Luxury Liner (album)
| Untitled | |
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Guardian |  [3] |
| Robert Christgau | B[4] |
Luxury Liner is an album by country music artist Emmylou Harris, released in 1976. The album was Harris' second successive #1 country album on the Billboard Music Charts, although, unlike the preceding Elite Hotel, there were no #1 hits from this album. The highest charting singles were the #6 Chuck Berry cover "(You Never Can Tell) C'est la Vie" and the #8 "Making Believe" (originally a hit for Kitty Wells).
Track listing
Side one
- "Luxury Liner" (Gram Parsons) – 3:41
- "Pancho and Lefty" (Townes Van Zandt) – 4:50
- "Making Believe" (Jimmy Work) – 3:37
- "You're Supposed to Be Feeling Good" (Rodney Crowell) – 4:01
- "I'll Be Your San Antone Rose" (Susanna Clark) – 3:43
Side two
- "(You Never Can Tell) C'est la Vie" (Chuck Berry) – 3:27
- "When I Stop Dreaming" (Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin) – 3:15
- "Hello Stranger" [with Nicolette Larson] (A.P. Carter) – 3:59
- "She" (Gram Parsons, Chris Ethridge) – 3:15
- "Tulsa Queen" (Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell) – 4:47
Bonus tracks
A 2004 CD reissue added two previously unissued bonus tracks:
- "Me and Willie" (Laurie Hyde-Smith) – 5:16
- "Night Flyer" (duet with Delia Bell) (Johnny Mullins) – 3:33
Personnel
- Brian Ahern: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Finger-Style Acoustic Guitar
- Mike Auldridge: Dobro
- Dianne Brooks: Backing Vocals
- James Burton: Electric Guitar
- Rodney Crowell: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, High-Strung Guitar, Backing Vocals
- Rick Cunha: Acoustic Guitar
- Hank DeVito: Pedal Steel
- Emory Gordy, Jr.: Bass
- Glen D. Hardin: Piano, Electric Piano, String Arrangements
- Emmylou Harris: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
- Nicolette Larson: Duet Vocals
- Albert Lee: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Backing Vocals
- Dolly Parton: Backing Vocals
- Herb Pedersen: Backing Vocals
- Mickey Raphael: Harmonica, Bass Harmonica
- Ricky Skaggs: Fiddle, Mandolin
- Fayssoux Starling: Backing Vocals
- John Ware: Drums
Technical Personnel
- Brian Ahern: Producer, Engineer
- Donivan Cowart: Engineer
- Bradley Hartman: Engineer
- Stuart Taylor: Engineer
- Miles Wilkinson: Engineer
Chart performance
| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 21 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 40 |
References
- ^ 2004 Warner Bros reissue - 'originally issued as Warner Bros #BS-2998/#BSK-3115(12/28/76'
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. Luxury Liner at AllMusic
- ^ Sweeting, Adam (9 April 2004). "Emmylou Harris, Luxury Liner". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Luxury Liner [Reprise, 1976]". Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- Emmylou Harris Luxury Liner liner notes
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