Grievous Angel

Parsons produced it. Harris sings on all tracks but "Brass Buttons"; the band is Glen D. Hardin on piano, James Burton on electric guitar, Emory Gordy Jr. on bass, Ron Tutt on drums, Herb Pedersen on rhythm guitar and Al Perkins on pedal steel, with Bernie Leadon, Byron Berline and Linda Ronstadt (harmony on "In My Hour of Darkness") among the guests. Harris said the band arrived with charts ready and cut tracks in about five days and vocals in five more, mostly on first or second takes, though that account reaches us only through a search summary. It reached 195 on the Billboard 200. AllMusic gave it five stars, Robert Christgau an A, and Rolling Stone ranked it 425th in 2012. After Parsons's death the cover was changed to remove Harris, who is credited only on the back.