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Luxury Liner
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 28, 1976 [1]
StudioEnactron Truck, Los Angeles, California
Genre Country
Length38:56
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Brian Ahern
Emmylou Harris chronology
Elite Hotel
(1975)
Luxury Liner
(1976)
Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
(1978)
Singles from Luxury Liner
  1. " You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)"
    Released: February 2, 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
Christgau's Record GuideB [3]
The Guardian [4]

Luxury Liner is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Emmylou Harris, released in 1976. The album was Harris' second successive number one country album on the Billboard charts, although, unlike the preceding Elite Hotel, there were no number one hits from this album. The highest-charting singles were the number six Chuck Berry cover "(You Never Can Tell) C'est la Vie" and the number eight " Making Believe" (originally a hit for Kitty Wells). However, the album may be better known for including the first cover version of Townes Van Zandt's 1972 song " Pancho and Lefty", which subsequently became Van Zandt's best-known composition.

At the 20th Annual Grammy Awards, one of the album's tracks and hit singles, Making Believe, was nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance but the award went to Crystal Gayle for Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Luxury Liner" Gram Parsons3:41
2." Pancho and Lefty" Townes Van Zandt4:50
3." Making Believe" Jimmy Work3:37
4."You're Supposed to Be Feeling Good" Rodney Crowell4:01
5."I'll Be Your San Antone Rose"Susanna Clark3:43
6." (You Never Can Tell) C'est la Vie" Chuck Berry3:27
7."When I Stop Dreaming" Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin3:15
8."Hello Stranger" (with Nicolette Larson) A.P. Carter3:59
9."She"Gram Parsons, Chris Ethridge3:15
10."Tulsa Queen"Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell4:47
11."Me and Willie" (bonus track for 2004 CD re-issue)Laurie Hyde-Smith5:16
12."Night Flyer" (duet with Delia Bell) (bonus track for 2004 CD re-issue)Johnny Mullins3:33

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Luxury Liner. [5]

Technical

  • Brian Ahern - production, engineering
  • Donivan Cowart - engineering
  • Bradley Hartman - engineering
  • Stuart Taylor - engineering
  • Miles Wilkinson - engineering

Charts

Release history

Release history and formats for Luxury Liner
Region Date Format Label Ref.
North America December 28, 1976
  • LP
  • cassette
Warner Bros. Records [9]

References

  1. ^ 2004 Warner Bros reissue - 'originally issued as Warner Bros #BS-2998/#BSK-3115(12/28/76'
  2. ^ Ankeny, Jason. Luxury Liner at AllMusic
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: H". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN  089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Sweeting, Adam (April 9, 2004). "Emmylou Harris, Luxury Liner". The Guardian. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  5. ^ Luxury Liner (liner notes). Emmylou Harris. Warner Bros. Nashville. 1976.{{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)
  6. ^ "Emmylou Harris Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  7. ^ "Emmylou Harris Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  8. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1977". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  9. ^ Harris, Emmylou (December 29, 1975). "Luxury Liner (Liner Notes)". Warner Bros. Records. BS-2998 (LP); M5-2998 (Cassette).