Mickey Newbury - Lovers (Elektra, 1975)
A 5-star blazing masterpiece, IMO. Frisco Mabel Joy is probably Newbury's best-known album, but I think Lovers is the finest LP he ever made.
from AllMusic: "Given the sadness, melancholy, and even grief expressed on his earlier recordings, Newbury's familiarity with the shadow side of the soul is well-known, but none of his recordings cuts such a deep furrow into pain, pessimism, heartbreak, and futile longing as Lovers."
Me too!