Artist: The Flying Burrito Brothers
Album: The Gilded Palace of Sin
Year: 1969
The Flying Burrito Brothers featured Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman of The Byrds, offering an album not all that dissimilar from The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo. Whereas that album was pretty much a faithful C&W album, The Gilded Palace of Sin combines country with more of a pop/rock sound.
This is a pleasant-sounding album, but it sounds a bit generic. This is the same problem I had with The Band's Music from Big Pink, but at least that album had a total knockout of a tune in "The Weight." On this one, none of the songs really stood out to me as being particularly memorable. The best songs are the ones that incorporate some subtle psychedelic touches (i.e., the best songs are the ones that sound like they could have been nicked from The Notorious Byrd Brothers); tunes like "Hot Burrito #1" and "Hot Burrito #2" fit that bill.
My reaction to this one is rather lukewarm. Pleasant enough to listen to, but I doubt I'll ever have much desire to listen to it again.
Rating: Not worth a listen
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