Ride Me Back Home

Pitchfork 7.4/10 Old age suits the country singer well. On his latest album—featuring three newly penned tunes—Willie sings with a kind of chagrinned humor, as if nobody is more surprised by his longevity than he is.

NME 3/5 The country legend's 69th album - yes, really – finds him in absolute sweetheart mode, but unafraid to get a little bit political.

Rolling Stone 3.5/5 The prolific 86 year-old American icon proves once again that he hasn't lost a step.

All Music 3/5 This retro vibe is appealing and it also helps undercut whatever lingering sense of fatality hangs over the album, since it suggests that Ride Me Back Home isn't a statement, but rather just another enjoyable record in a long line of enjoyable records.

Under The Radar 8.0/10 Our favorite country outlaw shows us not only how to grow old gracefully but live it to the fullest.

Clash 7/10 Whilst the album could do without a cover of Billy Joel's ‘Just The Way You Are’, it doesn't detract from the overall feeling of warmth threading through this project.

The Observer 4/5 Nine months after My Way, his homage to Sinatra, comes this final instalment in a trilogy (with 2017’s God’s Problem Child and 2018’s Last Man Standing) in which mortality looms large.

Pop Matters 8/10 Willie Nelson's Ride Me Back Home continues a hot streak of recent records that are every bit as good as anything he's recorded. And, yes, that includes Red-Headed Stranger and Stardust.

Spectrum Culture 70% Thinking of your own mortality, at its best, involves thinking of other people’s living, and Nelson blends those concerns with great success on Ride Me Back Home.