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==Release and reception==

As the album was released in June 1973, it received good reviews but did not sell well.{{sfn|Tichi|1998|p=341}} Meanwhile, in Austin, it sold more copies than earlier records by Nelson did nationwide.{{sfn|Cartwright|2000|p=278}} The recording led the singer to a new style; he later stated regarding his new musical identity that ''Shotgun Willie'' had "cleared his throat."{{sfn|Tichi|1998|p=341}} It became his breakthrough record, and one of the first of the [[Outlaw Country|outlaw movement]], music created without the influence of the conservative [[Nashville Sound]]. The album—the first to feature Nelson with long hair and a beard on the cover—gained him the interest of younger audiences.{{sfn|Davis|2004|p=298}} It peaked at number 41 on [[Top Country Albums|''Billboard''{{'}}s Top Country Albums]] and the songs "Shotgun Willie" and "Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer)" peaked at number 60 and 22 on [[Hot Country Songs]] respectively.<ref name="albums">{{cite webmagazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/willie-nelson/chart-history/clp/|title=Willie Nelson Chart History - Top Country Albums|workmagazine=Billboard|access-date=May 3, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Singles">{{cite webmagazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/willie-nelson/chart-history/csi/|title=Willie Nelson - Chart History - Singles|workmagazine=Billboard|access-date=May 3, 2021}}</ref>

Atlantic Records reissued ''Shotgun Willie'' on [[compact disc|CD]] in 1990.{{sfn|Nelson, Willie|1990}} It was reissued by the label on CD and LP in 2009,{{sfn|Nelson, Willie|2009}} and again in 2021 on LP and digital download.{{sfn|Nelson, Willie|2021}}

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''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called the album "flawless" and considered that Nelson "finally demonstrates why he has for so long been regarded as a Country & Western singer-songwriter's singer-songwriter". The reviewer concluded: "At the age of 39, Nelson finally seems destined for the stardom he deserves".<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite newsmagazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/shotgun-willie-19730830|title=Review: Willie Nelson – Shotgun Willie|author=Ditlea, Steve|date=August 30, 1973|access-date=September 4, 2011|workmagazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media LLC}}</ref> [[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."<ref name="CG"/> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' wrote: "This is Willie Nelson at his narrative best. He writes and sings with the love and the hurt and the down-to-earth things he feels, and he has a few peers."<ref name="Billboard">{{cite journalmagazine|title=Billboard's Top Album Picks – Country Picks|journalmagazine=Billboard|date=June 23, 1973|volume=85|issn=0006-2510|page=76|publisher=Emmis Communications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GAkEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22shotgun%20willie%22&pg=PA76|access-date=September 21, 2011|issue=25}}</ref> ''[[Texas Monthly]]'' praised Nelson and Wexler regarding the change in musical style:"They've switched his arrangements from Ray Price to Ray Charles—the result: a revitalized music. He's the same old Willie, but veteran producer Jerry Wexler finally captured on wax the energy Nelson projects in person".<ref name="TexasMonthly">{{cite journal|title=The Coming of Redneck Hip|journal=Texas Monthly|date=November 1973|volume=1|page=75|issn=0148-7736|publisher=Emmis Communications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KywEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22shotgun%20willie%22&pg=PA75|author1=Roth, Don |author2=Reid, Jan |access-date=September 21, 2011|issue=10}}</ref>

The ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]'' started its review by declaring: "1973 could be the year country music 'rediscovers' Willie Nelson." Critic Bill McAllister mentioned the support that [[Texas Longhorns football]] coach [[Darrell Royal]] gave Nelson and his music. The reviewer determined that ''Shotgun Willie'' "displays unique musical abilities to excellent advantage" and remarked that Nelson was "often called the [[Cole Porter]] of country music".{{sfn|McAllister, Bill|1973|p=3-A}} The ''[[Arizona Republic]]'' presented Nelson as "an accomplished baritone and composer", as the publication appealed the readers to "lend old Shotgun an ear and find out what C&W music sounds like when it's not sung through the nose, or hat".{{sfn|Walker, Gus|1973|p=N-6}} The ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'' considered that the record had "some ups and downs" but that Nelson made the tracks "real winners". The publication deemed the singer "real country, not a hip version of it".{{sfn|Aregood, Rich|1973|p=43}}

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*{{cite news|author=McAllister, Bill|date=August 4, 1973|title=Darrell, You and a Good Album--All Helping 'Rediscover' Willie Nelson|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |volume=93|number=185|page=3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76281750/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2021}} {{open access}}

*{{cite book |first1=Willie |last1=Nelson |first2=Bud |last2=Shrake |year=1988 |title=Willie: An Autobiography |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0671680756}}

*{{cite AV media|author=Nelson, Willie|year=1973|title=Shotgun Willie|publisher=Atlantic Records|type=LP|id=SD 7262}}