60 on the Official Charts Company UK Albums Chart.
29 on the Sverigetopplistan Albums Top 60 chart, and in the UK it peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart for five weeks. 6 on the main US Billboard Top 200 Album chart. Augmented by an assemblage of some of the best sidemen available, including Albert Lee and Mark O’Connor among them." Commercial performance These three singular voices blend together in seamless harmony, floating over the sweetest country melodies and poignant understated lyrics. The near-perfect song selection gives the three ample room to develop subtleties and nuance that in places is heart rending (listen to "Telling Me Lies"). In the Maissue of Cashbox a review was published that said, "The long-awaited collaboration of three of country/pop’s greatest voices is an unqualified success.
Crossover is certain and will most likely be instantaneous, fueled by Ronstadt's current ride atop the Hot 100–in a duet with James Ingram–with "Somewhere Out There"." But the members of the trio are not resting on their reputations here their album is stunningly beautiful on every cut.
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When Trio was released in March 1987, it spawned four hit singles–including a remake of Phil Spector's 1958 hit by the Teddy Bears, " To Know Him Is to Love Him".Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Review scoresīillboard published a review in the issue dated March 14, 1987, which said, "If the "new traditionalists" in country music still have a body of work to draw from, it's largely because these three celestial songbirds kept it aliveĪnd vibrant throughout the adulterated '70s. Parton, in turn, covered Harris' " Boulder to Birmingham", including it on her 1976 album, All I Can Do.įinally, a collaboration effort came to fruition, being produced by George Massenburg. During this time, Ronstadt and Harris also covered a number of Parton's compositions - Harris covered " Coat of Many Colors" and " To Daddy", and Ronstadt recorded " I Will Always Love You"-for inclusion on their various solo albums during the mid- to late-1970s. Parton and Ronstadt also recorded a version of the traditional ballad "I Never Will Marry", which appeared on Ronstadt's 1977 Simple Dreams album, though that was recorded separately from these sessions, as was Ronstadt's cover of Hank Williams' " I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)", from Heart Like a Wheel, on which she was joined by Harris. " Palms of Victory", another track from the aborted 1970s sessions, was included on the Harris' 2007 box set Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems. Rodney Crowell's "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" was on Harris' Blue Kentucky Girl album. Sandman" and "Evangeline" appeared on Harris' album Evangeline and Parton's "My Blue Tears" was included on Ronstadt's 1982 album Get Closer. Some of the fruits of those aborted 1970s recording sessions did make it onto the women's respective solo albums. Longtime friends and admirers of one another, Parton, Harris, and Ronstadt first attempted to record an album together in the mid-1970s, but scheduling conflicts and other difficulties (including the fact that the three women all recorded for different record labels) prevented its release.
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