G.P./Grievous Angel | 
 enlarge | Artist: Gram Parsons
Label: Reprise / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  77 reviews
Sales Rank: 4305
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 26108
UPC: 075992610827
EAN: 0075992610827
ASIN: B000002LKH
Release Date: March 22, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Still Feeling Blue | | • | We'll Sweep out the Ashes in the Morning - Gram Parsons, Allsup, Joyce Ann | | • | A Song for You | | • | Streets of Baltimore - Gram Parsons, Glaser, Tompall | | • | She | | • | That's All It Took - Gram Parsons, Edwards, Darrell | | • | The New Soft Shoe | | • | Kiss the Children - Gram Parsons, Grech, Rik | | • | Cry One More Time - Gram Parsons, Wolf, Peter [1] | | • | How Much I've Lied | | • | Big Mouth Blues | | • | Return of the Grievous Angel | | • | Hearts on Fire - Gram Parsons, Guidera, Tom | | • | I Can't Dance - Gram Parsons, Hall, Tom T. | | • | Brass Buttons | | • | $1000 Wedding | | • | Cash on the Barrelhead/Hickory Wind - Gram Parsons, Louvin, Ira | | • | Love Hurts - Gram Parsons, Bryant, Boudleaux | | • | Ooh Las Vegas | | • | In My Hour of Darkness |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
On his two early-1970s solo albums, collected here on one disc, Gram Parson lends his fragile, aching tenor to music that's the definition of what he called "country soul." Neither of these titles is quite as strong as the work Parsons had previously done with the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, but with originals as great as "She" and "In My Hour of Darkness"--not to mention backing from Emmylou Harris and the core of Elvis's early-'70s band--both GP and Grievous Angel still stand as country-rock classics. --David Cantwell
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 GRAM PARSONS "GP" AND "GRIEVOUS ANGEL" November 7, 2008
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT 20 SONG SET CD!!! EMMYLOU HARRIS SINGS ALONG ON MOST OF THESE SONGS. Plus, James Burton (of Elvis's TCB "Taking Care of Business" band) plays guitar on most of these songs. SOME OF MY FAVORITES INCLUDE:
Still Feeling Blue
WE'LL SWEEP OUT THE ASHES IN THE MORNING
SHE
THAT'S ALL IT TOOK
THE NEW SOFT SHOE
CRY ONE MORE TIME
RETURN OF THE GRIVOUS ANGEL (TWENTY THOUSAND ROADS....ALL LEAD ME BACK TO YOU)
HEARTS ON FIRE
CASH ON THE BARRELHEAD/HICKORY WIND - THESE TWO SONGS ARE SIMPLY OUTSTANTING AND ARE LIVE VERSIONS!!! HICKORY WIND IS A SONG ABOUT GRAM REMINISING ABOUT THE "SOUTH". ("OH CARRY ME HOME...HICKORY WIND").
LOVE HURTS (WITH EMMYLOU HARRIS)
OOH LAS VEGAS
IN MY HOUR OF DARKNESS
THIS IS A GREAT ONE FOLKS!!! AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!!!
Country Rocker With Alot Of Soul July 22, 2008
G P released 1973, starts off with a bang with, Still Feeling Blue, an up-tempo Gram Parsons original and Parsons does a fine cover of, Streets Of Baltimore, a Tompall Glaser/Harlan Howard standard, and listen to Parsons' self-penned, SHE , a soulful ballad with a pictorial story, probably Gram's best written song , this album also showcases fine musicianship, Elvis Presley's band, featuring James Burton on lead guitar, with legendary steel guitarist Buddy Emmons, and of course Emmylou Harris on harmonies and vocals, rumor has it, Parsons discovered Harris in a nightclub in D.C..or Chris Hillman introduced Emmylou to Parsons,GP, a country classic all the way...GRIEVOUS ANGEL,released 1974 after Parsons passed, was the last album by the country rocker, full of ballads and rockers similar to GP, the album starts with another Parsons' anthem, The Return of the Grievous Angel...OUT WITH THE TRUCKERS,AND THE KICKERS AND THE COWBOY ANGELS ,AND A GOOD SALOON IN EVERY SINGLE TOWN, if these lyrics aren't country I don't know what is, TWENTY THOUSAND ROADS I WENT DOWN,DOWN,DOWN, AND THEY ALL LED ME STRAIGHT BACK HOME TO YOU,classic,and classic is Parsons',Hickory Wind, and ,Cash On The Barrelhead, that were supposedly recorded live in Quebec,but actually recorded in the studio with friends and crowd sound effects,you can't beat the bottle breaking in the beginning of Hickory Wind, giving the song that hardcore honky tonk feel. Both of these recordings are a must for Gram Parsons followers and true country music listeners and contain some of Gram Parsons best work.
 I listen to this once in a while July 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The music on this isn't realy my kind of country, but still worth having in your country collection
Gram Forever December 19, 2007
I almost bought this in a show about 10 years ago and got something else instead. When I came back the next visit, it was gone. I always regretted not buying it that day. Better late than never.
 Two Legenday Albums! July 17, 2007
This CD contains the two legendary albums that were released in the name Gram Parsons in 1973-74. Parsons has now become a legend as a pioneer in country-rock.
His status as legend may seem a little strange to people new to his music. Some tracks, especially on "GP" are almost pure old-school country, and generally the are not many groundbreaking elements in the music. Moreover Parsons' voice appears pretty limited and often comes out slightly shaky in the high register; e.g. "We'll Sweep Out the Ashes"
What are/were his strengths then? This CD documents that he was a great song-writer, especially of ballads, and he performs both his own originals and covers country-ballads convincingly. On several tracks he is helped by Emmylou Harris and their voices blend beautifully on most tracks. Harris also co-wrote one of the standout songs with Parsons; the closing track "In My Hour of Darkness".
On "GP", which was the only album released in Parsons lifetime, the standouts are the great country-rock ballads "A Song For You" and "The New Soft Shoe", both written by Parsons. His performance of the classic country-piece "Streets of Baltimore" is also moving.
"Grievious Angel", which generally is a stronger album, was released after Parsons' death in 1973, and the tracklisting was not overlooked by himself.
The album contains more beautiful original ballads of which "Return of Grievious Angel", "Brass Buttons", "$1000 Wedding" and "In My Hour of Darkness" all deserve to be classics.
Three live tracks show that Parsons and his band also were fine performers. "Hickory Wind" and "Love Hurts" are just great.
So if his untimely death may be part of the reason for his legendary status, here are so many great songs that it does not really matter if you consider him a legend or not.
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