GP / Grievous Angel

Songs Include : 1. Still Feeling Blue / 2. We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning / 3. Song For You / 4. Streets Of Baltimore / 5. She / 6. That's All It Took / 7. New Soft Shoe / 8. Kiss The Children / 9. Cry One More Time / 10. How Much I've Lied / 11. Big Mouth Blues / 12. Return Of The Grievous Angel / 13. Hearts On Fire / 14. I Can't Dance / 15. Brass Buttons / 16. $1000 Wedding / 17. Medley Live From Northern Quebec : Cash On The Barrelhead / Hickory Wind / 18. Love Hurts / 19. Ooh Las Vegas / 20. In My Hour Of Darkness

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