Name: Elite Hotel
Brand: Rhino Flashback (Label)
SKU: 51960019
Availability: OutOfStock

Performer Notes

Includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks.
Personnel: Emmylou Harris (vocals, guitar); Joanthan Edwards (vocals); Brian Ahern (guitar, bass); James Burton, Rick Cunha, Amos Garrett, Bernie Leadon (guitar); Ben Keith, Hank DeVito (pedal steel guitar); Herb Pedersen (banjo, background vocals); Byron Berline (mandolin, fiddle); Mike Auldridge (dobro); Micky Raphael (harmonica); Glen D. Hardin, Bill Payne (piano); Emory Gordy (bass, background vocals); John Ware, Ron Tutt (drums); Fayssoux Starling, John Starling, Dianne Brooks (background vocals).
Recorded at the Enactron Truck, Beverly Hills, California. Originally released on Reprise (2286).
On her second album ELITE HOTEL, Emmylou Harris follows the blueprint she established with PIECES OF THE SKY. She even draws songs from many of the same sources, going to the well one more time for songs by Rodney Crowell ("Till I Gain Control Again") and the Beatles ("Here, There, and Everywhere"). With guitar legend James Burton, pianist Bill Payne, and singer Linda Ronstadt among the returning guests, the supporting cast also echoes that of PIECES. Whereas that album only hinted at Harris' potential commercial success, however, ELITE HOTEL delivers on the promise. With three top-five singles ("Together Again," "One of These Days," and "Sweet Dreams"), HOTEL established Harris as one of country's premier artists.
HOTEL goes further than Harris' previous album in acknowledging her debt to her mentor, country-rock avatar Gram Parsons. Three Parsons songs ("Sin City," "Wheels," and "Ooh Las Vegas") appear here, and other selections clearly reflect Parsons preferences (the Louvin Brothers' "Satan's Jewel Crown" and Buck Owens' "Together Again"). Harris does Parsons proud, maintaining his traditionalist musical vision while polishing his execution. In so doing, she accomplishes something Parsons never would have; Harris succeeds in reintroducing classic country to mainstream contemporary audiences.

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (2/27/04, p.99) - "[Transcends] distinctions between traditional and pop country music..." - Rating: A

Uncut (4/04, p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[L]ess starchy, proving she'd absorbed the passionate economy of traditional country music..."

Album: Elite Hotel
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Amarillo
2)	Together Again
3)	Feelin' Single-Seein' Double
4)	Sin City
5)	One of These Days
6)	Till I Gain Control Again
7)	Here, There and Everywhere
8)	Ooh Las Vegas
9)	Sweet Dreams
10)	Jambalaya
11)	Satan's Jewel Crown
12)	Wheels

Album: Elite Hotel
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Amarillo
2)	Together Again
3)	Feelin' Single-Seein' Double
4)	Sin City
5)	One of These Days
6)	Till I Gain Control Again
7)	Here, There and Everywhere
8)	Ooh Las Vegas
9)	Sweet Dreams
10)	Jambalaya
11)	Satan's Jewel Crown
12)	Wheels