Sleepless Nights [EXTRA TRACKS] [IMPORT]

The Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 2006)
• Original Release Date: April 1976
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Ume Imports
• ASIN: B000026GYF
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #67,437 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
1976 posthumous release featuring The Flying Burrito Brothers & Emmylou Harris.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars out-takes worth taking...., November 6, 2003

By	Phillip D. Turnour "fillfillfill" (Ocean Grove, Vic Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This album was actually my introduction to Gram Parsons. As an introduction, it is not much chop as it neglects his songwriting and original approach to non-country material. This side of Gram is exemplified on other releases (particularly the FBB Gilded Palace of Sin) that were the foundations of country-rock and alt.country as we now know them. Nonetheless, it's a great album for Gram-completists and a good country-rock (with the emphasis on country) effort. The solo (with Emmylou Harris) songs are probably the highlights although I like the Burritos take on Green Green Grass of Home. The version of Honky Tonk Women is disappointing.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Collectable Gram, August 2, 2005

By	Laurence Upton (Wilts, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This comprises stand-out tracks of country standards Gram Parsons made with the Burritos shortly before he left the band, and three fantastic previously unreleased duets with Emmylou Harris which were inexplicably left off his wonderful second solo album, Grievous Angel, including the definitive version of Sleepless Nights. You need to have these

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Pleasant Collection!, February 16, 2005

By	Morten Vindberg - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This post-humous collection of Gram Parsons recordings was originally released in 1976 - 3 years after his death. 9 tracks are Flying Burrito Brothers recordings from early 1970 and 3 tracks were recorded during the "Grievous Angel" sessions. The 3 later tracks are duets with Emmylou Harris.

There are no Parsons originals included. The Burritos were planning to record a whole album of "pure and honest" country music. Most tracks are pleasant, but nothing extraordinary.

Parsons had a good voice for country music, but this collection does not give the answer to how he could become a legend in country-rock. There are some fine vocal harmonies with Chris Hilmann and with Emmylou Harris things rarely go completely wrong.

Of the Burrito songs "Sing Me Back Home", "Your Angel Steps Out of Heaven" and "Dim Lights" are really good, and "The Angels Rejoiced Last Night" with Harris is the highlight of the album.