Pieces Of The Sky

fuck yeass.. ive been looking forward to more emmylou harris since we rolled red dirt girl. i mean i guess we had trio since then but given the timing she wasn't the main artist i was thinking about while i was listening, yknow.....? anyway. ill say up front that i did not enjoy this as much as red dirt girl. i did still like it a lot, as before i love her vocals, and every track is a great interpretation, especially "bluebird wine", "coat of many colors" and "california cotton fields". every single track is a banger performance. but thats kind of the thing im missing here i guess, is that it is just interpretations and performances of existing songs. on red dirt girl its (mostly) all her own songs and it just.... hits different. but given how i am maybe its just not hitting as hard cos the ebow hadn't been invented yet. who knows. honestly this could've probably been a 5 if the two had come up in the opposite order. but this came second and i just can't do it knowing red dirt girl exists. damn.....

HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS JUST WHY

Emmylou Harris has a lovely voice, but I just did not really like this album at all. Perhaps it's a blind spot for me, but true Country Music (as epitomisesd by this album) leaves me cold. I dutifully listened to it, but was truly grateful when it ended, and I'll not be letting it corrupt my Spotify algorithm...

I'm not the biggest country fan, but the combination of her gorgeous voice and well arranged songs almost made up for the boredom. But not quite. 2

Meh, country

3.5/5

Beautiful voice. OK songs.

Heartfelt country with an endearing voice. As with most country records the arrangements are dull but the vocals makes up for that

pleasant enough, higher 3

Lovely little album. Never heard of her so had no idea what I was going into. Thoroughly enjoyed

Well, you really got me this time, and the hardest part is knowing I'll survive 4.4

I did not enjoy this. Especially the Beatles cover.

Second only to Linda Ronstadt when it comes to my favorite voice. A legend in country music who deserves to be more of a household name. Emmylou’s delicate and angelic voice never fails to take my breath away. This album is full of emotion. And the tribute she wrote for Gram Parsons is nothing short of beautiful and heartfelt. Top tracks: If I Could Only Win Your Love, Boulder to Birmingham, Sleepless Nights

She's got the classic country singing voice. Between her, Linda Ronstadt, and Dolly, they've really cornered the style. Especially when they work together in Trio. This a very pleasant country album. Her voice is great, the musicians are doing their thing beautifully, and it's kind of sad like most country music is for whatever reason. There are a lot of covers, which used to be more of a common place thing, and that kind of detracts from the album. You usually expect a cover to be more transformative, but her Coat of Many Colors is way too similar to Dolly's. All in all, it went down smooth. She's very talented and it's well produced.

I thought I didn’t like country music but I loved this. Questioning my life decisions right now.

Absolutely enamored with her voice. Just a warm hug of an album

Emmylou always delivers; no exception with this one

pleasant enough, she has a nice voice

Solid classic country but nothing too crazy memorable. She's got a great voice (albeit a bit grating sometimes but that's moreso the mixes fault) but beyond that I can't imagine why this is considered a must hear album. 3/5

Beautiful voice, and a great album. Rating: 7.5/10

It's so common on these country albums to do cover songs. It was a decent album though, highly talented artist.

#491/1001. It does sound like country music, doean't it? Had a second listen, skipped all but 3 songs.

i love a good '70s country queen

One of my all time favorite voices. So beautiful. 5

Dolly Parton at home

Hot take, Emmylou is better than Dolly.

This is real and beautiful country. The crap they make today is a travesty to country music and an embarrassment to musicians who came before them. The only reason this rating is this low is because a bunch of snooty Englishmen have their thumb up their butt while sipping their garbage water.

70

I was about to put sad dolly Parton and then she covers one of Dolly Parton songs about empowerment and made it sad. So. Sad dolly Parton. Pretty good though.

Loved it 4.3

this is just nice and cute? folk-country. very much of the time and it just works. i see why people loved the genre of those ages

Not for me

What a gorgeous voice! Sometimes the country music is a bit much, but it is all worth it to hear her vocals. 4/5

I actually quite liked it. She has a lovely voice and the tunes have a timeless quality to them. I was going to write how she gave me Dolly Parton vibes until she indeed included a Dolly cover here.

Beautiful vocals and overall a nice album. A bit more slow than I would've hoped for in the album, but it really is quite beautiful. Rating: 8/10 Favorite Song: Bluebird Wine

Not bad, reminds me of Dolly a little bit. I don’t rate country music but this was palatable

Man, classic country is so comforting lately. This album is down to Earth and talks of some very human and relatable problems, and the covers are great, but For No One was especially a beautiful rendition.

This sounded like classic country music which I’ve been waiting for. I liked her voice and when I listened to the first track I thought it was a potential new favourite but unfortunately it didn’t grip me for the whole time.

It's a solid album, but it's just not for me. A little bit too country.

Verrrrry pretty

Fav song: Bluebird Wine

Fun album. Felt a bit like Dolly.

I can definitely see myself coming back to this one. Low to mid 4 on two listens but it might climb.

Best Track - "Boulder To Birmingham"

Not the most exciting listen, but it’d be a disservice to rate it anything less for Harris’s gorgeous voice.

I really like this , nice covers

Well she has a great voice. Some of it is hard to get past the countryness of it all but you know what, I’ve heard a lot worse on here!

A pretty average country album with the Beatles cover the only real highlight.

Well it’s all quite listenable I guess. But given she didn’t write any of the material and the Dolly Parton cover isn’t as good as the original, it’s set itself some severe limitations on scoring potential.

Really good album

Not exactly my vibe but I did really enjoy it! 5/10

Favorite track(s): Bluebird Wine, Boulder to Birmingham, For No One, Queen of the Silver Dollar

26. septembar 2026. 1.11h no one: ja za (skoro) svaki country album ovdje: ne volim country ALI it's beautiful uvijek pokusavam da zamislim agresivno americke ljude kojima je neka od ovih pjesama omijena best: bluebird wine, sleepless nights

Happy, sad; happy, sad: good rhythm, lovely voice.

Pure Americana. Having listened to this I have a strange inclination to watch Smokey and the Bandit again. Emmylou Harris is the palatable side of Country music for me. I like what she does and it doesn't sound derivative (which I think a lot of it does). A solid 3/5 for me.

Country music just isn't my thing, but I do find it more tolerable when it's a female vocalist This was ok, and that's as enthusiastic as I can be

Maybe it's because Emmylou by First Aid Kit always touched me, or because Dolly just passed away and made me appreciate country more, but this album really hit the spot. Just so pretty and emotional.

What a wonderful voice!! Traditional country music.

All the country albums i’ve heard on here so far have been at least interesting, but this one has nothing going on at all.

Decent album. Country’s not my thing, but this held the line and wasn’t bad listening.

Couldn’t finish

Pieces of your heart are activated through this wonderous classic to push forward country and start the alt process.

Beautiful voice, of course, but an eclectic mix of song choices gives this particular album a rather scattered feel. Everyone has to "start" somewhere, obviously, but Harris will go on to do much better work than this.

Another solid effort from a young Emmylou. Woman has good ole country albums for days.

A very special album in my parents’ collection. Love her version of the queen of the silver dollar. The chorus to Boulder to Birmingham kills me with tears every time.

Boring. I couldn't see me ever independently putting it on.

I liked this a ton, and then the cover of 'For No One' really took the cake for me.

Started off really strong, did not really fuck with the rest of it. Maybe I just need to give it another listen.

This was good. Happy songs. Good covers.

I like the singing and the cover of Dolly Parton lowkey ateeeeee. Emmylou clears.

Really great, not really a dull moment or a skip. Very beautiful voice

She has a great voice

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I don't really care much for country music, but this was okay especially compared to modern country music.

Agradable, pero un poco chapa

Gorgeous. A great voice.

country. não é o meu som favorito, mas não é ruim.

I would normally scroll on from such honky tonky plinky plonky wonky donkey Country, but it's played and sung so well it doesn't offend. She's a legend, she's not my thing, but this is so well executed I have to give a 3

Some really pretty songs. Loved the 'Coat of Many Colors' cover on here

Simply put a beautiful folk album. I had heard a few of her songs before, but this was a nice addition. From the fun start of Bluebird Wine to the cover of the Coat of Many Colors, just lovely. Not traditionally a huge folk or country fan, but it was indeed more enjoyable than I thought it would be.

It's mostly covers, all sung flawlessly, and most of them sit honestly. "Queen of the Silver Dollar" is an obvious character piece, "The Bottle Let Me Down" is honky-tonk costume, and "For No One" is a polite interpretation, for whatever that's worth. None of them pretend to be confession. "Boulder to Birmingham," her own grief for Gram Parsons, is the real thing, and you can hear what it cost. That contrast is why "Coat of Many Colors" jars. It's Dolly's childhood, and nothing in Harris's life taught her what it's like to be mocked for being poor. The closer she gets to Dolly's emotional pitch, the eerier it sounds, less like tribute and more like borrowed testimony. Earlier on the record she shows us what presence sounds like. Here she can only give us a portrait, in tones that make it clear she was never inside that coat herself. It tainted the album for me, and that's probably unfair. Honest isn't the same as meant, though. Outside the one song that's truly hers, it feels like a performer rather than an artist, and that uncanny valley is unpleasant in songs built on emotion. I suspect I'd have liked an album that was more hers more, and I notice there's another on the list. Hopefully she matures.

Really liked this - very peaceful, 70's laid-back quality to it. This isn't my favorite type of music (or even my favorite type of country music), but I have no complaints.

3/5

For country I can get down enough Will I listen to again: 5%

This was really good.

I just couldn’t do it. She has a nice voice, but I can’t listen to that whole album.

Country music is not my thing, but I get why this was included. Emmylou Harris has a pretty nice voice and there was a richness to this record that I wasn’t expecting. Boulder to Birmingham was a really good track, very well constructed. The Dolly Parton penned track Coat of Many Colors worked nicely for Harris‘s voice as well. There were a few others that were good, making this a really solid record.

Whole lotta nothing. I was mildly entertained by some of the covers on this album, if nothing else just because it was cool to notice the odd song I recognised. But other than that I found this very boring, although completely inoffensive.

I find this album to be an interesting one for the list, because this is perhaps the most debut album of debut albums. Emmylou Harris has three albums on this list, and I feel as if this record isn’t really as essential as some of her later work, where she’s more developed as an artist. One of those would have been a better addition. Primarily, that’s because she only wrote one of the songs on this album. While her distinct voice and the warm country instrumentation do make some excellent covers, they are still covers. The best song on the album is the one she wrote herself: “Boulder to Birmingham.” It’s a heartbreaking ballad about the loss of a loved one. Her vocals are raw and desperate, and the lyrics are beautifully vulnerable. It also has some great vocal harmonies and strings that add really interesting dynamic shifts, as well as delicate guitar that make the whole track float above the mortal realm. As this is her most popular song, I’m fairly sure it’s the reason why this album was put into the list. Which would be dumb, because it’s a list of albums, not songs. But I digress. In terms of the covers, what stood out to me the most was her version of The Beatle’s “For No One.” While she does over-sing it a bit, her voice is too beautiful for me to care all that much, and the warm strings and ballad-y feel she gives it makes it wonderfully distinct from the original. I can tell that she’s spent a lot of time with the song and has a personal meaning she’s given to the lyrics. I don’t dislike this album whatsoever, it’s just that it’s very early in her artistic journey. She’s making her debut onto the scene, and hasn’t fully honed her distinct alt-country genius yet. It’s a pleasant listen with plenty of bright spots, but ultimately doesn’t stand out in the broad scope of music, or even within Harris’s own discography.

Emmylou Harris’s Pieces of the Sky stands as an impeccably sung and crisply produced slice of country-rock, even if its fluctuating momentum keeps it from becoming an essential mainstay. Bright spots like the folksy opener "Bluebird Wine," the infectious "If I Could Only Win Your Love," and the gorgeous "Too Far Gone" showcase her vocal prowess at its finest, complemented nicely by the fun honky-tonk grit of "The Bottle Let Me Down." However, much of the rest of the album drifts into passive territory, bogged down by several middle-of-the-road tracks—ranging from an underwhelming "Boulder to Birmingham" to a cover of "Coat of Many Colors" that predictably pales in comparison to Dolly Parton's original. It remains a polished, well-recorded effort on a technical level, but with so many tracks sitting firmly in "just fine" territory, it settles as a decent 3/5 that you won't feel compelled to pull off the shelf again anytime soon.

This is pretty good, she has such a warm and inviting voice.

As with many albums, I appreciate that it’s good for what it is; it’s just not music that I like.

This is all very pleasant, but it doesn’t excite me. Lovely voice, though.

Good 3. Really sweet.

Really like classic country.

Quand même cool, s’était actually du bon country

Glad I'm not crazy because I knew enough ball to know that Emmylou deserved her roses and then some but, the first album I got in the shuffle was not deserving of said praise. But this one is sweet, somber, upbeat, warm and cozy too. Delightful melodies and harmonies because Emmy is a lady goat. All in a short sub 60 minute album. I also liked how laurel canyon-y this album sounded. They all really just hung out and made dynamite records spanning many genres. Sick.

Включил и после прослушивания 3х печен мне стало ясно что это слишком приторная и пресная жвачка. Ощущения физической боли от всех этих аранжировок и невыносимо скучных песен.

Good voice and some good covers

I thought I didn't like country. Everytime a country album pops up on this list I instantly look at the release date and I am finding that the further away from today's country sound that it is the more I seem to enjoy it. I guess I don't like today's country. The next thing I am hoping to learn is the difference between folk and country.