Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions | ||||
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Released | August 24, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1999, Tucson, Arizona | |||
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Genre | Country, folk | |||
Length | 52:47 | |||
Label | Asylum Nashville | |||
Producer | Glyn Johns | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The A.V. Club | (favorable) [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | A− [3] |
Los Angeles Times | [4] |
People | (favorable) [5] |
Q | [6] |
Robert Christgau | [7] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions is a 1999 duet album by American singer, songwriter, and producer Linda Ronstadt and singer, songwriter, and guitarist Emmylou Harris, who had previously collaborated on two albums with Dolly Parton.
The album was well received critically, and it made several year-end Top Ten lists. The disc was recorded at the Arizona Inn in Tucson, Arizona.
This album hit #6 on Billboard 's Country albums chart and #73 on Billboard's main album chart. The two artists teamed for a concert tour in support of the disc in late 1999. It was nominated for several Grammy Awards.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Loving the Highway Man" | Andy Prieboy | 3:30 |
2. | "Raise the Dead" | Emmylou Harris | 3:18 |
3. | "For a Dancer" | Jackson Browne | 4:43 |
4. | "Western Wall" | Rosanne Cash | 2:35 |
5. | "1917" | David Olney | 5:24 |
6. | "He Was Mine" | Paul Kennerley | 3:19 |
7. | "Sweet Spot" | Emmylou Harris, Jill Cunniff | 3:34 |
8. | "Sisters of Mercy" | Leonard Cohen | 3:58 |
9. | "Falling Down" | Patty Griffin | 3:15 |
10. | "Valerie" | Patti Scialfa | 4:04 |
11. | "This Is to Mother You" | Sinéad O'Connor | 3:16 |
12. | "All I Left Behind" | Emmylou Harris, Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle | 3:23 |
13. | "Across the Border" | Bruce Springsteen | 6:20 |
Total length: | 52:47 |
Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 6 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 73 |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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North America | August 24, 1999 |
| Asylum Records | [9] |
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