboard 200 at #193; "If I Can Find a Clean Shirt" was the only charting single, reaching #51. According to Jennings, Epic executives were displeased about the prevalence of Mexican horns on the songs.[1]
Brian Mansfiel of AllMusic writes, "Small flashes of tossed-off brilliance appear in nearly every song, but sometimes it's hard to tell what's part of the pair's casual charm and what's just laziness: when the clever "Old Age and Treachery" (always overcome youth and skill) falls apart at the end, it's infuriating. Like much of either singer's output, Clean Shirt sounds a bit wrinkled at first, but most of the album holds up to repeated listening."
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 28 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 193 |
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