The Gilded Palace of Sin
| The Gilded Palace of Sin | ||||
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| Released | February 6, 1969 | |||
| Recorded | November–December 1968 | |||
| Studio | A&M, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Country rock | |||
| Length | 37:24 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
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The Gilded Palace of Sin is the debut studio album by American country rock band The Flying Burrito Brothers, released on February 6, 1969, by A&M Records. It continued Gram Parsons' and Chris Hillman's work in modern country music, fusing traditional styles such as folk and country with other forms of popular music including gospel, soul, and psychedelic rock.
Although it was not a commercial success, peaking at number 164 on the Billboard 200, The Gilded Palace of Sin has been widely regarded as an important album in the development of 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). It was ranked number 192 in Rolling Stone magazine's 2012 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", moved down to number 462 in the 2020 edition. It maintained the same placement in the 2023 small revision.