Reviews (page 4 of 8)
ok but kinda boring 2
Talented singer/songwriter. Album is good, just not for me. 3/5 Probably won't listen again
She kind of fell from grace. Once amazing, but now this is a slog to get through. A good ol’ country slog.
so boring
This is chill and echoes of Aimee Mann.
Pleasant, calm music. Great voice and tunes.
I'm going to give this one 3 stars. Not my type of music but I didn't mind it for sure.
It’s 2.5 for me. Meanders along nicely, almost day dream like but ultimately forgettable
Gentle americana with interesting modern ideas (for 2000) production wise to mix things up. But it's kind of a drag in the long run.
Might as well just give us a day off if it's to give us that kind of sleeping pill.
Not bad for a 70s country/folk singer which arrives in the 2000s, but it's really too long winded and uneventful to my taste.
Such a nice voice. I liked all the songs except the duet near the end.
I... Just didn't really care for this one.
This was fun! I'm a sticker sucker for heartstrings folk.
Its a fine album not sure why it is one of the 1001 I must hear. There are a couple good songs but no reason I would relisten to this
It’s ok, but probably won’t listen again.
Eh. Not my cup of tea
I liked this, excellent and distinct voice. Standouts were “The Pearl”, “My baby needs a shepherd “, My Anito is, and the title track. 3.5/5
This was a very cool…yet, well…fine listen. I really like the production as that is what makes this more of an interesting listen. Still, I prefer her previous album Wrecking Ball produced by Daniel Lanois. Maybe ‘cause that was one of her first leaps into fusing modern sounds with her folk songs. Still…her voice is so darn good and distinct regardless of the presentation. The title track was one of my faves, and it was cool to see her covering Patty Griffin on “One Big Love.” Biggest surprise was the “My Antonia” duet with Dave Matthews who sings in a normal register for once, unlike his nasal DMB style which I can’t stand.
This was good. And surprising. I always think of Emmylou as some old school country but this sounded very contemporary for 2000. Several nice songs and may have to give this another visit (along with some of her other work). 3.25
This album is totally fine and enjoyable. I’m just struggling with the “why.” Apple Music tells me she has 6 essential albums and this is not one of them. I guess maybe because it was one of her later albums and won some awards? I dunno. 3/5
A friend of mine sent me the title track of this album on a mix cd many years ago and I’m now kicking myself for not listening to the rest of the album before now. The music here falls somewhere between country, folk and Americana with some interesting touches of world music from other places too. This is Harris’ 19th album but the first where she wrote almost all of the songs, and there are some great guest cameos too, notably Patty Scialfa and Bruce Springsteen on Tragedy. The highlight is still Red Dirt Girl which takes me back to opening a letter from America and putting a cd in the player all those years ago.
I was a bit afraid when I saw the "country" tag, but it's much more folk/americana, and it has everything you might love (or hate I guess) from these genres.
Oof. Another country album. Surprisingly, this one was not bad (most country albums have likely received a 2 as a rating from me). This one may as well, but one enjoyable song from what remains as I listen could get it a 3. I'm still listening, so we shall see...
When I saw this was a country album I was prepared to give this a 1. After the first song and reading the big blob of context in the second or third review I was a bit invested and thought this might have been a turning point for my relationship with country. However after a few songs I was just bored to death, and there's something about country singing that irks me the wrong way. I can't put my finger on it but all country singers do it.
Not my favorite Emmylou but a solid entry.
You can tell she puts a lot of hard work into her writing. Some nice tracks but not my cup of tea
This is definitely something to play at nap time. I liked it but it isn't anything I would listen to again. But it did remind me of my dad
Replay value on this is, use it to go to sleep. Not my flavor but I can understand the appeal.
While I recognise Harris' great musical talents, her specific brand of balladsy country pop as exhibited on this album just isn't for me, therefore one star. That doesn't mean it's bad, it just means that it's not my thing. I have to acknowledge however the "homey" feel of her music that came up when I listened to it. I dunno what exactly that is, but listening to her somehow managed to conjure up a tiny bit of the feeling of being twelve again and vaguely hearing stuff similar to this from the radio that's playing in the other room, while I presumably read comics or something? Weird stuff.
instrumentalmente me gusta, si voz me gusta pero no sé no es para mí, se me hizo una escucha muy aburrida y monótona,
This was a very chill album, catching me on a not very chill day. I should probably give it another go, but after the first 2 or 3 tracks it felt samey...
Wasn’t familiar but pretty good!
red dirt girl harmonica on my anotonia
First time hearing any of Emmylou's stuff. Not sure how it compares to her other albums so will comment just on this one on its own. Firstly, nice voice - less "bleaty" than Stevie Nicks but a similar vibe. A slight country twang in there, subtle, but its there. The music is lush with reverb, varied with the drum heavy opening track to the acoustic second track to the sampling of the third track. Early on, its quite rich and reminded me of Fiona Apple. Quite modern (in a relative context given its from 2000) production that is stark to Emmylou's voice. The title track introduces a little country, acoustic and singing but again, its so stark to the quietly overdriven guitar. Seems like a different album now! Bang the drum slowly is a massive hit to the feels. This is quite a nice album! Faith restored in this exercise - finding those gems.
This wasn’t for me, I found it a bit grating
That was pretty.
Meticulously produced but feels bland to me.
Countrymuziek met hier en daar iets moderns ertussen gemixt. Emmylou heeft een mooie stem, maar de plaat glijdt voorbij als een kudde koeien in de nacht. Zonder dat er echt opvallend geloei tussenzit.
Iets moderne country. Kwalitatief niets op af te dingen. De zang is niet alleen prima. Maar dwingt ook naar de tekst te luisteren. Toch houd ik dit maar moeilijk vol. Het is te rustig, muzikaal te weinig prikkelend. Het is soms de kunst om bij een genre dat jou niet past, het album af te zetten tegen genregenoten. Dat zorgt voor de voldoende.
Er zijn maar weinig artiesten, die op latere leeftijd nog een meesterwerk konden maken. De enige die me nu te binnen schiet, is Johnny Cash. Maar wat hij juist deed, nadat hij eerst jarenlang eigen composities had vertolkt, was om op latere leeftijd covers te maken van bekende nummers van andere artiesten. Emmylou gaat juist op latere leeftijd eigen nummers zingen, na een hele carriere succesvol gecoverd te hebben (althans, dat lees ik op de wiki). Ze zingt wel ok, al kan ze niet lang genoeg een toon vasthouden en dan gaat ze heel irritant trillen met haar stem. Er zit amper drums in, het blijft vaak bij wat eentonige percussie en het klinkt drumcomputerig. Met andere woorden: ik geloof het allemaal niet. Ik kan met dit soort muziek echt helemaal niks. Wat is dit ondraaglijk saai. Ik wil het bij het tweede nummer al uitzetten en met heel veel moeite sleep ik me naar het einde. De titeltrack is nog enigszins te beluisteren. Maar de rest is net als met die draak van een Eva Cassidy: zo ontiegelijk traag. Dat was een dingetje in die tijd blijkbaar. Afschuwelijk dit.
Nada mal, lejísimos pero no tanto. Nota: 3.1
Very nice
This was a good album. Emmylou is a really good singer. The harmonies throughout were great! "My Antonia" reminded me of the beginning of "Cassandra" by ABBA. Liked Songs: "The Pearl" , "I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now" , "Tragedy" , "My Baby Needs a Shepard" , "One Big Love" , "My Antonia" , "Boy From Tupelo"
Not bad, but not interesting 2.25
Boring unfortunately, not my favourite kind of country music
Not terrible, but not for me.
Meh. Its ok.
I expected the worst between the album title and cover. But it was actually not bad.
So beautiful and a Little Rock too😎
Awesome
Pleasant
Day 56 First listen- Wow what a gorgeous album, Emmylou is a fantastic writer and her voice is out of this world, I am enchanted by every aspect of this album. (4/5)
Un poco floppers costo acabarlo y no skippear
I've always known that Emmylou Harris is an icon, but I haven't done a deep dive into her discography. It's obvious how influential her voice and sound is to modern music. Without searching, I have a sneaking suspicion that Miley Cyrus took quite a bit of inspiration from her for her own work. Makes sense with her country music background.
Don't get how an album with only mild acclaim makes this list. It has a little more musical depth than a lot of country music, but is otherwise typical country fayre.
So I was dreading this and thought it was going to be a real slog to get through...but its not half bad, its less country than I expected and I think she is very talented, but its just not for me. Glad I have listened to once, never will again
The voice of a songbird. So beautiful.
Okay the instrumentation got a little interesting in parts, but that didn’t outweigh the country
Sort of Dolly Parton meets Fleetwood meets early 2000s sound
I very much disliked this album; it was just annoying and distracting--not like some electronic albums can be, but just not good. Was very happy to be done with this one. 1/5
Again, I just don’t care for Emmylou Harris! I’m sorry, and I feel terrible about it, but I just am not a fan.
it wasn't like anything I hadn't heard before, cool vocals and vibes though!!
Un bonito disco de country pop. Se nota que es de los 2000 porque incluye baterías sintetizadas en algunos temas.
Stevie Knicks goes country
2 out of 5. Second album from her on this list so far and I found this one better than Pieces in the Sky. I read that for this album she wrote most of the songs and I think she proved herself.
Incredibly dull, and boring Best Song: Bang the Drum Slowly Rating: 2/10 Stars: 1/5
Definitely more folk than country, which is a good thing in my books. Nice to have on in the background.
Another album I should like more than I do.
Tried listening a few times and didn't get into it. Recognized a few general hits but I didn't connect to them or any lyrics.
She's a good singer, but man these songs are boring. These are 2-3 minute songs stretched out to 5 minutes, and every song sounds the same. Once you heat the first 15 seconds of any song you can guess with 100% accuracy how the rest will sound. Did we need to listen to this 60's country/folk artist's 19th album? No. Low 2.
Haunting, beautiful, a little repetitive. I'm not sure why every song reminds me of Christmas carols.
i like emmylou, and i like willa cather, but i can't abide dave matthews
I didn't hate it, but feel like I didn't need to hear it either
She has a nice voice but the songwriting got boring after the first 2 songs
2/5
I sincerely appreciate the restraint on this album. It holds itself back in favor of bringing a folk soundscape, allowing Harris to take us on a journey.
A pared-down, contemplative album where minimal instrumentation creates a beautifully intimate and introspective musical world.
An absolute treasure trove of late 90s adult oriented country. A vibe I would happily spend time in for little under an hour of my time. Emmylou has got it.
Solid stuff, Emmylou.
2.4
beautiful sound but kind of irrelevant
That’s tough because I do love Emmylou’s voice and there are a couple good songs here, but the genericized “Americana” fusion sound is not really my thing. Just a very dull and grey-sounding album. Best song: Bang the Drum Slowly
Rolig country, ikke helt min greie, men er ikke fælt heller.
Very surprised at how much I enjoyed this. Emmylou Harris’s voice is fantastic and so many of these songs are haunting and beautiful. Another case of I don’t know why this was included in the list, but I’m glad it was
I enjoyed this album. I'm a sucker for a bit of folk, and this album was no exception. It sounded a little more country than I like, but it also had a lot of heart. Reminded me a little of Jewel.
I wasn't sure going into this, but it grew on me and I appreciated hearing from a mature female voice. I'm not usually much of a country fan, but this verged into folk territory so I thought it was pretty listenable.
01) The Pearl - 7,5 02) Michelangelo - 7,5 03) I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now - 7,5 04) Tragedy - 8,0 05) Red Dirt Girl - 7,5 06) My Baby Needs a Shepherd - 7,0 07) Bang the Drum Slowly - 7,5 08) J'ai fait tout - 7,5 09) One Big Love - 7,0 10) Hour of Gold - 7,0 11) My Antonia - 8,0 12) Boy from Tupelo 7,0 TOTAL: 7,42 (74/100) Current ranking: 295/635
This is fine. Not sure Emmylou Harris warrants three entries to this list, however.
Enjoyable and very much of its time.
honestly much better than I expected coming from someone who really doesn’t like country. probably the best country album I’ve gotten so far, though I haven’t gotten many. with the beat at the beginning I genuinely thought “tragedy” was gonna be some sort of hip hop type of song
Previously rated: Trio (w/Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt) (3/5) Pieces Of The Sky (3/5) *********************************************** In the past few days I have gotten Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Bonnie Raitt, so the RNG gods are favoring female country singers at the moment. These albums always seem to fall into the take-it-or-leave-it 3/5 category for me. How about this one? Well...this is pretty far removed from any of these other albums. If it was just a random female singer, would you even call this Country? I wouldn't. I also wouldn't call it good. Very boring sad "chick music."
It’s well made but not interesting enough
Love Emmylou but her charm is in her simple delivery and production. This album tries too hard.
I like Emmylou Harris a lot, but she has much stronger albums than this.
Too little too late Emmylou. This was pretty slow for my liking. I did like the song in french, that one is going in the rotation. Didn't like much else.
I thought the first track was quite good but then it sort of fell in to generic inoffensive country music. I lost interest 4 or 5 songs in but got through it all anyway. “Bang the drum slowly” was a nice memorial tune, but other than that no other standouts. She’s a good singer, but her songwriting isn’t that captivating. It’s ok.
Some incredible songs on this one, but a few duds too. Still, it’s Emmylou
Emmylou has a fantastic voice and comes from a more traditional folk/country background, so I had high hopes for this album. Unfortunately, it just didn’t hit me that great. It has decent bones, so it might grow on me with repeated listens, but I just couldn’t get into it today. Three sears for its potential.
She has a similar voice to later Stevie Nicks, which I liked. Enjoyable, story-telling lyrics.
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Veeery slow, sad, and boring country album. Not really much else to say. Been on a pretty cold streak lately of boring albums that feel relatively the same throughout.
Warm relaxed folksy country with an acoustic guitar and EH's beautiful voice at the heart of arrangements fleshed out atmospherically with echoey dirty electric guitars, droning baritone parts, textural piano/organs,.and some perfect vocal harmonies. Dark sombre and contemplative songs, full of grief and loneliness.
This felt very all-encompassing but I wonder if I would have liked it as much with a lighter touch on the vocal reverb.
i think this might be the least listenable of all the emmylou. it just drags for wide stretches, and the instrumentation doesn't really give you what you expect from an emmylou album in a bad way.
whatever
Every time you type in one of these song names to find out why it seems familiar it's a book. This person must be very well read. In any case, this took a little to warm up for me and I might be rounding up just because I enjoyed the sidebar to listen to a couple versions of The Streets of Laredo but it can have the round up anyway, 3.5
I love Emmylou’s voice. But I’m not sure if she’s the type of artist I want to hear an hour of. But man when she shows up on backing vocals for random bands does she knock it out of the park.
Beautiful! Great lyrics, singer songwriter country, but with 2000s flavour, like the occasional hip-hop beat. Reminds me of Courtney Marie Andrews
3.6
I vaguely remember Emmylou Harris from when I was a kid. My dad pretty much only listened to country music and anytime I was in the car that's what was playing. I don't know that I could name any of her songs, but I'm positive I've heard a lot of them. Country is not my thing at all. I jut don't like it. Although a lot of this could just be called singer-songwriter, it does pretty much all have that unmistakable country twang to it. And I hate that. And it's sort of overly sappy and saccharine in a lot of places. It is produced really well. The acoustic guitars sound fantastic. Voice is good. Bass is decent. Too bad I just don't like this kind of music. 1.5/5
This album won the Grammy for best contemporary folk album but it had a more gospel or Christian rock vibe to it. Slow tempo and at time felt you might be in church.
I can listen to this to appreciate quality music, but the slow pace and yearning style is not my favorite. Again, not her best album, but I do love the collaborations.
Incredible voice.
Kind of nice. Nothing special.
Red Dirt Girl was certainly a nice surprise of an album. Apparently from reading the Wikipedia article from this album, this is apparently her first album of hers for the majority of the songs to be written by her rather than covering songs by other songwriters. And surprisingly, it really did pay off as many of the songs here were written very well and were performed just as well. The music was really well done by combining a typical country sound with more pop elements and they really do mesh well together. Emmylou's vocals were also very good, as were David Matthews' vocals in that one song that he appeared in. This was a really good album and a lot better than i was expecting Best Song: I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now Worst Song: Bang the Drum Slowly
Bland, earnest music for church or a coffee shop. How could anyone love this?
Sweet voice
She has a nice voice, sure. But I have never heard of her, and it seems like she's made a lot of music. I have a hard time believing her 11th album is really the one worth putting on this list. Likely wont listen to again.
This is the 166th album I’m rating. After I listened to Down by the Seaside I started to get interested in country rock so I listened to one Emmylou Harris song and it was awful. Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. Not Adding to my Playlist - The Pearl, Michelangelo, I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now, Tragedy, Red Dirt Girl, My Baby Needs a Shepherd, Bang the Drums Slowly, J'ai Fait Tout, One Big Love, Hour of Gold, My Antonia, and Boy from Tueplo. Red Dirt Girl - Not as awful as the rest of the album but still not good. All in all I liked 0/12 songs. Emmylou Harris is as bad as I thought she was. Not nearly as good as Lucinda Williams.
- immediately comforting even though i’ve never heard it before - saved it to my library after two songs which i’ve done before and changed my mind on but i feel like this’ll stick - guitar + drums on tragedy is reminding me of jagged little pill - faint guitar on red dirt girl is so beautiful. sounds so expansive!! - the whole album has a breadth to it that i wouldn’t expect from folk as much. i’m a big fan of it - a real ‘why is no one talking about this’ moment and the reason is that everyone was talking about it literally twenty five years ago - dave matthews on my antonia. thought of ‘wow this guy’s really good’ is sooo original he should start a band - for a verrrryyy brief moment i thought it could have been john mayer man. i love this album. excited for it to become a core one for me
Emmylou Harris has a lovely voice, but I couldn't get into this album.
Emmylou’s voice is golden thread spun into music and drizzled with honey. That makes no sense, but how about you listen to her sing for an hour or two and see if it doesn’t make you believe in weird possibilities. Her sound is so sweet and inviting, it kind of opens your mind to the world. Maybe I’m high as hell, but I don’t think so.
She has such a haunting voice. Very strong lyricism too. The music isn't exactly my thing but it isn't disruptive either. It suits her voice well.
Good music and storytelling
the comeback
I enjoy the album overall, I’m not sure why it’s on the list personally? Like it’s good, but maybe I don’t get the need to put it on. Almost like this. But her voice is great, I love the signer songwriter perspective.
Lovely
Really great voice. However none of these songs really spoke to me.
It's fine, nothing amazing, nothing you need to hear before you die... at best something you could listen to before you sleep to help insomnia.
Not sure who this music is for or why it's on this list. It isn't awful but it's far from good. 3.5/10 (1.75/5)
I don't mind country but I don't know what tis is
Not my style of music and it has that specific 00s pop sound, but I appreciate it the sadly beautiful songs like the title track and my Antonia. Also was surprised to hear Dave Matthews show up on that track. I’ll take it.
Really good folksy stuff. Red Dirt Girl reminds me of Travelin’ Soldier.
Adult oriented country music. Doesn't really speak to me. The Daniel Lanois like production is smooth and at times makes this album enjoyable.
Kinda liked this and mostly not.
Still don't like country, at all.
2.75 solid album, just not for me.
I like Emmylou but album not great to me. Oof.
Very bland
Des arrangements léchés pour une voix assumée
Favorites: J'au Fait Tout, Red Dirt Girl, Hour of Gold, my Antonia Chill, vibey, not necessarily something I'd normally listen to. Feels very 90s CCM (neither a good nor bad thing)
Her voice is so haunting in the best way. I just wish the songs were stronger and the production better. I pivoted straight to her "Wrecking Ball" album after this one.
ngl i barely paid attention to this while listen, but liked what i heard
Not mt type of music
The type of old country/folk that really resonates with me. I wish I could do half stars
Open, honest and full of dirt.
After listening to Eminem’s violent and hateful LP, this was a welcome breath of fresh air, even though I’d likely not revisit it-wasn’t really my cup of tea. Title track was my favorite.
It was ok, not my thing and not a must listen for me
This is my second Emmylou album. I had Pieces of the Sky not too long ago and really enjoyed it. Red Dirt Girl doesn't hit the same highs for me. Her voice is lovely as ever, and it's great to hear her flex her writing pen and blend genres a bit. But most of the songs weren't particularly striking start to finish. The most memorable were Michelangelo (ultimately the choice for my playlist) and Boy from Tupelo. God, though, I do love her voice.
A consistenly good album in music and vocals. 4 stars or B+.
Country ballad-ey stuff, not as twangy as I expected
I'm generally a fan of the artist, and this is a pretty record, with strong feelings and good songwriting.
Enjoyable listen. Nice and mellow.
2.58
Ennh, it's quality but doesn't grab me in any way.
Second Emmylou Harris this week having listed to her and Gram Parsons. And this is a really good album. She is a really good songwriter and well worth a listen.
I was excited to listen to this, having never really listened to Emmylou before, but unfortunately this was utterly dour. Couldn't pick out anything that was interesting, much less outstanding. 2/10
Didn't like at first, not usually my vibe. Listened to while working/driving. Ended up not minding it -- not a favorite, though. Chill vibes, liked some of the jammy bits. Her voice is interesting, got tired of it after a while but fits the album. Emmylou Harris has done work with Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton, seems to be a classic lady I should probably be slightly cultured on.
Much prefer her albums from the 70's. This a little bland and too adult contemporary for me. It's a 2.5 for me.
This did nothing for me. And her cover of One Big Love is a downgrade of the song and a bore.
Surprisingly good. I thought it was more folk then country. I really liked her voice on this. Weird Dave Matthews duet at the end.
Like the other Harris album we had, I thought this was just fine. The voice is nice, but I don't care about the songs themselves.
The modern production for folk is really pretty nice, while still going for many of the classic folk styles in lyrics. A super pleasant listen. 7/10
little slow, couldnt really focus enough to dig into song writing because I just wasnt super into it, but I didnt really hate it. not for me
Not bad, but also feels dated for the time period. Supposedly her first self written album, which makes me wonder why she was popular until now
Swithering between a 2 and a 3 on this one. I mean there are some glimmers of loveliness in there but not enough to overcome the boredom factor. And the arrangement and production does the material no favours. Hmmm… 2.5
I love Emmylou. She has one of the best voices in country. I don't love the production here. It feels overproduced and inorganic. I get they were trying new styles, it just wasn't my favorite.
Way too sleepy for my taste. Production was too slick, felt like I was listening to Bruce’s The Rising. Nice to hear Dave Matthews show up though.
Was fun had a couple really good songs, I didn’t notice until Lisa came in and mentioned it but she’s does use vibrato a bit much haha
Not my genre
Era of pop country crossovers.
Singer songwriter pop. Great voice and beautiful instrumentation. Quiet boring.
Good album, surprising in its different tones, deeply felt emotions expressed
Personally not my taste, it has a lot of folkish elements, shes very good but this album is genuinely not starting good, I need to wait a little bit though maybe it gets better. for every song on this album feels like I can find 9000 artist and more who can make the same Bible study music which is really terrible considering the history of my religious trauma tied to the sound but that's ofc funny, oh I'm now listening to the third track and this track is perfection, which is a little redemption from the prior tracks, I really tried to enjoy this album but this is literal Christian propaganda for ME personally and I cant deny that I hate it any longer.
high 2, super boring, super lame, like if tom waits was a woman
Pre-listening thoughts: hey my coworker is named after her! Post/during listening thoughts: this was nice! Mellow and folky and a little bit country. Sometimes it bled together but I like her voice and I thought it was nice background music. This is a strange pick for Emmylou but I enjoyed it well enough. 6/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: nah Fav tracks: The Pearl, I Don’t Want to Talk About it Now, One Big Love Least fav tracks: J’ai fait tout
I've been desperately looking for a new country/folk artist to dive into and she fit my bill. She has such a lovely voice with beautiful lyrics. A lot of sincerity mixed with story telling for this album. I enjoyed it.
some misses but overall pretty good. a lot of them sounded the same at some point (basically red dirt girl). love emmylou harris, but like her earlier, more folksy material more (gram parsons!!!)
It was fine. Nothing special.
Shocked by how much Stevie Nicks and Emmy Lou Harris sound alike. Really cool album.
Man, I love Harris's voice. Mixed with the guitar, echoey and delayed at times, hard and electric at others, it just works so well. Goddamn I love that electric slide guitar sound. Wish she had it on more tracks. Her lyrics are interesting and meaningful. Even though this album isnt straight up country, it's where I wish more of the country genre would have headed instead of the heap of overproduced pop crap a lot of it is these days. Standouts were "The Pearl" "Michelangelo" "Red Dirt Girl" "My Antonia" This is a really strong album. I'd put it somewhere between 8 or 9 out of ten for me so it gets an easy 4 stars. There are a couple songs I could have done without, not bad though by any means. I'd like to go listen to some of Harris's older stuff.
Americana Folk meets CCM. Favorite Track: Red Dirt Girl
Every time I’ve listened to this, I’ve thought “I Don’t Wanna Talk About It Now” is a good song!
Little too much worshippy. Fine for once, but wouldn't go here again.
Good enough for me to go out and get an Emmylou Harris concert ticket, which I did while listening to this album
This was fine, not sure if I would say you NEED to hear this before you die, but it was pleasant enough. Can’t really give it more than 3/5 though, nothing extraordinary
I was fully expecting to hate this given the genre and the fact that it’s an artist 20 years past her prime. But I very much did not. Country is, IMO, almost always better with a female singer, and the songs are beautiful with great imagery. It does fall into some of the common pitfalls of its era - namely, bloat and overproduction - but not as bad as some of its contemporaries. It’s better than I expected it to be.
Good album. I enjoyed it. I've never listened to Emmylou Harris, I like her voice and the production of this album. The song writing was strong, lovely voice and interesting melodies.
Hard to decide on 3 or 4. I liked a lot of this, but some of the lyrics were too cutesy or country.
I was a little worried when the wikipedia article mentioned this was an album by a country music artist. I really don't care for country. And while there was a little bit of that trademark twang, it wasn't too overwhelming. I quite liked this.
A sweet, pleasant, chill record to listen to. The title track was the standout. Nothing here that was super engaging but altogether I liked it.
Nice voice but not my thing.
Absolute brilliance. Emmylou absorbed the good side of "country" in the 15+ albums before this one and as the composer of these songs brings that intimate knowledge to perfection and puts the Nashville establishment to shame. "I Don't Want To Talk About It Now" by itself is genius enough to warrant her inclusion in any hall of fame imaginable. The percussion alone. The bass alone. Her voice alone. The phone dial tone alone. Pretty much any other song on Red Dirt, esp. title track, Michelangelo, and J'ai fait tout would qualify it as great. I could go on and on. And on.
Well now! I think I had Emmylou all wrong. I knew her as just doing country covers but this blew me away. It reminded me of Johnny Cash‘s last album, that departure from country to emotional, sometimes pained genre-defying tunes. I listened to it once and was so surprised that I had to listen to it again. This is poignant and beautiful and her emotional delivery is bang on. There is a tendency for some similarity between tracks but I’m not sure that is a negative here. I don’t know what to mark it down on. Captivating!
This may well be a 5-star, but I'm couching my rating just because I couldn't give it my full attention over one listening session. From the first notes, I wasn't sure, there's something about the timbre and delivery of Harris' vocal that teeter on the edge. But before the chorus of the tune hit I was fully on board. Harris has a distinctive, fragile, tough honesty in her singing and lyric and damnit, I really like her music. Who knew I was a country boy?
I'll admit I rolled my eyes when I saw what the selection was. I didn't care for the last one we heard by her, so I was not looking forward to this one. Shame on me. I was definitely impressed by this. I like the eastern elements and other exotic touches. At the end of the day, I'm not sure that I love her as a lead singer, but I thought everything else was solid. This is more of a 3.5 I think, but I'll round up just 'cause.
I was up and down with this album. At times she struck my sweet spot for country/folk and at other times, I was simply bored. But the ending with Boy from Tupelo brought me back and I landed right north of middle. 3.75
It was fine. I get that this was a big one for her, but I just don't really like country music. It's fine, not bad, but not my vibe
Really great
Boring
Idk if it’s just me but I can’t understand I single thing this woman is saying
juliette lewis in yellowjackets type beat
this one set me back like a full week of albums cause i didn’t want to listen to it. apparently this person made like 16 albums that were all covers and finally made this which is mostly their own stuff… stick to the hits!!! also this kinda exposes me cause my reaction to most of these songs was eww lame but if you put any of them as the credits song to the cowboy bebop movie i would be like oh damn misunderstood classic
Americana!
country met enkele toffe invloeden, maar niettemin country... niet mijn ding
Meh.
This is not the 70s emmylou and I kinda find some issue with that. Its generally just feels more commercial and sterile. She's still a great singer but the instrumentals backing her are not it. Maybe that's just the times it was made in but it doesn't change my feelings about it. I was excited cause I liked peices of the sky quite a decent bit and just didn't get what I liked about that record here. Kind of a shame but its still decent just not me
J’aime pas du touuuut c’est chiant à mourir
pretty good for a country album!
ok
Taka na granicy ta płyta. Miejscami piękną, delikatna i czuła a miejscami zbyt sentymentalna. Wokal kojarzy mi się trochę z Vegą, chociaż jej zaśpiew jest bardziej rozpoznawalny. 7/10
What an aggravating album ultimately. The first third is everything that I hate about singer-songwriter albums: only focus is on vocals so that the accompanying instruments have nothing interesting going on in them. Then in the middle, the instruments pick up, but the voice recedes...this is a formula that can work for me, but in this context it still feels like something is missing. But then finally, the album ends with a slew of tracks where the voice and the accompanying instruments are in great alignment. What could have been a really great album for me ultimately falls into the "just fine" vortex, which admittedly is a relatively strong rating for singer-songwriter albums for me
This was definitely an interesting mix of sounds all blended together. At its core, it’s a contemporary folk and Americana album, but it also has this dusty, rootsy feel paired with an ethereal, ambient soundscape that gives the music a hazy, dreamlike quality. I can see why this is a popular release and what sets it apart from others in the genre. That said, I thought it was a decent album, nothing about it really grabbed my attention or made me feel like I’d want to return to it in the future.
I don't think anyone really dislikes Emmylou Harris; her voice is too mellifluous and her arrangements are too pleasant to ever inspire that kind of negative furor. But while those things are true, it's also true that she is not an artist I will ever really reach for out of some unnameable intrinsic need. I'd probably go for Neko's unassailable pipes and deep well of emotion first, if I were looking for a similar soundscape. Still, I am glad I spent the time with this one.
Pass
May need to give a few more listens, but I did like what I heard mostly.
Ja hérna, sjö þristar í röð. Fer ekki að koma tími á eitthvað eftirminnilegra? Emmylou er fín, en þetta rennur inn um annað og út um hitt.
Perfectly pleasant and it’s always nice to hear a voice like this. But not particularly inspiring or anything.
Emmylou, you were ok once, but I am not listening to you again…
It's a shame to rate this album so lowly, because I do think Emmylou Harris has a great voice. This album was a little bit more electric than I remember Pieces of the Sky being which initially I did find a bit more interesting. But even the relatively standard album length of 55 min really felt like it was dragging, and after a while I got a bit bored of the dreariness. My Antonia at least provided the fun quiz of guessing who the male vocalist was but I didn't land upon the correct answer of Dave Matthews. Boy from Tupelo was at least a slightly more uplifting outro to the album, but I am glad it's over now.
Solid
I am honestly surprised h0w much this touched me. the biggest dark horse so far. It made me feel like I was in a sad indie movie and apparently I like that vibe. biggest surprise of the project so far
I love her album Pieces Of The Sky, so I was looking forward to this. So disappointing! This album is sooooo boring and the gaelic and french influences were not appreciated! Bummer!
not bad
En typisk fyra. Vacker lyssningsvärd musik, men den tar inte tag i mig. Kvällsmusik att ha i bakgrunden. Fyra.
it’s lovely but very much of its time
I feel like this is an amazing reimagination of a musician who was much bigger before. It really showcases her skill as a singer, while not technically being instrumentally what she's known for (I assume). I really feel like this could have influcened some of the new era orchestral-style pop, like Lana Del Rey and Phoebe Bridgers, especially with the male-female vocal harmonies which I've heard both of them do. But it might just be a coincidence (but it does sound uncannily alike Lana Del Rey in some places). The little drum machine/synth elements are really good, and aren't totally overarching to the rest of the instrumentals, which can sometimes happen. I also like the storytelling on some songs. Not much too bad to say, except jut that some songs are a bit shallow and go nowhere, or are too country for my liking (not too many though) Favourite songs: Tragedy, red dirt girl, bang the drum slowly, my Antonia. Overall around 6/10
Perfectly average. Would listen to again but no songs were really noteworthy
3.5/5
took too long, not interesting enough. The singer's voice is great, though.
Ungewohnte Klänge für Country, aber nicht übel!
4.5?
Very boring album. there's like 2 or 3 good ballads and the French song was some surprisingly good art rock but other than that theres nothing really worth listening to.
Her voice is really good, but once again this style of calm folk/singer songwriter just don't reasonate with me at all and I end up bored
Can definitely hear who inspired Brandi Carlile with this album.
meh not for me
Not bad - she has a wonderful voice but album didn't do it for me
Well, I could listen to this front to back, and two of the tracks (Michelangelo and I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now) have found their way onto another playlist of mine. Which, really, is more than most Country Albums have any right to claim. 3.5/5
Not my jam
Nursing home music
Ergnendwie nüd speziells ins drom langwiilig ond fätzt ned so. Allerdengs au ned "falsch", eifach halt e chli langwiilig.
The title track from this album is amazing, but I'm not in love with the rest. I absolutely LOVE Emmylou's album "Cowgirl's Prayer" - it's quite easily in my top 10 favorite albums ever, but "Red Dirt Girl" didn't really do it for me.
5/10 This is fodder for lists like this: late-career overproduced album by a heritage artist. But I needed more than that. Voice was good, and some of the production was interesting. Yes, there was obvious county, folk, rock, Fleetwood Mac influences, but I also detected the cool indie of the period in there in the production style, drums, loops. Think Beta Band. Didn’t like the contemporary Christian country rock stuff so much. Needed to be at least 10 minutes shorter. Best: Red Dirt Girl
Pleasantly, this is less Country and more like “modern folk” and ocassionally something like…pop? The opening tracks are strong: “The Pearl” and “Michaelangelo.” The third track leans heavily into modern production—sounds good if maybe a little much. Title track “Red Dirt Girl” is another strong one. One critical review said the album is gimmicky - maybe, but it shines in many places and works for me. For good songwriting and giving me something that is not just plain Country (thank you!) I am rounding up to 4.
I had heard of Emmylou Harris, but flinched when I saw "country" as the genre. However, I was pleasantly surprised. If all country were more like this, I probably would be more of a fan. She's an engaging storyteller and songwriter, and while the music suffers at time to some dated production value, I didn't mind. Really solid album with some standout tracks.
Fine
There is nothing truly "bad" about this album, but there's also nothing special about it either. The singing and music was fine but I was bored for most of it. Overall just a 'meh' entry on this list for me.
I thought I was going to love this. Her voice is beautiful. But then about halfway through I realized I just didn't? Maybe it's just an issue of mixed expectations. I know I love her older work.
I had to skip the ones that were too country but several songs on here surprised me by being Not Country, and they were very pretty. Not an album I would listen to again though, and I fear this website messed up and didn't include my request to omit country and folk.
A painfully mid album that is in bad need of a remaster. Some nice enough tracks but generally repetitive and forgettable country music radio fodder. 2/5
Really don't get the hate for country music if they can be as good as this.
Sorry Emmylou. Not my thing. Too… spacey? Songs kind of drone on
Dolly Fartin, Big fart gurl. 3/10
Overall: 6/10 I've never knowingly listened to an Emmylou Harris song before today and I find her to be an impressive songwriter. I find her lyrics poetic and her vocals very beautiful. I also love that this album seems to be a departure from the traditional country sound (and let's be real, any departure from country tradition is a good one). I could personally do without the religious imagery in some songs but it doesn't affect my rating at all. Fav Song: J'ai fait tout Least Fav Song: Red Dirt Girl
Typical EH album. Some nice tunes
Super artist, super voice, songs with depth - compare with today’s manufactured tripe. Just a lovely album.
this aint it
Is this really her best album? An hour of Jesus-talk set to world music and (nearly) trip-hop soundscapes. I was on the fence about giving it three stars up until the line "everybody do like a monkey, if you want to be funky" Favourite tracks: Red Dirt Girl, J'ai Fait Tout,
point8.
decent, but of a drag
# 457 : 14/04/2025 : RED DIRT GIRL Argh country! Pleasant enough and very listenable. Usually not my cup of tea and if I never hear it again, I don't think my life would be any the poorer.
This was okay. I wouldn't call it country, but it's country-adjacent. I probably won't listen to it again, but it was fine while I did chores around the house.
Emmylou Harris's 21st album is on this list but not: Madvillainy Lemonade The Black Parade One in a Million The Great 28 Paid in Full Tragic Kingdom In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Last Splash This list is so boomer centric it wants to talk to the manager. The album itself is just fine. Nothing special, light easy listening late Boomer career, Mom driving the kids to practice in a mini van.
Horrible horrible album Boring is an understatement
Three things I've learned from this list: - Most country just isn't very good at all - Most alt-country, on the other hand, is brilliant - Emmylou Harris has one of the greatest voices I've ever heard
9. Not a fan of country music, despite that I think is album is alright. Overall a good album just not for me.
Good Lord this is bad. Such a beautiful voice. Way back when she was singing her grief at losing Graham she had some interesting ideas. But her musical instincts are utterly banal.
Not bad, just not totally my kind of carne.
Beautiful voice. Just not my style / thing. 2.5
This was a chore to get through. 55 minutes of melancholy vanilla quasi country.
Didn't have too many expectations for this, but ended up liking it. Favorite track: Michelangelo other picks: Bang the drum slowly, tragedy
Great album. Great voice. Stand out song - Michaelangelo
Too folksy for my taste
Decent listen.
Amazing, big fan
Had forgotten about this old favorite. Great album.
Emmylou Harris, eine US-amerikanische Singer-Songwriterin, präsentiert mit Red Dirt Girl ein Album, das sich stilistisch zwischen Folk, Country und Americana bewegt. Im Gegensatz zu vielen ihrer früheren Werke, die oft Interpretationen fremder Songs enthielten, besteht dieses Album überwiegend aus Eigenkompositionen. Die Produktion des Albums fand in verschiedenen Aufnahmestudios statt, darunter die Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville. Die Arrangements sind atmosphärisch und oft von melancholischen Klangfarben geprägt, was die erzählerische Tiefe der Texte unterstreicht. Besonders hervorzuheben ist der Titelsong Red Dirt Girl, der eine eindringliche Geschichte erzählt. Weitere prägnante Stücke sind Bang the Drum Slowly und Michelangelo, die sowohl textlich als auch musikalisch eine besondere Intensität entfalten. Insgesamt zeigt das Album eine nachdenkliche und sehr persönliche Seite der Künstlerin. Die Kombination aus ihrer markanten Stimme und den ausgearbeiteten Arrangements verleiht den Songs eine charakteristische Wirkung, die sich gut in ihr Gesamtwerk einfügt.
Good
Boring country not fun and drones on
It's fine. After awhile I got into it enough to want to finish the album but this is my second emmylou harris album and she's just not my bag
Bible redneck music 2/5
Not usually my genre, but this is a very decent listen - and from knowing Midnight Oil's Breathe, Malcolm Burn's really organic production is instantly recognisable.
Good for what it is; it’s just not my genre of choice
Great
A reprieve album? Just 5 albums after the last one? In this economy? I guess I can take another day off. I ain't complaining. Quite an interesting album. I haven't listened to enough country to have an informed opinion on the genre, but I've always pinned country music as being an "island" in the music industry. The sonic stylings and themes of country music are largely confined to their niche and rarely spill over into other genres of music (that is, until recently with the increasing overlap between country and pop songwriting conventions). I've also always pinned country music listeners as being a walled-off community, with fans of the genre primarily listening to country and little else. All this to say that I think it's interesting that a country album has been merged with what I can only describe as a "downtempo" sound. It's takes itself very slowly, has a layered sound and is generally reliant on percussion. Yet, in contrast to the cold, electronic sound of downtempo this album is very warm and meditative - a marked shift from the music that I am used to. Vocal performances are a big point of contention for me on this site. There's rarely any that I enjoy, though I can proudly say that Emmylou nails it on this album. There's an impressive display of range and tone across all of the songs on Red Dirt Girl. It's very pleasing and well in line with the homely, warm sound of the album. While I liked this album the entire way through, I can confidently give this a 3/5 - no coin of indecision necessary. This is a looooong, loooooooooooong album. While there are some varied and dynamic compositions, this album is also very samey in a lot of respects. Despite feeling like I've listened to all of her discography with this one album, I've added Emmylou Harris to my list of artists to check out sometime. I'm not rushing to give her a deeper dive, but I'm looking forward to seeing where the road takes me
Mjög leiðinleg plata. Hún hefur eflaust vandað sig við þetta en þetta er bara ekki inspiring tónlist.
Ekki minn tebolli. Leiðinlegt.
A really good album, I liked Red Dirt Girl and Bang The Drum Slowly the most.
The Pearl - 3/5 Michelangelo - 4/5 I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now - 3/5 Tragedy - 2/5 Red Dirt Girl - 3/5 My Baby Needs a Shepherd - 2/5 Bang the Drum Slowly - 2/5 J'ai fait tout - 3/5 One Big Love - 3/5 Hour of Gold - 3/5 My Antonia - 1/5 (zzzz) Boy from Tupelo - 2/5 Average: 2.58 i had higher hopes for this one since i really enjoyed Pieces of the Sky. upon hearing just the first song, i already kinda made my mind up this was a fine release and all, nothing really stuck out to me except for maybe a few songs. it's unlikely i'd return to this album, her earlier ones are far better in comparison
Not really my taste in music sounded very generic.
hmm not my thing
Finally a woman - ohhh. I just couldn't do it, I got to the third track. Not my vibe babe. Here are some other women who don't make this list: Aaliyah, Alicia Keys, Diana Ross, Dixie chicks, Donna Summers, Kelis, Lady Gaga, Mary J Blige, Regina spektor, No Doubt, Rihanna, Whitney Houston, Robyn,
Nice. But pretty sure Emmylou has better than this.
Title track is real nice. Add that to the list!
err, thanks but no.
I saw a woman crying On the train home Music more pertinence Crying for a man who is lying Or a woman that likes to roam Did she just have red eyes Seemed fine in the end No tarnished lies Tissue ready to lend
Emmy is over rated
Way way better than her other album on the list. I will give both a 3, but this is a 3.8 and the other was just about a 3. Nice voice, some good songs. Maybe missing something a bit weirder to get a higher mark
Gorgeous album. Did not expect to like it as much as I did. Emmylou's voice is just tremendous and the tracks flow so well from start to finish.