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For his next and final album, 1974's Grievous Angel, he again used Harris and Burton.

The record, which was released after his death, received even more enthusiastic reviews than had GP, and has since attained classic status.

Its most celebrated song is a Parsons-Harris duet cover of " Love Hurts ", a song that long remained in Harris ' solo repertoire.

Notable Parsons-penned songs included "$ 1000 Wedding ", a holdover from the Burrito Brothers era, and " Brass Buttons ", a 1965 opus which addresses his mother's alcoholism.

Also included was a new version of " Hickory Wind " and " Ooh Las Vegas ", co-written with Grech and dating from the G. P.

sessions.

Despite the fact that Parsons only contributed two new songs to the album (" In My Hour of Darkness ", " Return of the Grievous Angel "), Parsons was highly enthused with his new sound and seemed to have finally adopted a serious, diligent mindset to his musical career, eschewing most drugs and alcohol during the sessions.