Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions

Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
Studio album by Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
Released August, 1999
Recorded 1999, Tucson, Arizona
Genre Country, folk
Length 52:47
Label Asylum Nashville
Producer Glyn Johns
Linda Ronstadt chronology

We Ran
(1998)		 Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
(1999)		 A Merry Little Christmas
(2000)
Emmylou Harris chronology
Spyboy
(1998)		 Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
(1999)		 Red Dirt Girl
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The A.V. Club (favorable) [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
Los Angeles Times [4]
People (favorable) [5]
Q [6]
Robert Christgau [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [8]

Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions is a 1999 duet album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt and singer/songwriter/guitarist Emmylou Harris.

The album was well received critically, and it made several year-end Top Ten (favorite) lists. The disc was recorded at The Arizona Inn near downtown Tucson, Arizona.

This album hit #6 on Billboard‍ '​s Country albums chart and #73 on Billboard's main album chart. The two artists teamed up for a concert tour in support of the disc in late 1999. It was nominated for several Grammy awards and sold approximately 400,000 copies in the United States.

Track listing

  1. "Loving the Highway Man" (Andy Prieboy) 3:30
  2. "Raise the Dead" (Emmylou Harris) 3:18
  3. "For a Dancer" (Jackson Browne) 4:43
  4. "Western Wall" (Rosanne Cash) 4:43
  5. "1917" (David Olney) 5:24
  6. "He Was Mine" (Paul Kennerley) 3:19
  7. "Sweet Spot" (Emmylou Harris/Jill Cunniff) 3:34
  8. "Sisters of Mercy" (Leonard Cohen) 3:58
  9. "Falling Down" (Patty Griffin) 3:15
  10. "Valerie" (Patti Scialfa) 4:04
  11. "This Is to Mother You" (Sinéad O'Connor) 3:16
  12. "All I Left Behind" (Emmylou Harris/Kate McGarrigle/Anna McGarrigle) 3:23
  13. "Across the Border" (Bruce Springsteen) 6:20

Personnel

Technical credits

Chart performance

Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 6
U.S. Billboard 200 73

References

  1. ↑ LaVeck, Theresa E.. Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions at AllMusic
  2. ↑ The A.V. Club review
  3. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  4. ↑ Los Angeles Times review
  5. ↑ People review
  6. ↑ Album reviews at CD Universe
  7. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  8. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 701. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.