GRAM PARSONS - Grevious Angel LP

180 gram vinyl.

Even though the Flying Burrito Brothers' Guilded Palace of Sin is Gram Parsons' finest achievement, this album is a worthy second.

First of all it's Gram Parsons' songs. "Return of the Grievous Angel" is a wonderful opener with one of his most beautiful melodies. "Brass Buttons" and "$1000 Wedding" feature Parsons doing country ballads at his very best.

"Ooh Las Vegas" is a great rocker and remains one of his most popular songs.

The beautiful "In My Hour of Darkness" is a fitting end to his great career, although at the time he recorded it he didn't know it would be the closing track of his last ever album.