The Gilded Palace of Sin

The Gilded Palace of Sin
Left to right: Chris Ethridge, "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, Gram Parsons, and Chris Hillman, wearing Nudie suits in a desert scene
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 6, 1969 (1969-02-06)
RecordedNovember–December 1968
StudioA&M, Hollywood
GenreCountry rock
Length37:24
LabelA&M
Producer
  • The Flying Burrito Brothers
  • Henry Lewy
  • Larry Marks
The Flying Burrito Brothers chronology
The Gilded Palace of Sin
(1969)
Burrito Deluxe
(1970)

The Gilded Palace of Sin is the first album by the country rock group the Flying Burrito Brothers, released on February 6, 1969.[1] It continued Gram Parsons' and Chris Hillman's work in modern country music, fusing traditional sources like folk and country with other forms of popular music like gospel, soul, and psychedelic rock.

Although it was not a commercial success, peaking at #164 on the Billboard 200, The Gilded Palace of Sin has been widely regarded as an important album in 1970s rock. It was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[2] It is also listed at number 192 in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in the 2012 edition and number 462 in the 2020 edition, keeping the same position on the 2023 small review.[3][4]

  1. ^ "The Flying Burrito Brothers: The Gilded Palace of Sin - All Things Music+". February 19, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "500 Greatest Albums: The Gilded Palace of Sin", Rolling Stone
  4. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-10-12.