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
Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of Luxury Liner. Brian Ahern - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, finger-style acoustic guitar Mike Auldridge - dobro Dianne Brooks - backing vocals James Burton - electric guitar Rodney Crowell - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, high-strung guitar, backing vocals Rick Cunha - acoustic guitar Hank DeVito - pedal steel guitar Emory Gordy Jr. - bass Glen Hardin - piano, electric piano, string arrangements Emmylou Harris - vocals, acoustic guitar Nicolette Larson - duet vocals Albert Lee - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, backing vocals Dolly Parton - backing vocals Herb Pedersen - backing vocals Mickey Raphael - harmonica, bass harmonica Ricky Skaggs - fiddle, mandolin Fayssoux Starling - backing vocals John Ware - drums
Technical Brian Ahern - production, engineering Donivan Cowart - engineering Bradley Hartman - engineering Stuart Taylor - engineering Miles Wilkinson - engineering
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1977) Peak position Canadian Albums (RPM) 40
Year-end charts Chart (1977) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 2
Release history + Release history and formats for Luxury Liner Region Date Format Label Ref. North America 28 December 1976 LP · cassette · 8-track cartridge Warner Bros. Records UK14 January 1977
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