Sleepless Nights (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Sleepless Nights
Type = compilation
Artist = Gram Parsons


Released = April 1976
Recorded = 1970 (with the Flying Burrito Brothers)1973 (with Emmylou Harris/Grievous Angel Sessions)
Genre = Country-rock
Length = 37:28
Label = A&M
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:9kqpg4jttv6z link]
Last album = "Grievous Angel" (1973)
This album = "Sleepless Nights" (1974)
Next album = "Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels" (1981)

"Sleepless Nights" is a posthumous compilation album by Gram Parsons. There are no Parson's original songs on this album, the majority being vintage country songs with the exception of Honky Tonk Women by Jagger/Richards.Some of the highest praise for the album is due to the inclusion of three tracks featuring Emmylou Harris and omitted from the 1973 album "Grievous Angel"; "Sleepless Nights" (allegedly the original title for the "Grievous Angel" album), "The Angels Rejoiced in Heaven Last Night" and "Brand New Heartache". The majority of the tracks are from a much earlier period and recorded during Parson's time with The Flying Burrito Brothers, shortly before his exit from the group. These songs were not previously released and are not as highly regarded by many critics, Rolling Stone refers to them as "sluggish and dispirited". [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/gramparsons/albums/album/93325/review/5945785/sleepless_nights link]

Track listing

#"Brand New Heartache" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) - 2:28
#"Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down" (Merle Haggard) - 2:55
#"Sing Me Back Home" (Merle Haggard) - 3:53
#"Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven" (J. Ripley) - 3:12
#"Crazy Arms" (Ralph Mooney, Charles Seals) - 2:48
#"Sleepless Nights" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) - 3:23
#"Close Up The Honky Tonks" (R. Simpson) - 2:20
#"Together Again" (Buck Owens) - 3:13
#"Honky Tonk Women" - (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) - 4:19
#"Green, Green Grass Of Home" (Curly Putman) - 4:05
#"Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (and Loud, Loud Music)" (Joe Maphis) - 2:56
#"The Angels Rejoiced Last Night" (Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin- 2:23