"Wanted! The Outlaws"

"Wanted! The Outlaws"

The term "outlaw" had been bandied about after Jennings's 1972 hit "Ladies Love Outlaws," but it didn't permanently gel until the release of the album "Wanted! The Outlaws" in 1976. The songs in this packaged product weren't new -- the album contained previously released material by Nelson, Jennings, Glaser, and Jennings's wife, Jessi Colter, (who had hit the charts a year earlier with "I'm Not Lisa"). But it marked the industry's recognition of the changing times, and as the centerpoint of a campaign to publicize Nashville's new "progressive" breed it worked like a charm. It quickly became the first country album to sell more than a million copies, and it boosted the careers of all involved. In 1996, RCA re-issued Wanted! The Outlaws on CD for the first time, adding one new Waylon and Willie recording (a lively reading of Steve Earle's "Nowhere Road") and nine "lost" tracks. But "lost" isn't really correct: Like the original 11 selections, such songs as Waylon's "Slow Movin' Outlaws" and Willie's "Healing Hands of Time" have been previously released. They do, however, sweeten the package, making this 20th anniversary edition a decent (though by no means definitive) sampler of outlaw country.

~ Kurt Wolff, All Music Guide

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