 Rolling Stone wrote : " With this flawless album , Willie Nelson finally demonstrates why he has for so long been regarded as a Country & Western singer @-@ songwriter 's singer @-@ songwriter ... At the age of 39 , Nelson finally seems destined for the stardom he deserves " . Robert Christgau wrote : " This attempt to turn Nelson into a star runs into trouble when it induces him to outshout Memphis horns or Western swing . " 
