Grievous Angel
by Gram Parsons

Album
Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons
Year: 1974
Release date: 1974-01-00
Overall rank: 1,506th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 286 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (29th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (283rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,506th)

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Grievous Angel is ranked as the best album by Gram Parsons.

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Grievous Angel rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,506th | 1970s rank: 283rd | 1974 rank: 29th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 286 votes)
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75/100
 !		02/28/2026 18:42 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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 !		12/29/2025 08:03 dukeboxkool  Ratings distribution  2,24772/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.


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From 03/07/2022 04:10 | #282408 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Gram was not a great singer, though he could sell a song even when his intonation betrayed him. But no matter-- he's joined on this by one of the greatest singers of all time.
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From 02/20/2022 04:28 | #281562 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
In some ways, it feels like Gram might be a tad overrated. What he was was an excellent curator of country and folk songs and musicians, and this record is the pinnacle of Gram bringing material and personnel together- his performances on their own don't necessarily blow me away, but the whole package is worth the price of admission.
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From 12/27/2021 10:25 | #278043
Tras una trayectoria tan breve como brillante, es en su álbum póstumo donde Parsons alcanza su máximo nivel.
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From 09/30/2021 03:11 | #274434
It's a good album for many reasons, not least of these is the presence of the amazing Emmy Lou Harris. To my ears, she takes it to the next level.
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From 08/03/2021 12:32 | #272185
twangy out of tune vocal
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2. On The Beach by Neil Young
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