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Track Listings
| 1. A Song For You (Remastered Album Version) |
| 2. Streets Of Baltimore (2007 Remastered Album Version) |
| 3. She (Remastered Album Version) |
| 4. That's All It Took (Remastered Album Version) |
| 5. The New Soft Shoe (Remastered Album Version) |
| 6. Kiss The Children (Remastered Album Version) |
| 7. Cry One More Time (Remastered Album Version) |
| 8. How Much I've Lied (Remastered Album Version) |
| 9. Big Mouth Blues (Remastered Album Version) |
Product Description
1-Still Feeling Blue 2-We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning 3-A Song For You 4-Streets Of Baltimore 5-She 6-That's All It Took 7-The New Soft Shoe 8-Kiss The Children 9-Cry One More Time 10-How Much I've Lied 11-Big Mouth Blues (2008/RHINO) 11 tracks (Reprise 1973)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By dynamitekid156
VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
The late great Gram Parsons was well known for seizing control of whatever bands he happened to drift into, be it the Byrds or the Flying Burrito Brothers, so those that knew him - and his few fans - will have been unsurprised at his eventual solo career. Finding a worthwhile collaborator in Emmylou Harris, his two solo albums are virtually flawless.
GP, his solo debut, is simply a perfect country album. Of its eleven tracks there isn't a bad one. The production is Nashville-rich yet unfussy, the lyrics are vintage country without being cliched, and Parsons and Harris swoon and sigh together wonderfully.
Opener 'Still Feeling Blue' sets the scene, with its scraping fiddle and driving rhythm. 'Streets Of Baltimore,' meanwhile, may be as close to the perfect country song on the perfect country album as you can get.
Somewhat amusingly, the debt that Ryan Adams owes to this album is blatantly obvious, particularly in Parsons' vocal delivery, which is passionate and emotional.
This album may sound fairly trite now, but at the time it was innovative and helped invent country-rock and alt-country. What's more, you can't improve on the best really, and as such if you're starting alt-country you needn't go for Wilco, Ryan Adams or even Uncle Tupelo - this album is where it's at.
GP, his solo debut, is simply a perfect country album. Of its eleven tracks there isn't a bad one. The production is Nashville-rich yet unfussy, the lyrics are vintage country without being cliched, and Parsons and Harris swoon and sigh together wonderfully.
Opener 'Still Feeling Blue' sets the scene, with its scraping fiddle and driving rhythm. 'Streets Of Baltimore,' meanwhile, may be as close to the perfect country song on the perfect country album as you can get.
Somewhat amusingly, the debt that Ryan Adams owes to this album is blatantly obvious, particularly in Parsons' vocal delivery, which is passionate and emotional.
This album may sound fairly trite now, but at the time it was innovative and helped invent country-rock and alt-country. What's more, you can't improve on the best really, and as such if you're starting alt-country you needn't go for Wilco, Ryan Adams or even Uncle Tupelo - this album is where it's at.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By S. Bailey
Format:Vinyl
Sadly, the American country rocker Gram Parsons - who sang of truckers, kickers and cowboy angels - died at the young age of 26 from an overdose. But he managed to leave behind a small but almost perfectly formed back catalogue. That includes this 1973 release, which was his solo debut. It is a beguiling blend of some stunning original material ('How Much I've Lied', 'She'), and shrewdly chosen covers ('Streets Of Baltimore', 'We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning').
0 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By quisquilian
Format:Audio CD
I understand his part in musical history, but I don't like slide guitar so that spoiled it for me (not on all the tracks - the ones without are brilliant).
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