Reviews (page 5 of 7)
Pretty smooth, happy to listen to it a couple of times
Love hurts is great cover, overall reasonably enjoyable.
A bit folky, a bit country, a bit corny, a bit fun. I kinda liked it.
Country isn't my favorite genre, but this isn't bad. Emmylou Harris adds a lot to it. I don't know if his weak voice could carry it by himself. I wouldn't mind hearing it again.
Uno de los mejores y más antiguos discos de country rock que he escuchado en esta lista. Con trabajo sumamente atrapante y entretenido, Gram Parsons juega un rol fundamental en la formación de un sonido que le daría vida a bandas tan importantes como Lynyrd Skynyrd o Wilco (por comparar a los dos espectros políticos del country estadounidense). También es agradable escuchar el inicio de la carrera de la telentosísima Emmylou Harris. Buen disco.
It’s not the worst of its kind, but on the flip side I didn’t really find anything special about it either. It’s just a mediocre middle of the road album.
I've heard tales of the legendary pairing that is Gram and Emmylou, and was surprised to learn the story of Gram's widow having Emmylou's contributions to the album minimized. But she's all over this album, and their harmonies sound great. But beyond that...I'm sorry to say that I didn't love this one. Some fine country songs here, but the album felt a little long to me -- and at under 40 minutes, that's not a good sign. As someone who lives near the Northern Quebec border, though, it was cool to see the province referenced in a title (even if it wasn't *actually* recorded there).
- I am not overly fond of most country music, but nothing here bothered me. I found the slower tracks, such as "Brass Buttons" and "$1000 Wedding" to be more engaging than the faster ones. - I would not turn off this album. Neither would I ever seek it out again.
Great tunes and I love hearing Emmylou’s voice. The record just a bit too nice and smooth for me to go past three stars. I like a big of grit in my country.
Bien que je ne suis pas le plus grand fan de country, je peux comprendre l'attrait de cet album. C'est très entrainant, il y a une bonne influence rock qui vient rendre le tout plus intéressant. Malgré que l'album est uniquement 36min, je l'ai tout de même trouvé un peu long, mais ce doit être du à mon biais. 5/10
Annoying at times... good at times.... hard to rate. It is very 'twangy' - which I really don't like much.... 3
Toch een beetje die cowboy country smaak
Not memorable but competent
interesting country sound with a lot of steel guitar and twang. I liked it.
Starts off with heavy country but someway through gets more towards rock kinda like chuck berry guitar solos. Favorite: Brass buttons, Love hurts, Ooh Las Vegas Least favorite: None 3.5/5
It’s a weird magic trick when country songs have titles like “Death Take Me Now” or “Horrid Depressed Existence” and then the song starts with this kinda-upbeat chipper twangy guitar thing. Anyhow, that happened three times on this album. Also, Emmylou Harris sounds great.
I enjoyed listening to the album. Not sure if I'd listen to it on repeat but definitely was worth a 1 time listen.
Wasn't loving this album, it was leaning way too country without the promised rock. But then the medley came on and his cover of Charlie Louvin's Hickory Wind, with Emmy Lou Harris won me over. One of my all-time favorite albums is a band called Idha's Melody Inn, where I first was introduced to that song. Was a solid 2 until that came on but that bumped it up a star. And if you haven't heard Idha - Melody Inn, go seek it out. You'll be glad you did. And then Love Hurts. OK, Side B of this album was way better than Side A.
Þetta var kántrí en samt ekki. Ég fílaði þetta alveg en samt ekki nægilega til að muna eftir plötunni þegar að því kemur að velja plötu á fóninn þannig að þessi mun gleymast þótt hún sé samt ekkert slæm
Liked the male female vocalizing on tracks that utilized it ….. the ballads were not noteworthy as Gram’s vocal weren’t distinctive enough to carry them …. Musically, the guitar work was pretty impressive without being overused ….
Gram Parson’s Grievous Angel is calm. Most of the songs are listenable, not good but can hit sometimes. HIs voice is pretty nice on all of the tracks. Also, the strings in the background really go well with the vibes of the album. However, it sees its downsides on a bit of a droopy undertone that arises when nothing really happens on the songs. Highlights include I Can’t Dance, Hearts On Fire, and Brass Buttons. All in all, Grievous Angel is a mid album. Best Song: Brass Buttons Worst Song: Love Hurts
Not a bad sound, but nothing particularly special here
A young Emmylou! Love Hurts! In general, its a little too saccharine for me but the vocal work is excellent.
Soft Gentle Soothing I know of Gram Parsons but I had never taken time out to listen to a whole album. Lovely
It was impossible for me to get one coherent listen of this album for some reason, so I don't really have any sense of the pacing or continuity. I heard every song, and there's lots of solid material. I know Gram Parsons is something of a legend among songwriters, and I liked what I liked, but I didn't finish the album with a sense of having heard something astounding. It may be due to the disjointed sessions, but I can't go higher than a 3 without a better sense of the album as a whole.
Some beautiful tunes on this album for sure. A little too country in tone and feel for my tastes as I prefer a little less steel guitar and fiddle and more mandolin. But I still appreciate the beautiful songs, just not as much as I could with different arrangements. 3.5 stars
country rock
A little twangy but not bad
Nice folk album
Fairly standard country to my ears
Pleasant enough, but not something I see coming back to all that often.
Enjoyed more than I thought I would. Emmy Lou needs more credit for this record than she gets
Eh, this is from the end of country that I don't care too much for, but I didn't find it particularly intolerable, just left me a bit cold. It definitely benefitted from all the Emmylou Harris. Fave tracks - like the "Medley..." track. Stand out was probably "Las Vegas" overall...
Pleasant album I loved the two live numbers they had fun liveliness in contrast to the rest. It was nice sounding album
Bland but not really bad music.
Sweet and inoffensive
Before meddling Brussels got involved he was called Ounce Parsons
Old school country, brought back a lot of memories
okuuu 6.5/10
#121 Decent enough country rock. I didn't really love it or hate it, I just acknowledged its existence and moved on. 3/5: that'll do, pig.
Good ol' country, not mad at it. Probably only getting a 3 because I just returned from northern AZ and romanticizing the ranch life with horses and trucks. Besides that, pretty meh. Like this better than modern pop country that gets more radio time nowadays, but who listens to radio anymore?? Not my first choice, and probably won't listen to it again by my own volition.
jukebox tunes I can hear elvis as an influence it's mellow, love hurts is familiar
A nice listen! I enjoyed a few of the songs. A very country vibe which can be quite hit or miss but this was more in the style I liked. Would listen again
3.5 I was just ranting three reviews ago about how this dude ruined The Byrds, and lo and behold, look who should show up on my doorstep again. Well, despite what I’ve said about the guy in the past, either a broken clock is right twice a day or Emmylou carried the guy on this album because it's surprisingly good. I didn’t want to admit it at first, but between Return of the Grievous Angel, I Can’t Dance, Ooh Las Vegas, and the cover of the Everly Brothers’ Love Hurts, I couldn’t help but find myself enjoying this, even making me question if the rendition of the latter was my new favorite version. Even the stuff in between those was still pretty decent though, and I appreciated that each song seemed to have a little bit more flair to it than the stuff I’ve heard previously from Parsons, like the xylophone on Hearts on Fire or the live-sounding Northern Quebec medley. The latter does contain Hickory Wind, a song I previously detested on Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and while it’s still probably my least favorite song here, how it’s incorporated bumped it up a little bit in my book. So yeah, far and away the best I’ve heard from Mr. Parsons, though I’d be lying if I said that Emmylou Harris’ involvement probably didn’t sway my opinion on it a touch. I’ve mentioned it before, but I’ve been a big fan of Emmylou’s voice ever since I got into Bright Eyes and discovered I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning, so I’m sure the fondness that I have of her work with Conor there helped translate into an appreciation of what she does with Gram here (We Are Nowhere and It’s Now is one of the greatest songs ever in my books, and her involvement on the track is no small part of that). Obviously the woman is capable of standing on her own though (as Pieces of the Sky has shown us), and it’s a shame she was cut from being co-credited on this album with Gram and a space on the cover due to the dude’s jealous widow. Can you blame her though? Just listening to the two here feels like they have palpable chemistry. Third time’s the charm I guess - shoutout to Gram for finally commanding some musical respect out of me, and shoutout to his friends for perhaps the greatest corpse heist of all-time. Side note - I’ve seen this album cover before, and Gram’s image has always reminded me of the main dude from the Guitar Hero video games, Axel Steel. Does anyone else see it?
Easy listening country rock. Maybe the prototype for all easy listening country rock.
favourite song: Medley Live from Northern Québec this is the 4th gram parsons project ive had in 71 albums and im bored of it. was gonna be a 2 but a couple tracks towards the end saved it imo.
Emmylou was robbed. She’s ann amazing singer and shines through Gram’s heroin-addled performance.
3.5/5. Emmylou Harris is queen.
echli country aber nid öppis wommer speziell ufgfalle isch
han chli öppis anders erwartet aber au no nice
I would not listen to this whole album regularly, nor would I skip past a song if it came on the radio
Some occasional highlights, but nothing to keep my coming back with the exception of two songs.
70s Country - not bad but not massively into it either. Vibey here and there. 3/5.
This has some really beautiful moments, but probably didn’t click enough with me to be too memorable over time. Pretty crazy to have a whole Wikipedia article over your death, though.
It was pretty good!
I really just don't care for country.
Had some great tunes considering it's country!
Not bad, different to usual music but catchy country
I was like ooh one I've been meaning to listen to! And maybe that expectation led to underwhelm. All the better for Emmylou, but didn't enjoy as much as some other country albums. Also didn't enjoy reading about his death.
honky tonk blues. Emmylou Harris is great and also still not enough.
Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Love hurts
Very nice one. Emmylou Harris sounds great. Gram Parsons was just a name to me before, this will be a re-listen for sure.
Fun country. I liked the guitar.
Solid easy listening. He and Emmylou Harris sound good together
Return of the Grievous Angel- 3.4/5 Hearts on Fire- 3/5 I Can't Dance- 3.6/5 Brass Buttons- 3.8/5 $1000 Wedding- 3.7/5 Medley Live From Northern Quebec- 3.5/5 Love Hurts- 4/5 Las Vegas- 4.1/5 In My Hour of Darkness- 4.4/5 Total- 3.7/5
Country. Ni fu ni fa.
Hit or miss. I liked the blend of Parsons and Harriss's voices, but it got genuinely boring at times; a feat for such a short record.
More moody pedal steel country. not sure I get how influential this dude is - apart from teaching Keith how to get properly stoned. Didn't mind it
There's no question that he wrote some great songs, he pioneered country rock, and was a good mate of Keef's. I want to love it but I'm not quite there.
Hmmmm. not really sure about this one. It's not unlistenable, but would I want to listen to it again? This is why we need rank order...
Seeing a country album being generated never exactly gets my adrenaline pumping. I’ve said it many times before, but I just don’t understand the appeal with a lot of this genre. There have been occasional anomalies that I’ve enjoyed, but I can’t exactly say I’m going into this album with optimism. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: I Can’t Dance, $1000 Wedding Against all odds, this was a pretty decent album. It was dynamic enough to have some softer music, whilst also have some more twangy, what I would consider to be “typical” country music. This didn’t really grate on me at all, which is quite unusual. The vocals were pleasant, and the lyrics didn’t really seem to be all about Jesus and America (the cringiest of all country music). Overall, this surprised me but I still don’t really imagine I’ll be returning to listen again.
2.5
Country AF but not a bad listen
A little more country than I usually go for, but still good tunes
Totally decent album, I can see its influence on modern music. Country isn't really my thing although I'm trying to get more into it. I found this album to be very... Johnny Cash-lite. Similar sound but not as good. The lyricism is pleasant. I’m glad I listened to this record but I don’t think this is going on the rotation
One of the better country albums on here, especially the first two songs and Brass Buttons. I Can’t Dance was a notable weak point, but on the whole it was a pretty well written record with some lovely harmonies
General Grievous Angel
Keskimääräistä parempaa kantria! 3.5/5
Not my jam.
Not exactly my style, but it was executed fairly well. Low 3
Decent classic country album, appreciated the inclusion of the live medleys to give this LP a much-needed kick in the pants tempo/energy-wise
Basically as much a Emmylou Harris album as a Parsons one, Grievous Angel has just enough variation to make the well-trodden country formula tolerable enough. The ending trio of songs ends an otherwise pretty uneven album on a high note. The fake live medley is especially bewildering.
When I read that Gram Parsons’ considered his own music Cosmic American Music I was intrigued. When I found out that it just covers country rock I was a bit let down. But then I was pulled back in when I realised that almost everything is pretty solid. A noteworthy mention of Parsons’ jealous widow who removed Emmylou Harris’ picture and name from the cover. Cause this is indeed a double album and not just a Gram Parsons record.
Kind of chill, but I don't really grasp what makes this album worthy of being in the book. Maybe is my lack of knowledge.
Parsons' lyrics are well-observed. Emmylou Harris sings sweetly. The musicianship is unimpeachable. So why doesn't this cut through?
"Love Hurts." Has anyone ever played a bad cover of this tune? I'm sure such a thing exists. But man what a song. Anywho, this didn't move my needle much but I didn't hate it. Peaceful easy feelings and relieved to see it categorized as country instead of soft rock, because I wasn't sure there before I looked. The 70s were a pretty loose time in that regard. I'd listen to more from Mr. Parsons, but would hope to hear a more memorable set of songs.
An interesting country album
Acceptable. I am the grand juror of music.
Haven’t heard of this artist, easy listening. I picture myself driving an old f150 down the interstate in KY for some reason while the sun is setting, at least that’s the mood I gather from the album.
People love Gram. Me only an ounce.
Ah, country music that was more friendly and optimistic and accepting than the current racist, right-wing nonsense parading on the charts. Some lovely tunes.
Was not expecting country music to start the week. In my mind when I saw Parsons, I was thinking Alan.... Nice selection from 74, although much of the album suffered from monotony. Last three cuts stood out favorably
Not really my bag, but fun.
2.5
Country is usually not my thing, but I enjoyed this album. I Can't Dance, Brass Buttons being up there.
Started out really fun but got kinda old. Not bad for country though, with a few rock n roll flavours in there. Dug the duet vocals. 3/5.
This one was difficult for me to score. On the one hand, I really don't like country. Especially country that's really just rock pretending to be country. On the other hand, the songwriting is really quite good as are the vocal performances. Particularly those of Emmylou Harris. She kills it here. But it's STILL just... not enjoyable. I wavered between a 2 and a 3 but, at the end of the day, I think the songwriting bumps it to a 3.
Pretty good country music but what's with the myspace photo for the cover??? Hilariously bad.
Not bad, but not very special either. Country/rock fusion sort of album, in that middle ground. Of course we know "Love Hurts," though this isn't the original version nor the most well-known cover (those titles go the Everly Brothers and Nazareth). I'm fairly sure I've heard "Brass Buttons" before too. Not too much on this album that excited me though. It's decent. Favorite tracks: Brass Buttons, In My Hour of Darkness, Love Hurts. Album art: The disembodied head of Gram just hanging out. It seems kind of lazy as far as graphic design effort goes, but the colors are nice and comforting. I like this one. 3/5
This album kind of disappointed me. I read reviews for it on RYM beforehand and considering this aligns pretty good with some of my favourite albums, I had my expectations really high, and don’t get me wrong, this album is good, it’s just not deserving of the high praise it gets from some people.
stars for emmylou tbh
A pretty country album from the ‘70s. Gram Parsons put his soul into the music and backed by the female singers he chooses to sing with, it comes out sounding very harmonious
È un country che però ha anche qualcosa di affascinante.
I ended up going down the rabbit hole of reading about Gram Parsons, as I had never heard of him before and he seems to have lived a really interesting life. I don't normally like this style of music, but it was pretty inoffensive and I quite liked the musical arrangements here and there. It felt slightly closer to a 3 than a 2, probably 4 out of 10, and it wasn't overlong, so a 3 rating seems appropriate.
He could be properly described as a musician’s musician. The album title is classic and there are some good songs but I liked Flying BBs more.
I read a bit about Gram Parsons and it helped connect the dots between all the artists that decided to get countrified at the end of the sixties including The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Emmylou Harris and to some extent, The Stones. I like the tracks where Emmylou shares the microphone and also the raunchy Louvin’ Brothers Quebec medley. I can’t help but wonder if Gram would have had second thoughts about requesting to be cremated if he knew his buddy would have to steal his body and douse it with gasoline to do it!
Salt Lake City gets milder summers, and its bowl world makes the air uniquely visible. It was there I remember hearing First Aid Kit, another mild element with their explicit connection to Emmylou. Softness aside, though, summer gives plenty of reasons to rest in the stream of songs like these. Parsons captures in light strokes country's adoption of other idioms: His rhythmic foundations are not quite straight out of pop and rock. Unfortunately, the sequencing of Grievous Angel is a weak link, ending on a focus on the predominant ballads.
Starts a bit nondescript but gets a bit more interesting towards the end. Side B’s medley, cover and penultimate song are the highlights but as such not a record I’ll remember.
Country. Ni fu ni fa.
Country. Sin más.
Ok
Decent country album, but a bit too conventional for me. Some of the songs are beautiful, Emmylou Harris provides excellent backing vocals, but there are also songs where I get slightly off-putting hillbilly vibes.
Vivement la fin de ce générateur, qu'on puisse definitivement oublier que la country existe.
La semaine démarre sur les chapeaux de roue, avec un superbe enchaîenment Hüsker Dü - Gram Parsons, qui n'aurait rien à envier à un cours de français de lycée de 2h.
Easy listening.
Country. Sin más.
I cringed when I heard the opening with it's country twangs, but I kept an open mind while listening. This is a lot better than the garbage contemporary country that my neighbor's listen to. I like the piano at the beginning of I Can't Dance and I like it's more rock sound. Brass Buttons is kind of nice. I do like their rendition of Love Hurts. Emmylou has a lovely voice. The live medley was painful and I couldn't get through it. It's a shame to read he died so young. While this isn't something I would normally listen to, I can understand the appeal.
I prefer his other album GP. The fake live stuff is a bit of an odd choice. Why was that necessary? I do enjoy the constant presence of Emmylou Harris supporting him, especially on "Love Hurts." They sound really natural together.
It's straight up OK for me. Definitely not my style of country.
Country
Another album that's been lurking in the background of this list, Parsons and his depressing end coming up repeatedly in the background reading. It pretty much seemed like late 20th century modern country to me.
Eerste country plaat die ik zonder te kokhalzen binnen heb gehouden.
A nice country pop album to listen to.
Enjoyable country with Emmylou Harris as the secret star but ultimately not enough to give more than 3 stars
Yeeeehaaaa
PREFS : Return of the Grievous Angel, Hearts on Fire, $1000 Wedding, Love Hurts, In My Hour of Darkness MOINS PREF : Medley Live From Northern Quebec
Not my kind of music, sure, but I cannot deny this is very pleasant music - especially when Emmylou Harris joins.
3.5
I’m really hoping there’s a couple more great albums waiting in the wings as we round the 250 or so left mark. This was some alright country. 6/10
I’m one ear and out the other
Good for its genre. I just don't seem to get a lot from this genre, sadly 3/5
Rather charming. Quite nice background music. Nothing does jump out at you to be fair, so can't go higher than 3 stars.
Pretty good! I probably wouldn’t listen again but I don’t mind some quality country every now and then.
I've ridden this train a number of times in an attempt to understand what other people hear in this guy's music, but it just sounds decidedly average to me. The songs are just okay, and his singing is nothing special. Just ok. Also, this will be the last time I ride the Gram Parsons train. Not all music suits all people.
Nice sounding but forgettable songs
Yeehaw
Gram Parsons (of the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers) and Emmylou Harris come together to produce a fine country rock record, released shortly after Parsons' death. These songs are much softer, more intimate, and folkier than his previous releases. It's very polished, with several highlights, but the songs are a bit forgettable and melodically uninteresting. Hearing the live rendition of "Hickory Wind" just makes me wants to listen to the Byrds version.
Pretty good country. I prefer this version of love hurts.
One of the best country albums I’ve ever heard. Track 2 is crazy good.
This is a good album, and it's very cool to hear a young Emmylou Harris, who to my ear has made some spectacular music over the decades be featured so prominently on this record. Nice stuff.
Never heard of Gram Parsons prior to getting this album from the 1001 albums generator. I have listened to a little bit of The Byrds, but mostly their hits. This was a surprise to get, and I'm so happy I got to experience it. The 2nd side is better than the first, but this is good stuff. I love the harmonizing with Emmy-Lou, just angelic. He definitely crosses between country and rock and I understand why people say that he was the originator of that. It's a beautiful 38 minutes, and I'd gladly listen to it again.
Few solid tracks on here, overall not really my scene though
Music exceeded my expectations for country. And cool to learn about Gram Parsons. His life was wild
3.5 - A cross-section of many trends of the early-70's - both good and bad. There's some Cash/Carter-type duets ("Ohh Las Vegas"), Waylon Jennings-sounding ballads ("Return of the Grievous Angel"), blue-tinged Fleetwood Mac-y shakedowns ("I Can't Dance"). Also some Carpenters-styled easy listening tripe ("Brass Buttons", "Hearts on Fire").
Reading the story of this artist passing away weeks after the album was finished definitely put a new kind of weight on this album. In a vacuum, I'd probably score this a 2.
I liked reading about the artist more than the album.
A bit boring but it still has it swing to it, however the swing and better part are mostly after you have already listened to half of the song. I can understand that it is a good album, however I won’t listen to it again.
It’s fine isn’t it? Just fine.
A fairly okay country pop album from the 70s. The first song on this album is the best and from there it slowly decreases in quality. I felt that the love hurts cover was not that great. The country pop style in the 70s was different than it is now leaning more on the pop than country twang. But overall it’s an okay album with a few songs that are worth revisiting. 6.0/10
I confused this guy with Alan Parsons. Oops. So I was a bit surprised to hear country when I was expecting something in the prog-rock genre. Emmylou Harris certainly added a welcome voice to the songs. I like this kind of country music. However, if not for Emmylou's vocals, this wouldn't be anything of note. The songwriting is okay, but his voice and singing style is pretty meh.
You know it was alright - nice country harmonies. It sounded like you were listening to the radio in a big car in Alabama or something. Otherwise ungripped but maybe worth a second listen
10th February 2023 Listened during the day while picking up the new car, builders and dad in, poker in the evening. Nice bit of country with a swing, 3.5 if I could.
I went college in a city with a thriving local music scene and many of my favorite bands sounded just like this. The first song reminded me of Emmett Otters Jugband
Not for me.
70s album equally feature both a man and a woman, but it's just the blokes name of the jacket. Indicative of how backwards this record is - they were making music like this in the 50s, Gram!! Maybe try something new!!
I don't think I was sad enough to appreciate this mid country music.
Just bad country ha. Not into it at all.
This is too kitchy for me.
Awful
Een country album, of nee sorry: een country rock album. Wat is het verschil tussen country en countryrock? Ik heb geen idee, maar deze man word genoemd als de uitvinder van countryrock! En dat zal zeker de reden zijn dat hij hier op staat, ik bedoel countryrock!!! Kun je je een wereld voorstellen waar country en rock elkaar nooit hadden ontmoet!? Nou gelukkig hoeven we ons dat niet voor te stellen, want dit album bevat zowel country als rock!! Ik word hier heel cynisch van, maar moet toegeven dat de latere nummers inderdaad meer rocken, het tempo gaat iets omhoog, maar het klinkt voor een behoorlijk deel meer als een rock album met misschien country onderwerpen dan een echte samensmelting van de twee. Nee toch niet, dit album rockt echt totaaaaal niet. Het is een ontzettend saai country album, zelfs Emmylou Harris, die toch een meer dan prima stem heeft, kan dit album niet redden. Ik verveel me echt dood. Love hurts is een bekend nummer, maar het pakt me totaal niet eigenlijk. Ooh Las Vegas is dan eindelijk een beetje uptempo, maar jezus de lyrics zijn niet best. Ik merk dat ik me gewoon nogal irriteer aan dit album. Het is niet tranentrekkend slecht, sowieso klinkt EmmyLou gewoon meer dan prima en is Gram niet de slechtste zanger. Maar dit is gewoon een nietszeggend countryalbum, althans ik haal er niets bijzonders uit. FAVO:
Not doing much for me, just straight ahead twangy country. Best part is emmylou Harris’ singing. “Love hurts” is recognizable and my fave track.
Perfectly lovely music… which I slept through much of.
Yup that’s definitely country. Not the worst thing ever, but there’s a lot more I’d rather put on. Also, I just listened to Red Dirt Girl so I wasn’t in the mood.
It's a short record, I don't doubt its influence, but it was pretty painful for me to work through. It starts off with insane guitar twang and by the end of it there's more Emmylou than I've ever needed.There's an occasional classic rock air that works alright, which is then followed by some pretty intense country. The fusion part? Not bad, honestly, I can respect it. It's well done, and if you appreciate the genres, the odds are the experience amplifies. Maybe a little dated by today's standards, especially the rock aspect, but for '74 this would make sense as a banger. If for nothing else, I'm glad I can now put a sound to the name. 2/5
I kiss ma baby with ma fist
Though I was going to hate this after 20 seconds, actually worth a listen. Won't ever listen again though.
I used to like this stuff a lot more when I was younger. Now less so. the arrangements are jsut so dull. A fake live track too. Maybe on a different day, I'd like it more. Who knows. 2.5 rounded down Heard before? Yes Owned: No, 93/351 (26%) Will I get: No
A bit too twangy country for me. I do like Emmylou Harris, but have never been able to enjoy country Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers or solo Gram Parsons. Nothing wrong with this, I just don’t care for the style. 2⭐️
Not my thing. I’m sure in the right ears it is great.
I liked the Emmylou Harris bits, the rest was a bit blancmange - ok but bland country
Found it funny that Emmy Lou featured on pretty much every single song, and was only mentioned as a feature once. Apparently Grams wife was pissed that she was on the album cover after he died and removed her and put her only as a feature on the back of the cover, the opening song also scratched. Maybe she did care about their relationship all along... Anyways, Emmy carries a lot of weight on here and is given almost no credit.. which kinda stinks. The album cover is also kinda strange, I dont like the rendering of his face... it gives me the heebie jeebies.
I preferred the woman’s voice. It was fine but nothing too special. Sort of sounded like it could be a musical.
I strongly dislike country. This is just very boring, and nothing is special about it. At least some tracks weren't that bad. I guess just not for me.
I liked the first song and Brass Buttons $1000 wedding's lyrics man... I THINK I HAVE HEARD LOVE HURTS BEFORE. mkaaay, some songs were screaming country (although I don't even know if they count as country) but I'd say it was a okay album.
Light 70s. Not for me
The best song on this album is the cover of “Love Hurts” that doesn’t even show up as a notable cover in the Wikipedia article housing the song itself. That says a lot about this album. That song is fine, it’s very peaceful and easy to listen to. Not my favorite cover of that song by any means, but it’s fine. It’s also Gram Parson’s most well known song. However, as previously mentioned, it’s not even a Gram Parsons song. A rule of thumb I have for artists is that if a remix made by someone else, or a cover that doesn’t surpass the original is your number one song, we might have a bit of a problem. This album is more Country nonsense through and through that I don’t really care for. On top of that, it’s yet another member of The Byrds getting a solo album on the list. That means there’s at least 8 on here, with potentially more if a third band member also has a solo album on here. Jesus Christ. That’s way WAY too many. Ridiculous to have even 2 of them on here to be honest. Boring album art as well. Very uninspired and lame. Call it a very weird bias, but with songs like “Return of the Grievous Angel”, I always get the feeling that they’re going to say something very… outdated. I’ll leave it at that. Interpret that the way you will. Even if it’s perfectly fine, it just rubs me the wrong way. Man, I just do not enjoy Country music in the slightest, and as usual, this selection is not helping. If this bot was meant to get me to appreciate Country music, it has epically failed a grand majority of the time. Furthermore, the 7+ other Byrds albums are really starting to irk me, and I roll my eyes at this point whenever I roll one, just like the copious amounts of Elvis Costello. So many other deserving artists are left out in exchange for this. The 3 Byrds and Byrds adjacent albums I’ve listened to so far got a 3, but I might start giving them 2’s going forward. This is the worst one so far. I’m just really sick of them and get no enjoyment whatsoever out of any of them. It’s just boring. It brings nothing to the table and it’s utterly forgettable. Every one of their albums I’ve listened to so far are the same, solo artist or not. Nothing against them personally, but they’re just not for me. If there’s anything I’m thankful for, it’s that this wasn’t my weekend album. Whether or not that becomes a monkeys paw in a second when I roll the next album remains to be seen. This is yet another album that wasn’t terrible, but man was it not good either, which situationally can be worse, as I’m going to forget about it in its entirety before the end of this review. Next please!! Let’s end the week off with some heat. If I don’t have to listen to this generic Country drivel for at least another week I’ll be happy. Either that or just get the rest out of the way consecutively. Either of those options would be fine by me at this point. Sorry Gram, not a fan.
muy country, demasiado.
Amazing blend of both Country and Western. I don't think the cowboy life is for me though...
Get this man out of the way of that actual legend.
Not really my kind of music. This is the kind of stuff my aunt and uncles loved to listen to at family gatherings, Parsons and Emmylou Harris and the like. Not for me. "Love Hurts" is fantastic, but I don't care for the rest of it. The rest just kind of blends together for me.
180. ok
I don’t have much love for country Byrds. I sure don’t have any more for this. Painful 70’s stuff which has radically pared away from my sweet spot
It’s funny, normally when I get to an album that I just don’t enjoy in any way I don’t have any remorse about giving it a bad review. This is probably the only album I felt guilty about not liking. I don’t know what is making me feel that way. It’s boring country production with a singer that doesn’t blow me away in any way. Honestly if it wasn’t for the Emmylou Harris song (which is much more of a southern rock song which helps a lot) I’d probably given this album an immediate 1. Actually I also liked the song “I can’t dance” but that’s what really hurt this album the most, is that I could see a southern rock album I’d like to hear, but the most of the album is mopey slow and sad country album which I just couldn’t find more boring if I tried.
This was formulaic, twangy country that was all pretty much the same tempo throughout. I'm not a country fan, so I didn't much like this. However, "Love Hurts" was a decent song that I've heard before and can appreciate.
This wasn't bad, country just isn't really my style. There was good stuff here, but just not my favorite. It doesn't overstay its welcome. It just could do more I think. Emmylou Harris was GREAT in her feature. Actual rating...2.5 Liked Songs: "Return of the Grievous Angel" , "I Can't Dance" , "$1000 Wedding" , "Love Hurts" , "Ooh Las Vegas"
Painful to be honest
Really mid
Too much twangy country for me. Not hearing the alt-country, bluegrass or country-rock attributed to it.
OK. 2/5
I knew Gram Parsons as a country rock pioneer, even though I’d never actually heard any of his music. Aside from “I Can’t Dance,” however, the rock elements on *Grievous Angel* are very limited—it’s actually a pretty standard country album. If you like that dreamy “end-of-the-day on the farm” sound, it’s certainly quite nice - the album is extremely well-produced and will bring a lot of joy to fans of that style. Personally, though, I find it mostly boring - the best song is “Love Hurts,” and that’s a cover version, even though there are at least five better renditions (and probably hundreds more that take their cue from Nazareth). Nice to know, but you can do without it.
Ok so ta emmy lou and this being released after his death might be carrying here... It's held as "a perfect fusion of rock and country" - it's all slow country ballad's except 1.5 songs (one rock a Billy mess), so like nah. The rest of it I also found rather unremarkable, underwhelming. Biggest song in the whole thing is a cover.... Like I'm sorry, this is a nothing burger without the context around it. Sounds harsh but if he was alive when it was released and Emmie Lou had a lesser career, would anyone know about this album? 2 covers......like honestly what is groundbreaking about this album?
Just a country snoozefest. Salvages a star for Emmylou Harris and the aesthetically pleasing colour palette of the cover. Will never listen to this again. Update: listened to it again. Still feel the same. Country just doesn't do it for me.
The band is good but his voice is awful, no wonder he let EmmyLou sing on every track
Another bad day for this project
2/5 - Too much twang for me
I'm trying to get through the album but it's a challenge. I don't mind country music but the only thing that's keeping me listening is Emmylou Harris.
blaaaand
Soul(?) Country is boring
meh
horrible slow boring country music without any reason to listen too. Especially the live track is so annoying.
This didn't do it for me. I like a lot of older country, but this sounded like an amateur imitation of 60's country. I suspect that people like the idea of Gram Parsons as much as they like his music. There were a few songs that were decent near the end of the album, but this whole thing seemed incredibly formulaic. Also some lyrics that made me roll my eyes which, I get it, he was in his early-mid 20s when he wrote them, but still.
5/02 Just sounds like generic country music to me
Country was hard to listen to.
Vanilla as it comes. Have just listened to the The Band / The Band alot and found that variety of country rock much more interesting than this wet fart of an album. Struggling for any postives other than I did not hate it. How could a guy so full of heroin make such a dull album.
This is out the blocks with a song more country than a fiddle solo played on a porch-swing by a cowboy who's just learned he's lost custody of a horse. It's that country. It actually feels like a pastiche, or comedy song in delivery, if not lyrics, down to the voice crack on the word "parlour" which has big Cletus vibes. I always assumed Gram had a bit more country-rock about him, especially given he self-classifies his music as Cosmic Americana or some such nonsense. But as far as I can tell by this and 'The Gilded Palace of Sin', he's fully ensconced in country and western traditions, with little variety or innovation. At the risk of blaspheming, I also think his voice is a little feeble in places, not least on the pitchy 'Hearts on Fire' on which Emmylou does a lot of the heavy-lifting. Her presence here is certainly a grace, if not a saving one. The Flying Burrito Bros was a disappointment and this is too. I'd much rather listen to the Stones' country. Aside from a cool story surrounding his death, I really don't understand what the fuss is about.
Twang town
Just fine, could be much worse
I will be real, I forgot about this as soon as I finished it. It left very little of an impression, just your usual folky fare, although I did like the opener a lot.
There is simply too much country on the list
Well it wasn't *awful* as far as Country goes........ Standout: Return Of The Grievous Angel
Thought it was OK, not really for me
Fine, but not my thing
This is a pedestrian album at best. Some good tunes but all in all it’s mid
A bit too boring for my liking Best Song: Love Hurts Rating: 4.0/10 Stars: 2
several catchy tunes on here i’m not one for country ballads however
5/10 Second half better than the first.
Didn’t enjoy this.
probably edges into a 3 but I gotta get my country average down as it's embarassing 5 / 10 Best track/s: Ooh Las Vegas
Where country first met rock
Not for me
⭐️⭐️ not crazy about country so i didn't care for this album. i liked Emmylou Harris's performance i suppose
A fave of my dad, but not of mine. It did send me to sleep on the plane though so that’s a bonus!
This is too parlour loungy for me.
Thought I would get into this more. Sounded like a parody of 70s country and western albums.
Their voices harmonize well, but it's just samey country with some elements of rock to it. The story about his death is truly unique though, his manager stole his corpse and set it on fire because Parsons expressed that he wanted to be cremated not far from where he actually died. He failed because police caught on to it and he was later buried. Best song: In My Hour of Darkness Worst song: I Can't Dance Cover check: Might be one of the worst covers I've ever seen
There were moments I liked, but the rest is too country for me.
I had a brief period 20+ years with this album. I wanted to like it so bad but it just didn't do it for me. Still the same today
Kitch, sappy country songs that would play in a horror film about a sinister mid-Western grandmother who has kidnapped you and is forcing you to pretend to be their dead grandchild.
Pretty slow tedious folk/country.
The story of the changes this album went through after Parsons' death are kind of interesting, and the music itself is fine even if it does dip deeper into the typical country territory than I would prefer. I do think this is on the weaker side of albums from this list, though there are a few good tracks. Favorite track(s): "Love Hurts," "Ooh Las Vegas"
Don't mind country but this was a wee bit too twee for me.
A little too twangy for me. Likes: Return of the Grievous Angel, In My Hour of Darkness
Pretty much as twangy and sappy as you'd expect from an old country act without much more to offer
This reminds me of Thanksgiving dinner in West Texas. The food is tasty, don't get me wrong, but it's all within a very specific range of color - sepia tone. If it was another color like a rich green, it's been fried, and now that color is hidden under a thick layer of batter.
Some slick guitar work throughout, but that's the only positive I took away from this.
If John Denver is too spicy for you, Gram Parsons is your man. Emmylou Harris sounded great though.
Fik ikke lyttet færdig, country genren er bare ik så meget mig. minder mig om da jeg fløj i fly i gta, san andreas med fire stjerner efter mig og radioen spillede
folksy country noise. Its harmless but nothing special. Dull for me.
Nah, I'm good. It's probably fine. But there's only so many minutes in the day, and in life.
This was fine, but due to the reputation I was expecting a little more.
What the hell is this. American purgatory sounds like this. I don't think I like this. It's not making it to the playlist unfortunately. I mean it's fine just kinda southern elevator music. Nothing too interesting. Like it's just there to be honest. Typa songs an indie Netflix show would play. Oh well some of this is nice. Ok perhaps I was a little harsh on you. He's redeemed himself with the second half methinks. Quebec mention. Never mind I like the middle not the other parts. Favourite: I Can't Dance Least favourite: Return of the Grievous Angel
Ziemlich boring
Eh
Ok, but nothing special
BORING
This was interesting and not something I'd heard before. High 2s.
1. angel - 1.5 2. heartz - 1.5 3. dance - 1 4. brazz - 1.5 5. uuedding - 1 6. medley - 2 7. love - 0 8. vegaz - 2 9. hour - 1.5
You can always tell its the last track when the theme switches from drugs and women to salvation. The duets were nice, but not my bag. 2.5
it's not his fault but I was really not in the mood for sleepy sad country music today and I was absolutely clawing my way through this album
Not my type of music… was quite the folk music album mixed country. Just didn’t like the album.
it was a fine country album nothing special tbh
Meh
Eh
Favorite tracks: I Can't Dance, Return of the Grievous Angel, Ooh Las Vegas Country will never be my cup of tea, but I am finding 60s-70s country to be way better than today's. I also love the high energy in some of these songs! I'm probably lowballing this a little bit more than I should, but I liked Emmylou Harris way more than Gram Parsons and she's not actually credited for the album which is a bit of a travesty imo.
Even the presence of a young Emmylou Harris can't save this from being nothing more than a weak 70s country album. An overabundance of slide guitar and mediocre to downright cringe lyrics did nothing for me. I have a hard time understanding why people put this up as one of the great albums of the era.
Yet another album that made the list because its surrounded by tragedy. First you have Elliott Smith who stabbed himself, then Jeff Buckley who decided to wander into a lake fully clothed, and now Gram Parsons who drank a lot of alcohol and did a lot of drugs in the desert and never woke up. These incidents dont make people legendary artists, or memorable albums, these are just people who made bad decisions. Only highlight of this album is Emmylou Harris.
Not really for me
This album feels very standard. Kind of vanilla country. I think everyone will agree Emmylou the standout here. Some decent songs on here. Nothing mind blowing. Love Hurts is good hard to not have the Nazareth version in your head though.
Respectfully not for me
Thought this was fine, no big impact on me either way. I'm not a big country fan, enjoyed the harmonies though.
Would this album be on this list if he didn't die as young? Because it felt pretty unremarkable to me.
A little too country for me.
country, egal in welcher form.
Heavy on the Country this one. Which doesn't make it good, just oh-so-predictable. 2/5
Too twangy for my taste, but I did enjoy I Can’t Dance. The rest I had to skip through.
Did not want to start a new year by listening to country
Horrendous album cover. Ruined the vibe of the whole album
Kjedelig køntri. Den tamme versjonen av Love Hurts sier alt. Stemmen til Emmylou skjærer i ørene.
I don't like country, and this didn't convince me. Some good moments in a pile of mid.
Greatest thing was Emmylou Harris. I liked the live medley song.
Just okay
My first thought was, "I remember Gram Parsons and the Rumor. This might be a fun throwback." Boy, was I wrong. My apologies to the country fans. This was not for me. It gets my lowest rating, for what is good music, that I just don't dig.
Ikke fælt å høre på, men føles som hjernecellene mine gifter seg med søskenbarn og stemmer donald.
OK easy listening country album I guess. Did not live up to its reputation. Did I miss something?
Not bad, just not my daily vibe, 2.5 ish
Globally boring. Too country for me. Could probably give it another go in the future 2.5
Easier to listen to than Flying Burrito Band but not my favourite country album on the list.
Just not my personal cup of tea, but interesting backstory.
Just not a huge fan of storytime country I suppose. Parsons doesn't scratch an itch I have.
Was $1000 for a wedding a lot in 1974? Inflation’s a bitch. I did a bit of reading after listening and apparently Parsons is very well respected and influential in fusing country with rock but I sure didn’t get that impression from my listen. The faster songs are definitely the better songs, but weren’t the stones already doing this 1000x better? Parsons has all the charisma of a cardboard box and the slow songs didn’t hit for me at all. Maybe his influence/talent is overblown because he died young and there’s an awesome story about his friends stealing his corpse and lighting it on fire at Joshua tree. For that I’ll give it a 2
Generisk country. Man hör, när covern kommer, skillnaden. Tycker country är mer än gimmick än musik. Njuter inte alls.
There were a few points were it picked up tempo and I thought it was ok, but for the most part it was just not something I wanted to listen to. I didn't really listen to the lyrics so maybe they were good. But I don't really care. Love hurts is a good track I guess, but I prefer other versions.
De eerste 10 zinnen van dit album bevatten de woorden: back to town, porch, parlor, cowboy angels en saloon. Yep, dit is full frontal country. Inclusief het bijbehorende accent. Om het te breken wordt er af en toe nog wat gegrold. Met bijvoorbeeld een jodel tussendoor. Daarbuiten voegt het weinig toe aan het country oeuvre wat we al door moesten worstelen.
Parempi :D
I didn't really listen while this was playing but it was nice enough
Cool, I was hoping my grandma's favorite album would be on this list.
Love hurts er en fin låt, men her blir innpakningen kjedelig. Det gjelder også resten av låtene. Blir lite spenning og dynamikk.
Mais um típico disco de country, desta vez com alguns momentos de pop/rock. Trás uma única faixa interessante, "$ 1,0000 Wedding", e uma versão horrorosa do sucesso "Love Hurts" da banda Nazareth. Dispensável!
11/10/25. Solid album, just not my genre so couldn't get into it too much. Will need more listens to deepen my understanding, and if anything my music history expands.
Hell yes
Best Song: Love Hurts. A classic song, and Emmylou Harris is a great contribution to the track. Worst Song: In My Hour of Darkness. I have no interest in listening to this kind of folksy hymn. Overall: Totally not my genre, and didn't do anything to overcome my initial prejudices.
Love Hurts
I want to be kind to this album because it is quite pretty, but I just can not get into country try as I might. Parsons's vocals aren't anything exceptional, but his duet partner does have quite the pretty voice. I won't completely trash this album with a one star rating, but this was not for me. I will say that if you like country I think that you absolutely will enjoy this. That's just not applicable to me haha.
Old fashioned country
There are few country songs I can listen to, and this didn't have any of them.
Not my vibe😔
Didn’t feel like anything special to me. Brass Buttons and Ooh Las Vegas were good. The track order was thoughtful and effective.
Return of the Grievous Angel - A little more 70s back country than folk for my taste, but I enjoy the twang and harmonies. Not a track I'd revisit or save. Hearts on Fire - Nope. Made it to :43 and stopped. I Can't Dance - More of a classic country-rock track, I always like the piano the best in songs like this, and it's lacking piano. A track like this needs a little soul, and Gram gives none. Brass Buttons - Don McLean would have done this much better. There's just something missing here, and I think it's the lack of heart in the vocals again. $1000 Wedding - Nope. Made it to :40 and stopped. Nope. Medley- OKAY intro is giving me hope, bring in that band Gram! It took 6 songs for Gram to sing with some emotion. This one isn't bad at all good energy and bounce. Listened to the rest but forgot to mention specific songs. Overall it's aight
Rating: 5/10 Meh.
There’s only so much of this I can take. Glad it’s only 35 mins long.