The British Edsel label's Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Loud, Loud Music, the first try at a Flying Burrito Brothers compilation in a decade, is not a best-of. Because the label had recently reissued the Burritos' first two albums, The Gilded Palace of Sin and Burrito Deluxe, this 13-song collection is drawn from the rarities and outtakes first released on the A&M albums Close Up the Honky-Tonks and Sleepless Nights after the original group's (and Gram Parsons') demise. Specifically, as the album notes report, "...[I]t brings together for the first time on one record all the Burritos' material that features Gram Parsons and that wasn't on those first two LPs." The songs are for the most part covers of country music standards presented as demos or working versions that probably never would have been released if it were not for Parsons' death. Parsons, of course, is the reason the Burritos continue to interest fans, and he sings well here, but this half-finished material does not compare to the first two albums. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Tracks
1. Six More Days and I'll Be Gone
2. Close Up the Honky Tonks
3. Sing Me Back Home
4. Tinight the Bottle Let Me Down
5. Your Angel Steps Out of Heaven Each Night
6. Crazy Arms
7. Together Again
8. Honky Tonk Woman
9. Green Green Grass of Home
10. Dim Lights Thick Smoke and Loud Loud Music
11. Bonny Marone
12. To Love Somebody
13. Break my Mind
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