Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions

Professional ratings
Review scores
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/producer Linda Ronstadt and singer/songwriter/guitarist Emmylou Harris.

The album was well received critically, and it made several year-end Top Ten (favorite) lists. The disc was recorded at The Arizona Inn near downtown Tucson, Arizona.

This album hit #6 on Billboard's Country albums chart and #73 on Billboard's main album chart. The two artists teamed up for a concert tour in support of the disc in late 1999. It was nominated for several Grammy awards and sold approximately 400,000 copies in the United States.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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	4:43
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

Personnel

Linda Ronstadt – Vocals, Background Vocals
Emmylou Harris – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
Neil Young – Harmonica, Background Vocals
Andy Fairweather Low – Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
Ethan Johns – Dulcimer, Synthesizer, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Percussion, Drums, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Mandocello, Spanish guitar, Synthesizer Bass, Optigan
Paul "Wix" Wickens – Accordion
Paul Kennerley – Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
Bernie Leadon – Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Guitarron, Mandocello, 6-string bass, Synthesizer Bass, Guitar (12 String Electric)
Greg Leisz – Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals, Mandola, Mandocello, Weissenborn
Anna McGarrigle – Background Vocals
Helen Watson – Background Vocals
Kate McGarrigle – Background Vocals
Michel Pepin – Cymbals, Bass Guitar
Samantha Rowe – Cello

Technical credits

Glyn Johns – Producer, Engineer
George Massenburg – Engineer

Chart performance

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	6
U.S. Billboard 200	73

References

↑ LaVeck, Theresa E.. Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions at AllMusic
↑ The A.V. Club review
↑ Entertainment Weekly review
↑ Los Angeles Times review
↑ People review
↑ Album reviews at CD Universe
↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 701. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

Emmylou Harris

Studio albums	Gliding Bird Pieces of the Sky Elite Hotel Luxury Liner Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town Blue Kentucky Girl Light of the Stable Roses in the Snow Evangeline Cimarron White Shoes The Ballad of Sally Rose Thirteen Angel Band Bluebird Brand New Dance Cowgirl's Prayer Wrecking Ball Red Dirt Girl Stumble into Grace All I Intended to Be Hard Bargain

Collaboration albums	Trio (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) Trio II (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (with Linda Ronstadt) All the Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler) Old Yellow Moon (with Rodney Crowell) The Traveling Kind (with Rodney Crowell)

Live albums	Last Date At the Ryman (with The Nash Ramblers) Spyboy

Compilation albums	Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris Her Best Songs Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris Duets Songs of the West Portraits Singin' with Emmylou, Vol. 1 Anthology: The Warner/Reprise Records The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems

Video albums	Live at the Ryman Spyboy: Live from the Legendary Exit/In Real Live Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler)

Notable singles	"If I Could Only Win Your Love" "Together Again" "One of These Days" "Sweet Dreams" "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie" "Making Believe" "To Daddy" "Two More Bottles of Wine" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Blue Kentucky Girl" "Beneath Still Waters" "Wayfaring Stranger" "The Boxer" "Mister Sandman" "If I Needed You" (with Don Williams) "Tennessee Rose" "Born to Run" "(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" "I'm Movin' On" "So Sad to Watch Good Love Go Bad" "In My Dreams" "Pledging My Love" "Heartbreak Hill" "Heaven Only Knows" "I Still Miss Someone"

Collaboration singles	"To Know Him Is to Love Him" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Telling Me Lies" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Those Memories of You" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Wildflowers" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)

Guest singles	"Thing About You" (with Southern Pacific) "We Believe in Happy Endings" (with Earl Thomas Conley)

Discographies	Discography Solo contributions Collaborations A–F Collaborations G–K Collaborations L–Q Collaborations R–Z

Related articles	Reprise Records Warner Bros. Records Roy Orbison John Denver Gram Parsons Daniel Lanois Rodney Crowell Desire The Last Waltz

Linda Ronstadt

Stone Poneys albums	The Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt Evergreen, Volume 2 Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III

Studio albums	Hand Sown ... Home Grown Silk Purse Linda Ronstadt Don't Cry Now Heart Like a Wheel Prisoner in Disguise Hasten Down the Wind Simple Dreams Living in the USA Mad Love Get Closer What's New Lush Life For Sentimental Reasons Canciones de Mi Padre Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind Mas Canciones Frenesí Winter Light Feels Like Home Dedicated to the One I Love We Ran A Merry Little Christmas Hummin' to Myself

Collaborations	Trio Santiago Trio 2 Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions Adieu False Heart

Compilations	Different Drum Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Volume 2 The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas Duets

Hit singles	"Different Drum" "You're No Good" "When Will I Be Loved" "Heat Wave" "Love Is a Rose" "The Tracks of My Tears" "That'll Be the Day" "Blue Bayou" "It's So Easy" "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" "Tumbling Dice" "Back in the U.S.A." "Ooh Baby Baby" "Just One Look" "Alison" "How Do I Make You" "Hurt So Bad" "I Can't Let Go" "I Knew You When" "What's New?" "Somewhere Out There "Don't Know Much" "All My Life" "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby"

Related topics	Discography Mr. Plow

Book:Linda Ronstadt

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