GP (album)
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| Studio album by Gram Parsons | ||||
| Released | January 1973 | |||
| Recorded | September–October, 1972, Wally Heider Studio 4, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Length | 38:26 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Parsons, Ric Grech | |||
| Gram Parsons chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B+ [2] |
GP is American singer-songwriter Gram Parsons' debut solo album. It was originally released in a gatefold sleeve in 1973. GP received critical acclaim upon release, but failed to reach the Billboard charts. In the original Rolling Stone review, which individually covered both GP and its follow-up, Grievous Angel, the reviewer praises Gram's vocals and delivery paraphrasing Gram's lyrics, "boy, but he sure can sing".[3]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Gram Parsons unless otherwise indicated.| Side One | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Still Feeling Blue" | 2:40 | ||||||||
| 2. | "We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning" | Joyce Allsup | 3:13 | |||||||
| 3. | "A Song for You" | 4:58 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Streets of Baltimore" | Tompall Glaser, Harlan Howard | 2:53 | |||||||
| 5. | "She" | Parsons, Chris Ethridge | 4:59 | |||||||
| Side Two | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "That's All It Took" | Darrell Edwards, Charlotte Grier, George Jones | 3:38 | |||||||
| 2. | "The New Soft Shoe" | 3:54 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Kiss the Children" | 2:57 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Cry One More Time" | Peter Wolf, Seth Justman | 3:38 | |||||||
| 5. | "How Much I've Lied" | Parsons, David Rifkin | 2:29 | |||||||
| 6. | "Big Mouth Blues" | 3:52 | ||||||||
Personnel
- Gram Parsons – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Emmylou Harris – vocals
- Barry Tashian – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Ric Grech – bass guitar
- John Conrad – bass
- Ronnie Tutt – drums
- John Guerin – drums
- Sam Goldstein – drums
- Glen D. Hardin – piano, organ, bandleader
- James Burton – electric guitar, dobro
- Al Perkins – pedal steel guitar
- Buddy Emmons – pedal steel guitar
- Byron Berline – fiddle
- Alan Munde – banjo on "Still Feeling Blue"
- Ron Hicklin, Tom Bahler, Mitch Gordon, Lewis Morford – backing vocals on "Kiss the Children"
- Hal Battiste – baritone saxophone on "Cry One More Time"
References
- ↑ Deming, Mark. Gram Parsons: G.P. > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Gram Parsons: GP > Consumer Guide Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ↑ Scoppa, Bud (March 1, 1973). "Gram Parsons: GP/Grievous Angel > Review". Rolling Stone (129). Retrieved 24 August 2011.
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