Red Dirt Girl

Not really my taste but an undeniably beautiful voice. Some interesting early 2000s production choices lol.

No fui fan

This album is…ponderous. Not quite dark, not quite sleepy, not quite charming. It’s all slower tempo, stripped down, deliberate. The guest vocals (Peter Gabriel maybe?) in my Antonia fit well. Some bright spots in the album with no real low points, it was just hard to differentiate many of these tracks and it kept a very consistent feel throughout.

I can see people really connecting to this album, I'm not one of them.

Emmylou is great. This was her 19th Album, but only her second (she doesn't count debut) with mostly songs written on her own. Crazy. She's folk royalty. I enjoyed it without many songs standing out. The duet with DM was dope.

I became aware of Emmylou from the Graham Parsons solo albums. At some point I know I checked out her early albums because I love those Parsons albums but they didn’t stick. This album is just not for me. She has an amazing voice but the song writing doesn’t really stand out.

Pretty decent, not really my usual kind of country but not bad

Not engaging enough for me to write at any great length.

This was sweet, didn’t expect the 2000 album from her to be what I got but maybe there are others in the list Playlist add: "Tragedy"

One of the all-time great voices for sure, but there’s nothing quite like Boulder to Birmingham, or One More Cup of Coffee, Oh My Sweet Carolina here, is there?

I love country but this album didn’t grab me. Emmylou is a country icon but I found it sedate.

Emmylou Harris is a very rare artist. Blessed of a beautiful voice, she had an early run of very successful albums, deservedly so. Then her career languished a bit, but it wasn't because the thirteen albums from Quarter Moon to Cowgirl's Prayer weren't good. There's a lot of beautiful music in them, they just got overlooked. However after Cowgirl's Prayer Emmylou released Wrecking Ball and then this one, and her star rose high again. Red Dirt Girl is unreservedly recommended.

It was pretty alright, but I'm generally not a fan of country.

Alt-Country/Americana/Singer-Songwriter/Country Folk Favorite Song: …well, I mean J’ai fait tout is at least the most pleasant song on the album Least Favorite Song: *Didn’t Record* I do not think I’m the target demographic for this album. Country to me is like water and oil. What I don’t like about country is the twang of it all, and part of me thinks this has to do with me not growing up in the southern culture. It’s due to this that I don’t think I can truly appreciate country as a whole. Now in defense for this album, it’s at least a pleasant sounding type of country than the typical ones that you would hear in today’s country charts. I would definitely recommend this to those who are genuine country fans. However, this album is not for me, and unfortunately the score is going to reflect that. 4/10

mid

Ei oo miu

It's pretty okay; it's listenable.

Quite different from what I had expected. Historically she is a great artist, but I really don’t know why this album is in the 1001 book. Just because it was released many years after her prime? I get bored pretty quickly

She has a nice voice, but some of the lyrics are either boring or inflated, and I wasn't a fan of either.

Last album from Emmylou was last week and released in 1975. I enjoyed that despite not liking country. I don't know what happened in the intervening 25 years but this is just dull on dull on dull.

Pas mal mais faudra écouter à nouveau

Not much to like here

This slapped. I’m a big fan of alt-country and that soulful old country. Good stuff

Nice enough vocals, but this was just slow country music with a bunch of reverb... ? I really have nothing to say about this besides I found it immensely boring.

country music with a warbling voice #50732

I thought her voice was really nice but I am not sure what the style was. It just ended up being a bit middle of the road. It was the sort of album the Grammy’s give awards to having ignored an artist for the rest of their (probably superior) career.

One of those albums that wasn’t necessarily offensive (the singing is decent enough) but I’ve come away from it feeling very little or that my life has been enriched at all having experienced it. The country twang grated a little towards the end but at least this is inspired more by the folk traditions of America rather than the modern faux country and western. This didn’t meet the same quality of Willie Nelson though as there just wasn’t the same storytelling that was captivating from his own album.

2.4 2x it's decent but not listening again. reminds me of i think you can dance song

Æ hadde nok litt større forventninger enn ka det her innfridde, det e litt farga av å være fra 2000 på en måte som ikke helt har holdt sjarmen i femogtyve år. Men Emmylou Harris, liksom, man må jo elske ho litt okke som, så det gjør æ.

***A good, easy listening album

Really good singer songwriter, the auntie to sofia apple

Country, not for me

3.5 again, it was an interesting blend of two genres but it started to wear thin towards the end.

It sound since and was nice to listen to but didn't make much impact

I liked this more than I expected on a second listen. I have fond memories of the song red dirt girl but hadn’t heard the whole album. It’s a nice combination of folk and late 90s early 00s rock

Would not buy

Some kind of folksy/country thing. I'm getting vague Dolly Parton vibes but with that modern reverby production. Hmm, it's not for me. There's really nothing that stands out at all. Best track - I Dont Wanna Talk About It Now 3 stars (almost a 2 but it wasn't actively annoying)

This project has taught me that I don't hate all country music, but I still get that sinking feeling whenever I get a country album. It really didn't help matters when it became clear it was a religious country album. I'm a bit bemused how Emmylou Harris became such a big star without writing her own material until this album. Her voice is pleasant, but nothing special, and her sound is pretty generic to my ears. I'm not going to spend any time trying to work it out though.

Pleasant and soulful with very little range.

Not my thing, but very good. Not at all obnoxious as the typical contemporary country we hear today. Maybe a bit too chill and somber, but the song writing is otherwise great.

turns out 2000s country just sounds like smoother cameron winter, or maybe its just that cameron winter sounds like 2000s country.....

7/10. chill, agradable. con 2 temas menos habría sido mejor.

Not a fan of the genre. Good production value the guitar work and drums came through clear in many spots. But overall boring and unrelatable to me. Listened while awaiting flight SLC to SAN. Not something I’d seek out in the future. 2/5

Normally I'm really not a fan of artists who don't have their own original music and make a career out of covers. I think this artist should have stuck to covers.

what a slog

She has a good singing voice 4/5

More country. I know it's a bit crossover, but it's still country and still dull

Meh not for me, it was a little too slow and didn't have enough variance

Good.

2 - not for me

Okayy

I don't think I recognize any of these tracks by title, but I do usually enjoy Emmylou, so I'm looking forward to listening to this for the first time. This was good and I'm glad I listened to it, but I'm also not sure it's Emmylou's best.

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4/10… country / folk / *2000

Country, 48eme album ; Folk, 89eme album => 1/5

3.5

I still absolutely love this album. My memory had it rated a little bit higher. I think I was expecting a nine (4½★), but it still a high 8 (4★) (8.88) ★★★★

Emmylou has my favourite voice ever, and she doesn't go wrong here. 4.5 stars

This is a really good album. I think Emmylou tries to an extent to recapture the magic of *Wrecking Ball* here, without Daniel Lanois. Much like that album, there's a lot of guest appearances -- Kate McGarrigle, Bruce Springsteen, Buddy & Julia Miller, Patty Griffin, Dave Matthews, and Jill Cunniff from Lucious Jackson. Also, it has a very modern, ethereal sound. The main difference is she was mostly interpreting others' material on that album and this is mostly originals. In that regard, I think the material on *Wrecking Ball* is a little stronger, but there's still some great songs here -- highlights for me are the title track, "The Pearl", "One Big Love", and "I Don't Want to Talk About It Now". 4 stars.

Spirit-crushingly dull. Could have snuck in 1 and a half extra listens of Toto IV instead of this.

I listened to this in a Barnes and Noble in 2000 and knew I had to buy it. As someone who was not a country fan, the Malcom Burns production—like Lanois’ on Wrecking Ball-puts Emmylou in a whole other universe. Plus, Emmylou’s songs are so good—her first album that she wrote almost every song except a great Patty Griffin song. Magnificent.

Bit of mixed bag. At times, it’s pretty interesting. Other times, it resorts just to normal country songs. The latter makes it less interesting to me.

I adore Emmylou Harris, and this was nice, but I just prefer her earlier records.

Not her best. But it was pretty good, couldn't understand where she went a little Enya but it wasn't bad.

Bom, parece música cantada em feirinha de cidade pequena

Nice enough

I thought this might be good. 2000 and red dirt girl. Didn’t really strike a chord though.

Es ist Emmylou Harris’ persönlichstes Spätwerk: fast komplett selbst geschrieben, mit einem modernen Americana‑Sound zwischen Folk, Country und sanften Ambient‑Texturen. Die Produktion bleibt weich und freundlich, ihre Stimme steht klar im Mittelpunkt.

Cool

She’s a good country singer. That’s about it.

I had to try this one a few times before it clicked. It clicked on a peaceful Saturday morning as I nursed my coffee and read my book. Book-readin’ music! Half the battle is figuring out when to play an album. That’s why all these hundreds of ratings are nonsense.

Noun noun noun. Americana is like ordering nachos at a restaurant (the gambling man’s food). You either get an incredible feast or tomato sauce and partially-melted grated cheese on corn chips. There is no in between. Emmylou is closer to the partially melted side of the duality of nachos.

I had EH's Pieces Of The Sky recently which I didn't like. I liked this one more, still not really my jam but I'd listen to this again.

Álbum excelente de Country. Vocal maravilhoso e arranjos muitos legais. CVJ Jemine.

That was very lovely! I think my favourite was My Antonia because her voice went very nicely with Dave Matthews' voice!

A very early 2000s album with its electronic pulse. The second side slump hits hard though.

Country but not *too* country, which is not good or bad, just descriptive. I really enjoyed this, especially 'Red Dirt Girl', 'One Big Love' (despite rhyming 'funky' and 'monkey'), 'Hour Of Gold'

maybe rating up a bit ?? this was so good tho

chill vibes good stuff

Holy sleeper of an album. It's laid back and groovy with unexpectedly powerful numbers.

Aah this is beautiful music! I love her voice, the limberness of it like a kite or a sail—she is literally from Alabama, but her voice is more like halfway between folk and country and makes me realize how much of standard country singer voices are an affected style and not just singing with a Southern accent. The music here somehow feels global in scope, to the far-flung Anglo-Celtic diaspora as conventional country is to the US South and West portion, and the yearning this music evokes in me is to be just diaspora and not colonial—and its tinged with sadness and adventure and waves hitting cliffs and flags of places that never were.

I felt a bit guarded at first because her accent invoked feelings of modern pop-country, “proud redneck,” tripe. But the more I listened, the more charming she became. The arrangements were beautiful, too. I’m not ready to call myself a fan, but I definitely liked this album.

Fine for country.

Not my fav E Harris album. Was too modern/electro background instrument sounding for my taste.

It's a typical Country music album. I've now had a 21st Century album on nine out of the last ten days in this generator. This is the fourth consecutive day I've generated an album between 2000-2004. Last year on this day, I generated an album from a Country singer who debuted in the 1960s. Favorite Track: "Bang The Drum Slowly".

The artist were all new to me. A well produced album with nothing remarkable on for me but nonetheless an almost pleasant listen. Not easy to decide between two or three stars. 2,5

I looked the instrumental before the lyrics. Not into country at all

Hon har en sådan fantastisk röst att hon kan sjunga vad som helst och man lyssnar. Det är vackert och sorgligt. Red Dirt Girl är fantastisk. Det här tycker jag mycket om och vill att Harris aldrig ska sluta sjunga.

Beautiful voice. Thats about all I can offer to this album of pleasant background noise.

Good, pleasant album. Nothing special but definitely not bad. More fuzzy guitar tone would make this even better. 3.5/5

Just sort of meh

Not bad, actually really not bad

This is the album of an artist who has been through the music industry long enough to know exactly what she wanted and not care about anyone else’s opinions. I am sad to say I have little to compare this work against but this album was soulful, powerful, and daring to blend pop, folk, French electronica (played live on J’ai Fair tout), and country into one at the turn of the 20th century. There were a lot of key songs for me: the swaggering One Big Love; the Irish inspired My Baby Needs a Shepard; to the jam band groove of I Don’t Wanna Talk About It. She is definitely a legend. Now I have backtrack the her roots…

Random thoughts: * Another one for expanding the music I've listened to. * The first track had some interesting percussion which got kicked off on the right note. * For the most part most of the songs were meh. * Apparently this is Emmylou Harris' first album as the primary songwriter, which is the reason for its inclusion into 1001. * Red Dirt Girl, J'ai fait tout, and My Antonia (with Dave Matthews) were my favorite tracks. * Will I listen to this again. Very unlikely.

It's okay but I have been too nice to country music recently

Good voice. Not entertaining

Mellow 2000s country crossover, reminds me of a slightly less twangy Leann Womack.

p859. 2000. 3 stars. Well done millennium country-rock. She's got a great voice, and there are a couple of standout songs, but there is also a lot of filler. Worth a listen, but not on repeat play.

finally some good fucking country music! this album is great. i love her voice, and i really enjoy the use of subtle electronic elements like the drum machines and effects pedals, which fit in seamlessly and really help elevate this above other entries in this otherwise largely acoustic genre, at least in my opinion. the effects on the guitars give the sound a great fullness, especially on songs like the title track and "michaelangelo", and i particularly enjoy the pulsing synth bass on "bang the drum slowly", which along with the massive sound of the ebow make it my favourite track on the album by some margin. incredible stuff. yeah idk what else to say. what a great album. i love country music too sometimes!

Tepid

I like everything about this

As someone who's very picky about country music, this was decent. It's very mellow which makes it relaxing but also kinda boring. Feels like it goes on forever. Again, its decent but not worthy of being here. Favorite track: Red Dirt Girl

4/5

Considering the genre (folk/country) which is usually not my vibe, I actually didn’t mind it too much. A good listen mostly with some decently good songs here and there

Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: Not really I mostly just don't want to think or write about this. Good for Emmylou for writing her own music, but yea, I still don't like Country.

I feel like some of these songs have something about them. They have some kind of depth of feeling to them, without being too corny or overly-sentimental. However so many of them also just irritate me and bore me immensely. It's such a long album considering so many of the songs sound the same. I didn't have a nice time and it dragged a lot.

A companion album to her seminal 1995 release Wrecking Ball. That album was a recent addition to my all-time favourites list after "Where Will I Be" brought me to tears but that's another story for another time. Red Dirt Girl released as the proper solo followup to Wrecking Ball and mostly follows the same approach that made Wrecking Ball the 1-of-1 dream country album it is. That album was produced by Daniel Lanois, hence the airy, spaced-out production. Here, Malcolm Burn mostly structures these songs the same way, using Harris' crystalline voice as a waypoint. There's a pretty good ratio of hits-to-misses using this approach but I fear the material just isn't as good as it was on the previous album; it's the same issue as Kid A vs. Amnesiac. All that aside, Harris' voice is still as devastatingly beautiful and ageless as ever; I could've sworn she was in her 30s when she made this, but it turns out she was about 20 years older than that! What I really like about her is her no-frills approach to her melodies; forget anything about rhinestone cowboys and city girls singing about rural life wearing $3000 boots that never saw a speck of dust, Emmylou Harris is the real deal. Musically the album often veers completely out of the country domain, like on the practically ambient "Bang the Drum Slowly" or the honest-to-God trip hop beat on "Tragedy." In typical Emmylou Harris fashion, there are all kinds of guest stars here, Bruce Springsteen to Dave Matthews being the most prominent among them. It's definitely an unconventional approach to an otherwise strictly traditional genre (Nashville would never allow "J'ai fait tout" on any big artist's tracklist in a million years.) But, having reach the 35-year milestone of her career, Emmylou Harris wasn't interested in listening to anyone's opinions on where her life and career were supposed to go, especially if it came from the same country radio fat cats who told her she was too old to have another hit. With all that said, the unconventional choices sometimes work against this album, where the otherwise country-folk stylings are electrified and become a vaguely trip hop-inspired stern pop that popped up all over this era. Emmylou Harris should not be sounding like the Beth Orton we have at home. That doesn't mean there aren't a few genuine gems on this one; my final recommendation is to listen to Wrecking Ball if you want to hear the sound of this album done right. Key Tracks: I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now, J'ai fait tout, My Antonia

A slice of contemporary Americana to start the day, pleasant enough listening but pretty much void of anything that would ever bring me back to it. Mostly Harmless as Douglas Adams would say. I did listen all the way through, which I can't always bring myself to do on this app

The Pearl is a decent opener, and I enjoyed the title track. I could feel the emotion in Bang the Drum Slowly.

God bless lesbians ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 Oh wait she's somehow not a lesbian oopsie my mistake

Overall it was okay though I started to get bored around halfway through.

We’ve had Emmy Lou. One solo is enough. But she’s so good. 5 stars. Dammit.

2001 and I hink she's been put under pressure to "update" her sound. It sounds like a bit of do over in terms of production, lots of echo and big drums and strange fiddly bits at the intro to the tunes. She can help but be fabulous, cause she is, but this doesn't work.

To quote Willie Nelson "There are two kinds of men; those who are in love with Emmylou Harris, and those who haven't met her." I only know Emmylou Harris through her records, but that's enough to be madly infatuated. Emmylou Harris has built an incredible body of work as a harmony singer, collaborator and interpreter of songs. But this is one of her rare albums of original songs. Spaciously recorded by Malcolm Burn using a crack band and a host of A-list guests with that atmospheric Lanois-style production, it is spooky and spacious and hard to pigeonhole exactly. It's not the classic country-folk sound of most of her output, but it's classy and sophisticated. But there is no mistaking that Emmylou is the star of the show here. I would listen to her sing the phone book, but this is even better.

I wish there'd been a bit more fire in the vocals but the album was still deserving of its place here.

Okay, today we have a legendary singer. What impressed me most was her voice: Impeccable! We're talking about an artist who has been active since the 60s, and this album is from 2000... more than 30 years since her debut, but still, a marvelous voice. Good songs, good instruments... how could I not give it 5 stars?

Uninspiring folk that I was not in the mood for today. Sorry. 1/5

Fun listen. I think I just enjoy female singers more because her voice was just pleasant to listen to. Production was alright. Maybe I am a country fan because I didn't realize this was country. 4/5

Love this. Also o.m.g she is so pretty. her grey/silver hair in the 90s... like shut up.

Almost an hour of early 2000s Emmy Lou Harris? Why? Why not an album from when she was making good music or from a country artist that was relevant in the early 2000s?

No this is not my bag at all. Kind of pop country? Not for me

Not for me, 2000s production makes these sort of songs feel very cheesy

the music is touching, I really enjoyed Emmylou's voice, she sings lovely. Some songs made me teary-eyed! Definitely deserves recognition

Just another example of Emmylou Harris being a Queen. Never heard this album before but this brand of country is right up my alley. Run time a little long but when you’re this good at writing songs it happens I guess.

On the one hand, it’s great to go back and hear a more modern (relatively speaking) era of an artist who has so much impact on singer-songwriters that I love today, like Phoebe Bridgers and Adrien Lenker. And Harris is a hell of songwriter at her best on this album. But this thing is too long for how blandly pleasant so much of the production is. This is closer to sonic wallpaper, at least to my ears.

I enjoy modern folk music, this I did not. Not saying that the music was bad. But it was incredibly boring. While I get that Alabama has red dirt too, I think a lot of fans of Red Dirt Music would agree that "Red Dirt Girl" does not capture that sound.

Just couldn’t get into this one. It’s well produced, the instrumentation is good, her voice is solid. Maybe it’s the subject matter I struggled with? It was also very slow. The titular song was good, but the rest just didn’t hold my interest and it was very samey all the way through.

Easy listening

Ei nää vieläkään lähe

Ei menty kuuhun tälläkään. Oiskohan kirjan tekijän pitäny tehdä 1001 albumin sijaan 101 albumin kooste... ei tarttis tämmöstä shittiä lisäillä.

Tää nyt menee tämmösestä lempeestä moternista kantrista. Ei ihan hirveesti tarjoo mitään semmosta, josta innostua. Ei kuitenkaan liiaks ärsytä.

Ihan kauniita biisejä, mutta kokonaisuus kyllä jäi aika vaffasti tylsän puolelle. Ei ihan semmosta musaa mitä itse tuppaan kuuntelemaan

An absolute snoozefest. Country can definitely be a sleepy genre sometimes, and this is a prime example. Just one meandering ballad after another.

I really liked the spacious, almost ethereal, feel that the production lends to these songs. It's quite unusual for country but feels like it serves the songs well. However, the songs themselves didn't particularly grab me for the most part.

This was a strange album in that it just didn’t quite work for me, despite the fact that Emmylou’s voice was great, and I also quite liked the general sound (which branched out a fair bit from what you’d typically expect on a country album, with drum machines and other electronic elements coming into play). But the songs made so little impression on me, I pretty much forgot about each track as soon as the next one started. As a result, I don’t really have any standout tracks one way or the other. Unfortunately, everything blurred into one indistinct sameness.

On the fence with this one. At 55 minutes I'm hard pressed to give it another listen all the way through. Overall I found it to be just fine, nothing that jumped up and demanded notice. Is this essential listening? Doubtful. I'll bang the drum once more on the fact that this artist has 3 albums on the list while other artists have none. It was fine. It was good. It wasn't essential.

Not what I expected from a country album. Still the heartfelt lyrics and the religious references and the wavery, impassioned voice, but it's layered over processed drum machine beats as often as mellow acoustic guitars. It's not my genre, but I respect the talent.

Again, when you are obligated to choose 1001 albums, you are perhaps stretched this There is nothing remarkable about this LP. It's OK.

I didn't expect to like this album this much.

The singing is good, the lyrics are good. The music is just processed synth stuff. The drum machine they use sounds horrible. This isn’t folk and isn’t country. It’s bad pop with a kinda folky country “sounding” vocals. I didn’t like this record much at all. I talk a lot about "critics choice" records where they try to push "art-rock" or stuff that collectively, critics find "worthy" - they also do it with late-career albums of "worthy" artists. That's exactly what this is. Save some time, go to her early work that's critically acclaimed and skip this one.

pleasant

Buttery perfection. I have a great story about her giving BGV advice.

I think she has better.

1. pearl - 0 2. michel - 1 3. talk - 1 4. tragedy - 0 5. red - 1 6. baby - 1 7. bang - 1 8. tout - 0 9. love - 0 10. gold - 1 11. antonia - 1 12. boy - 0

I've never heard this before. Enjoyed it a lot.

Pretty good. Nice album. Three stars

I am a little puzzled that, with 20 some odd albums to choose from by this artist, this one is on the list? Nothing bad, but this is a pretty nondescript affair. Better to cover others’ good songs well than to do boring originals? This barely has a pulse until “Bang the Drum Slowly” seven songs in, and then quickly loses momentum again. The good news is that her voice has deepened slightly with age, such that it is no longer thin and whiny, which was a problem when she was younger.

spacious, with that wonderful voice - tender and wise - at the centre of everything

2, not my thing, I love a lot of country music and her voice is sick. but there's not a single motive of any other instrument that I could place, just like her singing over bland background stuff

The instrumentation and production, I like. The songs could grow on me with more listens. I'm not keen on the vocal style, though, which feels overly mannered for my own tastes.

Around 2000 is when I started hearing Emmylou Harris in a lot of places (i.e. with Bright Eyes), and it's great to finally hear the album that really "relaunched" her career. I didn't realize her previous albums were mostly written by others, and this was the first with so many of her own songs. I don't think this is some completely amazing album, and I could see someone giving it a 3 or 3.5 stars, but I still think it is very solid, with her signature great singing, beautiful voice, and there are some really great songs to be found here, especially if you like alt-country.

Too reverb-y and atmospherey. It looks like there are 18 albums before this one, maybe those are more interesting. But I feel like when someone says something like "I like all music except country", I'd imagine this is the sort of thing they're thinking of. It's not offensive, but it isn't all together that good either.

Eh, ok

Not on AM

Not my thing

That's definitely not an album I need to hear before I die. Thank you, next.

Listening session: may 27th, while getting ready for drinks Listened to before: no Thoughts: quite pleasant as background music, but not really interesting or something I would come back to Favourite tracks: Michelangelo & I Don’t Wanna Talk About It Now

I really enjoyed some of the music on some of these songs, but not the whole track, which is unusual. There were some good melodies & guitar riffs that hooked me but I didn't end up liking the song enough to add it to my library. I love One Big Love - but I prefer Patty Griffin's version. Overall, this was alright but not standout. (3)

Fantastic album with the same spirit as Wrecking Ball, which is my favorite of hers. I actually saw her on this tour at the Columbus Zoo of all places, maybe the most NPR thing I've ever done. Also a big fan of Buddy Miller (and his wife Julie Miller), her right hand man in this era.

I recognize the integrity of this music, but it's not my thing.

I know Emmylou Harris is a legend, but she's been releasing music for 50 years, so I have no idea where to begin. I appreciate this project for suggesting three albums to start with. What's weird is that I think Red Dirt Girl is great, but I also don't know how often I'll listen to it. I really like her voice and her songwriting, though. Who knows, maybe I will. If nothing else, I saved "Boy From Tupelo" to a playlist.

I really did not like it. I can't stand her voice, onöy if she's singing with someone else it's tolerable.

I don't care how many Emmylou Harris album the 1001 albums to hear before you die list throws at me I don't think i will ever be super big into her music. Red Dirt Girl is the latest in her string of projects and it feels exactly like how you'd expect it to, old lady being retrospective on a Country soundscape. Look I don't mind this album but I am not going to sit here and say it is the best thing in the world because it just isn't no matter how hard I may try to convince myself. I don't care for Emmylou's music and that is simply a preference thing. My preference finds this to be a pretty average album with not a whole lot to say or offer, what else do you want me to say?

Mrs. Harris is an industry giant. She's been making music for decades and seems to have an affable public persona that has endearing qualities. All of that said, I hate this shit. I've made it clear that modern country is "musical Soylent Green" and I avoid it as often as possible. This album doesn't fully fit the frame, but it has that stink on it. It's leaning towards 'folk' and less towards 'country' which makes it tolerable, but no less sluggish, boring, and bland. (2/5) With a tip of the hat to Mrs. Harris and her legacy. The industry formed around her and some others for good reasons. Within the space, she's perfectly fine. A late-career album like this that gently cracks at a mold she built around her image and music is an interesting piece from that vantage point. I don't entirely *disagree* with this album's inclusion, I still just (generally) hate this music.

This isn't typically my kind of music to begin with, and for my money, Emmylou Harris falls short of Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, or Alison Krauss within the genre. I was shocked to see that this was her 19th studio album, and even more shocked to discover this is the first one that she wrote the bulk of the music for. But for all that, this was just... Boring. And slow. But mostly boring. In fact, whatever the criteria for inclusion in this list is just gets more and more muddy and confusing the farther I get through it. This is a 1.5/5 that I would never revisit and doesn't encourage me to explore her other 18+ albums, so I'm not rounding up.

Variety: 1 Adequacy: 2 Listenability: 1 Uniqueness: 1 Emotionality: 2 = 1.4 rounded down to a 1 "And when finally the bottom fell out, I became withdrawn / The only thing I knew how to do / Was to keep on keepin' on" Harris is one of those people who I've heard various tracks from over the years, and my reaction has always been of the lukewarm variety. I'm not the biggest folky singer songwriter enthusiast, and the country leanings never inspired too much further investigation. None of those qualifiers necessarily turn me away from an artist on their own, but that combination is a doozy. I find I bump up against stuff by Kris Kristofferson, Townes Van Zandt equally for example. And while I can see the craft and even enjoy some James Taylor stuff, it is VERY far outside my wheelhouse. There's got to a heavy dose of catchy melodies for it to gel for me. Someone like Neko Case is a modern example of an artist I adore, who on paper does not sound a zillion miles away from Harris. But here we are. This one also comes later in her career, so wondering if I'm going to get a "past their prime" Dylan or Springsteen vibes off of this. THE TRACKS "The Pearl" - This was not what I was expecting. Feels like some middle-eastern touches thrown in to the rhythms, and maybe some hevy electronic processing. Capable and has a not-uncatchy vocal melody, but getting very strong Phil Collins Tarzan soundtrack vibes on this. Kind of just on the edge of the kind of adult contemporary sound that with a good shove could push it into the Christian pop ravine to mingle with all the discarded Amy Grant albums. "Michelangelo" - This is much more of what I was thinking the whole album might sound like. Kind of haunting folk balladry. A little too overproduced for this type of thing. I would have maybe liked to have heard the creaking guitar strings and maybe some thumping on the body of the guitar for a beat. It still would not get this into the highlights, but imagine this as a very simple mid 70s sort of thing. "I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now" - Oof... that keyboard preset rhythm was a rough start, but otherwise this is a bit more of a success. Still not my thing, but I can at least see the appeal. This is reminding me of stuff by Meredith Brooks, or Cheryl Crow. Strong hooks, and composition, but drowning in overproduction. "Tragedy" - This sounds like an AI trying to emulate an Amy Mann song. The elements are there, but it just sounds generic. "Red Dirt Girl" - The first track on the album I found myself warming to. This leans much more traditional country with some added effects laden guitars. This is a lot stronger than any of the previous tracks for sure. But... But I would still have rather heard this as a stripped down solo guitar track with some warm 70s production. "My Baby Needs a Shepherd" - This one has instrumentation and a sound that is not too distant from "Hold On" by Tom Waits. If we just look at the instrumentation, what separates these two the most is the production. one is big, clean, and generic. the other intimate, warm, and rough around the edges. Both are most assuredly well thought and designed with intent. But one fails for me completely. "Bang the Drum Slowly" - This one works much better. Scaled back and just Harris with some spare instrumentation. Then the HEAVILY processed beat drops in and messes up what could have been a nice emotional number. Imagine this as a gospel number with JUST the vocals. That would have been great. The quality of the material and vocals rescue this from the fussy overbaked tone. "J'Ai Fait Tout" - Ugh... more bleeps and bloops. "Grandma, wear this Kangol hat - it'll look great on you!". This one was the most cringeworthy track. A rare DNF from me. "One Big Love" - Yikes. The opening of this sounded like when you hear one of those soundalike rock songs in a tv show or movie that you're watching where they couldn't clear the rights to re-use the original. Same thing with some classic soundalike wrestling intro music ( looking at you specifically DDP!). In song in question would be "You DOn't Know How It Feels" by Tom Petty , released 1994. Go ahead, look it up and compare. I'll wait... See! Otherwise , this felt much more like an unoffenisive bit of pop country. "Hour of Gold" - Did Sting secretly produce this one? This has a very nonspecific new agey vibe I could imagine on one of his later offerings. Harris deivers a fine vocal performance, but that's the only nice thing I can say about it. "My Antonia" - I might sound like a broken record at this point, but I once again this feels like Christian "praise" music. More so than anything else even on here. Just close your eyes and insert some random Jesus's in there and you'll hear it. "Boy from Tupelo" - I guess this was bout Elvis? I dunno, I was pretty checked out by this point. This was so generic. HIGHLIGHTS - "Red Dirt Girl" MIDLIGHTS - "I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now" - "Bang the Drum Slowly" LOWLIGHTS - "The Pearl" - "Michelangelo" - "Tragedy" - "My Baby Needs a Shepherd" - "J'Ai Fait Tout" - "One Big Love" - "Hour of Gold" - "My Antonia" FINAL THOUGHTS I can't say Harris failed to make the album she wanted to, as it's a professional outing by a veteran performer, and has all the hallmarks of a well-crafted attempt to reinvigorate a career. And by all accounts it was successful. There are a TON of artists who count Harris as a prime influence, and this even got some mainstream traction. It just feels like old person cosplay at times. Yes, I know she was only 53 when this came out. And this is maybe more of a successful attempt than some latter day Dylan, but that doesn't mean it's great. It might be good though. It's just aimed entirely over my head. Without sounding too harsh and cliched, this fits perfectly in my mind into the type of music you might hear in a Starbucks. Unoffensive, vanilla, and with the trappings of the day ( drum loops, antiseptic production, but with plenty of folky guitars and piano touches to give the illusion that this is a new artist. Not accusing Harris of trying pull one over, but it just feels like a producer got a hold of some Harris material and went to town with it, and you lose the artist in the atmosphere. Wonder how much my opinion would change if I heard a "naked" version of this album, similar to the Let It Be mix. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Not sure I'll ever be revisiting this one FURTHER LISTENING - The Ballad of Sally Rose by Emmy Lou Harris - Bachelor No.2 by Aimee Man - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams - Time Sex Love by Mary Chapin Carpenter

This is the music that I thought middle-aged forty something’s “liked” listening to when I was a young twenty-something when it came out in 2000. Now I’m a middle-aged forty-something and I find myself still listening to the same music I did when I was 20. All of that to say that apparently not all of us age into adult contemporary listeners. Emmylou Harris is a fine singer. Her voice is easy on the ears. I found this album, however, to lack any overall compelling force. “Bang The Drum Slowly,” which I read she wrote as an elegy for her father reached higher than the rest of the tracks around it. After it was a long stretch of easy listening that failed to achieve anything interesting of note. At least for me. My wife listened to part of the album with me and, even though noting it was music she should enjoy, had a harsher review than I did. I won’t repeat it, but she ultimately asked me to turn it off. So I did so. This is a 2/5.

Lovely voice, though she wasn't my fave on Dolly's Trio. A couple songs are touching but mostly too mellow.

Pretty vocals. Extremely boring songs.

Does this album feature the only appearance of Dave Matthews on the list? It’s gets bonus points if so and also just because My Antonia is excellent. This whole album sounds very warm. Her vocals are excellent and I really dig this style. Maybe a little long. Favorites were I Don’t Wanna Talk About It Now, One Big Love, and My Antonia.

Shes whining a lot and it's not really a vibe

What a voice!

Great vocals

Couldn't stand it.

5/10

Gentle western music. Guitar and a solo female voice. not my thing

Really earnest, contemplative, and heartfelt.

Did not enjoy. I know she’s well known, I’ve heard the name but it didn’t blow my hair back.

Not my type of music, but like a fajitas plate at a restaurant, everyone's head turns to watch that sizzling dish make it to its table, wishing something like that was for them. I wouldn't put it on, but if someone else did I'd at least find comfort that they have impeccable taste.

like a number of albums from this list „red dirt girl” was simply fine but a bit boring - boring in less than an enjoyable way. my fav out of all songs would be „one big love” or „j’ai fait tout”. i don’t think that i’ll be coming back but i’m quite curious about harris’s earlier works!

Love her voice. I find it interesting this is her 19th album and the first one she wrote. Glad she got some recognition for it!

Before saying anything bad about this album, I want to make an appreciation for the singers smooth voice and the modernized aspects about it, like the clear production, the very present use of reverb (specially in the atmospheric "Bang the Drum Slowly"), the rhythms in "Tragedy" and "One Big Love" feeling like they were taken from a trip hop song, and a bit of experimentation such as the use of Asian sounds in "My Baby Needs a Shepherd" and "J'ai fait Tout" being very detached from the country formula. Now comes the bad part. This album is incredibly boring. It is 55 minutes of very tedious country. Yes, it have some interesting aspects that I already pointed out, but they aren't enough to make the songs enjoyable. Country never fails to be an incredibly inoffensive, lame and uninspiring genre to me (with maybe some exceptions), even when the artists are trying to do new things.

Great album!

Classic album. Love it!

Would get this on vinyl

Apple Music lists a whopping six of her albums as “Essentials”. This is not among them. I had several of her early albums and have never heard of this. Granted, it was her 27th release…

Just when I thought the album was getting good I realized it had autoplayed a different Emmylou Harris album

I liked it

very nice!! i love her neil young cover wrecking ball obviously. and the trio album (I listen to wildflowers like every day) she's good!!

This is how I stared at strangers who were smoking to make them feel bad when I was a child

Pretty good.

Un disco que me gustó. Hubo distinciones. Igual llegué tarde porque lo escuche el día siguiente, por eso mi apuro por ponerlo.

Непонятно зачем? по моему рейтингу 2, но 3 - мне похуй я так чуствую

Good

nothing special. background music

Muy folk, me cayó bien

I've never heard this one before. I like it better than the earlier stuff of hers that I'm more familiar with, because she's got a lot of complex musical accompaniment, much of it not very traditionally country-sounding. Enjoyed listening to this today and probably will return to it in the future. 4 stars

Not my styleee bet ne horrible

oke maar eigenlijk een beetje saai

Forgettable

Boring album with hints of okayness every now and then. Not something I'd choose to listen to but I quess I'd survive listening to a song. 1,5/5 stars that I round to two.

Coffee shop music (complementary) I’m a sucker for emotional folk music and this is no exception. Harris has a lot of albums too, so I suspect I’ll go deeper, even if there are only a couple of tracks that stick out to me.

There wasn’t quite a standout track, but it was overall good vibes. Her voice reminded me of Stevie Nicks at times. I have some more exploring of here and the folk genre to do.

All i knew before today about Emmylou was the First aid kit song with her name. This was a great experience and I can certainly tell why they were so inspired while listening to her songs. Great voice and smooth country with some stand out songs that I will be listening to again. A great way to start the day.

Man, I love her voice but I don’t think this collection of songs really showcases it.

Nice

Gosh, I can’t say I have ever listened to an Emmylou Harris album before… So this was really interesting. I immediately wanted to give it a 4. I mean Red Dirt Girl has to be one of the saddest songs I’ve ever heard. It hit me on the first listen. Her voice was beautiful and at first I thought I was happy with the production, but then… enter the drum machine and Idk, a number of other “modern” choices and as the album went into its second half, I was disappointed. 3 stars. Boolean rating: yes, I think it was good to have heard this, though as someone said in another review, late career choices for artists that are taking up space from this time period… well there was A LOT released in 2000 that is NOT on the list…

I found Harris’ voice to be rather nice at first, and I hoped the rest of the album would be as good as The Pearl. I was very upset to find how quickly the album devolved into that acoustic, uninspired slop that modern southern baptists call music. Seriously disappointing.

Back-to-back country albums and this was was just dreary and dull. The tempo is slow throughout the album, and in some of the earlier tracks I find Harris' voice to be grating. The best of the bunch for me was the track One Big Love which seemed to stand out with a strong guitar riffs, but all-in-all, awful.

Harris mostly known through the Knophler collab mostly. Refreshing to have her solo material too, beautiful, amazing voice. Music itself, some tracks really good, like the opening one. But then some sounded more like little dull ABBA country covers. Sorry.

I think this would have been much better without the dated late 90s/early 2000s production. It sounds like they would have played songs from this on VH1 back in the day between Natalie Merchant and Sarah McClachlan videos.

Lovely voice kinda not into the album though

I usually find I enjoy Emmylou immensely when she pops up as a vocalist on other artists' records, but not always as a solo artist. She holds her own here though.

Emmylou cool but seriously, her 19th album?! Learn more artists, Robert.

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Fine a bit too long, not a fan of the Dave Matthews feature or Dave Matthews in general

An really good album with strong lyrics, some moments of beauty and some interesting choices, such as the hypnotic Middle Eastern rhythms in a couple of tracks. Some of the more straightforward stuff reminded me a lot of Bruce, and lo! he appeared on track 4. It's good that the album has been included, as she's (obviously) an important artist, and this is, seemingly, recognised as the album where she finally wrote (nearly) all the songs and "found herself". I found a couple of songs a bit dull, but genuinely enjoyed most of it very much: I really liked J'ai fait tout, and Hour of Gold. Sadly, the last two tracks fell into the dull category for my personal taste which is why it's ending up as three stars.

If this is another country album by a white American then why am I crying?

I'm struggling to see why we need to listen to the 19th album by ELH because she decided to write the songs this time? 2/5.

Her voice is incredible, which is like saying Ella Fitzgerald can sing, I know... I can immediately hear how influential this album is - in big ways like Brandi Carlisle and in small ways like the Heartless Bastards. I’m not a big listener of this style country, so some of the arrangements aren’t my thing. I do like a little fuzz with my guitars and less sincerity in my lyrics. That being said, it’s beautiful album and a great example of this being done well.

Am I supposed to review this? It’s Emmylou Harrison. I started listening and immediately thought “right it’s Emmylou Harris she is incredible.” I finished it and started it again. 10 out of 10. No notes.

Never actually listened to an Emmylou Harris album before, so glad to have that gap addressed. For those in a similar boat, Allmusic says that the compilation Anthology is the best single release for casual fans to go for an introduction. I'm planning to check out that and her first major label release, Pieces of the Sky. This album ... beautiful voice, strong songs, consistently overproduced. The title track Red Dirt Girl makes it all work, but more representative is I Don't Want To Talk About It Now, where I like the music, but it doesn't fit well with the song, to my ear. This seems like a good example of the long, slow recovery singer-songwriters were on after the "we can put a synth on that" 80s (see: Portlandia, Put a Bird On It!). Tigerlily set the industry back badly in this respect; one huge success begets many benighted imitators. Bang the Drum Slowly here is an excellent example of this blight. My Baby ... Shepherd works well. Also J'ai fait tout. Overall, good album, but ... too much atmospherics! Can't really get into an album with this sound.

There was zero country in the household of my youth. I developed a taste for the elder Hank Williams because The Residents did an album of covers of both his work and that of John Phillips Souza--which I was obsessed with at 15-16. His lonesome story, and his heroin addiction (mirroring the heroin use of my other heroes, William Burroughs and Lou Reed) got me imagining Western highways late at night. I came across Western Swing thanks to Yumi Roth, IIRC, and loved it as a fascinating toy of sorts. George Strait, though... that got me actually interested in country. Sadly for me, I didn't cross paths with Emmylou's incredible album until just now. It has the kind of harmonies that melt my knees and make me weep for the big stuff.

I enjoyed being reminded of this album, which I owned back in the day. I have a long history with Emmylou which didn't get off to a great start, but I eventually became a huge fan--mostly of her back catalog, however. This record reminded me I should listen to her newer work too.

Great album! You really hear the influence on modern country artists like Miranda Lambert. Guests in this album included Springsteen and Dave Matthews. Solid 3.5 but can’t quite nudge it to a 4 in this rating.

Loves this!

Not for me. Thanks x

I'm not a big country fan, but each Emmylou Harris album I've had so far has been well worth the listen. I've enjoyed her music quite a bit.

The queen of country music.

Not my type.

Nice voice, good songs, yeah, nice.

starts nice but fizzles out

Some nice background music. Nothing revolutionary.

Enjoyed a lot more than I expected

eh

No me gustó

This is a very competent album. The songs are well-written, pleasant, and have a coherent sound throughout. A very good album by an artist who knows who she is and is incredibly dialed in, just nothing that excites me personally.

je m’attendais à pire! 3-/5

I was excited for this one, but just could not get into it. Maybe a different mood would have been another story? But there was nothing to grab on to for me.

Twee country bollocks

I do not like old country music

10

Enjoyed this album far more than I expected. A couple of the songs were a bit too traditional "whiney" country for my liking but overall a nice l8sten

Songwriting Legend

Sure, why not🧄

Dave matthew’s appears My antonia …her voice is golden, the slower tempo and country esque lyrics didn’t move my needle.

Good

Good classic country

Honestly I didn’t hate it. This album was very easy listening, but I don’t think it’s something I would need to listen to again. It didn’t really stand out, but I think it would make good quiet background music for something like cleaning the house or lounging on a Sunday morning.

This felt like homework to me.

It's fine. It was chill to listen to but I have no strong feelings.

Hyvä ja kaunis ääni. Aika rento jammailu.

3-4

This was my introduction to EmmyLou back in college, and it completely changed my thinking about country music, wch at the time I'd only known in its atrophying pop form. Hers is prolly among my top 5 most beautiful voices, not for its purity but for its depth, texture, and capacity to rip me open. This album feels like a great accomplishment in songwriting and instrumentation. There's a coherence of vision and a compelling maturity of experience and storytelling. There are more devastating songs on "Wrecking Ball," but there she is honoring voices that helped form her, while here she is standing boldly on her own two feet.

The songwriting and lyrics were beautiful, but the production got on my nerves, though I can't put my finger on why exactly. I bet this sounded amazing live.

Emmylou is incredible but this album is sleepy and lacks production value.

i liked it way more than i expected, soft and pleasant, had a nice metro ride hearing it :)

Some sort of 90s alt-rock country blend. Not my style.

Is this proto-indie-folk? I can listen to so many current artists that surely drew inspiration from Emmylou and probably many other artists I don't know of. The production is great, every song sounds live warm and full of energy.

Definitely not the worst thing I’ve ever heard but then again not something I would ever choose to listen to again so that’s not much of a recommendation I guess.

This is pretty nice. Soft rock/country vibes, mellow vocals. It's not my cup of tea, but it's nice to listen to. It has its place somewhere I know.

Please can they give me an interesting country album soon

A quite pretty album buoyed by Emmylou’s beautiful vocals. Generally fairly simple but effective melodies that can at times be quite moving. The more interesting parts of this album are the less traditionally country instrumentals and textures that can at times be electronica, Middle Eastern, folksy and more generically modern. The album kind of drifts along and although nice, sort of blends together and ends up a hit unmemorable. It’s maybe overlong as well.

- She's an activist, but I haven't heard anything about the genocide, so that makes me wonder if she's a liberal Zionist, especially given some of the people she's collaborated (etc.) with. - The album is pretty because she has a sweet and strong melodic alto/mezzo with a bit of raspiness (though, a little straining). - There's quite a bit of instrumentation, but nothing super notable. It's definitely very produced. - There isn't much in the variation of tempo or style, and it was more religious than I'm into, but it was enjoyable in a background kind of way. This vibe feels like it would be best to hear around a campfire. - I think I'll probably get into it the more I listen to it and absorb the lyrics. - That said, the songs and album are too long - they don't evolve enough to sustain the length. Also, the first half is a lot more enjoyable than that second half (e.g., I really dislike the song J'ai Fait Tout, and it never really recovers after that).

I didn't like it at first but it kind of warmed up to me as the album went on. Not what I typically like and probably not something I would listen to again, but decent.

Pretty dull, I guess this was only included because of name recognition

Chiant aussi

Puduku

J'avais jamais entendu parler de cette dame, et je dois avouer que j'ai été très agréablement surpris. Une voix délicieuse, avec un petit arrière-goût rauque qui n'est pas déplaisant (peut-être lié à l'âge). Une guitare folk usuelle mais efficace (bon elle a 30 ans de retard mais passons), et quelques instrus qui différent. Juste on dirait que l'album date de BD (Bob Dylan) prime alors que c'est de 2002

not keen,

Eh, she sings. Bit twee for me.

mislio sam da će ovo bit zakurac al je na kraju ispalo solidno... ništa vanredno i ništa šta bih inače slušo, al lijep glas i ono, nije mi ni najmanje smetalo. jedino mi je pjesma s muškim vokalom, zbog njega, bila nekako stoput seljačkija od ostalih. al osim toga neloše, pa eto gospođi trojičice

Harris has an incredibly pleasant singing voice. But that's the only thing that carries this album.

Nearly fell asleep behind the wheel listening to this album. Almost turned me into red paste man.

Enjoyed it.

Another legacy artist album that takes the spot of an artist that’s actually from that era.

A bit disappointing. I wanted more of a country edge to some of the later songs. A few standouts (my baby needs a Shepard in particular).

Another one where I am not sure why it is included in the list, a fine album but surely one of her earlier albums would have been more appropriate? Especially if I am only realistically going to listen to one of her albums

It drifted by a bit, and I can't really understand why it would be an essential listen, but yeah, it's... good.

I feel like I ought to like Emylou Harris more than I do. It's a pleasant enough country thing that drifts by without grabbing me.

Didn’t mind listening to it, but nothing really stood out to me either.

Country and 70’s style mellow rock are two of my least favorite genres. This album combines them. So I did not like it.

Not bad but not good either.. too poppy. This is sort of forgettable.

Folksy

Great vocals

Kick ass. Of the 3 Emmylou albums on here this is the most enjoyable for me. Laid back Americana with her amazing voice makes for a pleasant Tuesday morning. Dig the duet with Dave Matthews. The DMB is another glaring omission from the list, seven straight #1 albums and nada, at the very, very, very least Crash should have been included. Listen to the songs #41 and Say Goodbye and tell me I'm wrong. But anyway, another solid album. I listened to this most of my day.

Candidate for least liked album on this list. Not even a useful sleep aid.

Country é melhor quando feito por mulheres. A produção deixa bem claro que não é um álbum country puro, mas gostei bastante. Consigo escutar influência da emmylou na musica da taylor swift.

Listening to the first two tracks I thought I was in for a lovely ride, but the momentum is not carried through. It is nice enough, her voice is strong but it does take a nose dive in quality in the middle of the record.

No molesta, pero no me dice nada

Really solid country album with some unique instrumentation going on. That said, didn't particularly blow me away either.

Of all the great country albums, why this one? It is nice - nothing wrong with it, but it really isn’t special in a any way.

I could never find myself telling anyone to go listen to this.

2000s country folk.Her first self-written album. Stunning country vocals. Really lovely singer-songwriter country.

Decent album, not my type though

Meh. 2.1

1/5

Not for me.

Her voice is undeniably beautiful, but I couldn’t really see the vision behind this album. I liked the self titled track and Hour of Gold

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Vackert och nedtonat. Emmylou har en fantastisk och känslosam röst. Hade missat detta albumet av henne men hört några spår. Det var en positiv överraskning, jag tycker om när hon som här tonar ner country-stilen och mer går åt singer songwriter-hållet. Framförallt växer det med antal lyssningar, detta känns som signifikativt med Emmylou Harris att hon behöver lite tid. Det som också skiljer sig från tigigare Album är att här inte finns några covers. Tycker väldigt mycket om spåret Red dirt girl och duett-spåren som t.ex My Antonia. Detta albumet är dock inte riktigt lika vasst som Wrecking ball men produktionen påminner om Wrecking Ball, läser att producenten av albumet är Malculm Burn som var Daniel Lanois protegé så att de liknar varandra är kanske inte så konstigt (Daniel Lanois producerade Wrecking all). Bäst är Michelangelo, Red dirt girl och My Antonia. Hade inte trott det på förhand men detta album får en 4a.