Willie Nelson - The Great Divide

Much like Willie Nelson's millennial all-star effort Milk Cow Blues, The Great Divide is an outing that features a wide assortment of famous folks duetting with Willie.

Spearheading the album is Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas, who recruited Matt Serletic to produce. The result is a contemporary pop album that lands far afield from Nelson's outlaw roots, aside from the wistful, Mexicali-flavored title track and Willie's cover of Mickey Newbury's Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In).

Elsewhere, the Red-Headed Stranger collaborates with Sheryl Crow (the R&B-flavored Be There For You), Kid Rock (the outlaw ballad Last Stand In Open Country) and Bonnie Raitt (the elegiac You Remain. Nelson even follows in Miles Davis's footsteps by resurrecting Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time and giving it a sprightlier interpretation.

• Maria (Shut Up And Kiss Me)
• Mendocino County Line w/ Lee Anne Womack
• Last Stand In Open Country w/ Kid Rock
• Won't Catch Me Cryin'
• Be There For You w/ Sheryl Crow
• Great Divide
• Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
• This Face
• Don't Fade Away w/ Brian McKnight
• Time After Time
• Recollection Phoenix
• You Remain w/ Bonnie Raitt