Luxury Liner, Emmylou Harris’s fourth studio album, was issued by Warner Bros. (BS 2998) at the end of 1976 and charted in 1977, when it reached number one on Billboard’s country albums chart and number 21 on the Billboard 200. Brian Ahern produced it, recording in his Enactron Truck in Los Angeles. It was her second consecutive number-one country album, following Elite Hotel.
The title song is by Gram Parsons, and the program also includes his “She,” written with Chris Ethridge; Jimmy Work’s “Making Believe”; Chuck Berry’s “(You Never Can Tell) C’est la Vie”; the Louvin Brothers’ “When I Stop Dreaming”; Rodney Crowell’s “You’re Supposed to Be Feeling Good”; and A. P. Carter’s “Hello Stranger,” sung with Nicolette Larson. The album is also where Harris first recorded “Pancho and Lefty,” the first cover of Townes Van Zandt’s 1972 song. “(You Never Can Tell) C’est la Vie” reached number six on the country singles chart and “Making Believe” number eight; “Making Believe” was nominated for a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Players credited in the liner notes include James Burton and Albert Lee (guitars, with Lee also on mandolin), Rodney Crowell and Rick Cunha (guitars), Hank DeVito (pedal steel), Mike Auldridge (dobro), Ricky Skaggs (fiddle and mandolin), Glen Hardin (piano and strings arrangements), Emory Gordy Jr. (bass), John Ware (drums) and Mickey Raphael (harmonica). Dolly Parton, Herb Pedersen, Fayssoux Starling and Dianne Brooks sing backing vocals.
Tracklist
- 1 Luxury Liner - 2003 Remaster 3:40
- 2 Pancho and Lefty alt version 4:49
- 3 Making Believe - 2003 Remaster 3:36
- 4 You're Supposed to Be Feeling Good - 2003 Remaster 4:00
- 5 I'll Be Your San Antone Rose - 2003 Remaster 3:44
- 6 You Never Can Tell (C'est la Vie) - 2003 Remaster 3:29
- 7 When I Stop Dreaming - 2003 Remaster 3:15
- 8 Hello Stranger alt version 3:57
- 9 She - 2003 Remaster 3:15
- 10 Tulsa Queen - 2003 Remaster 4:47
- 11 Me and Willie - 2003 Remaster 5:16
- 12 Night Flyer (with Delia Bell) - 2003 Remaster 3:35
