Sacred Hearts & Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology

Sacred Hearts & Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology is a 2001 compilation that surveys Parsons' work across country rock and country, bringing together solo material and recordings from his collaborations to illustrate his fusion of traditional country instrumentation with rock and soul influences. The tracks emphasize Parsons' plaintive vocal delivery, pedal steel and slide textures, and songwriting that blends honky tonk, folk and gospel inflections, and the collection documents his influential role in shaping the country rock sound often described as "Cosmic American Music."