Red Dirt Girl
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| Studio album by Emmylou Harris | ||||
| Released | September 12, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | March–April 2000, New Orleans | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 55:58 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch Records | |||
| Producer | Malcolm Burn | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Austin Chronicle | [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[3] |
| Rolling Stone |  [4] |
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Red Dirt Girl is an Emmylou Harris album from 2000, which reached #3 on the Billboard country album charts and won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 2001. The album was a significant departure for Harris, as eleven of the twelve tracks were written or co-written by her. She was best known for covering other songwriters' work. Prior to this album, only two of Harris' LPs had more than two of her own compositions (Gliding Bird in 1970, and The Ballad of Sally Rose in 1985). Her next album, Stumble into Grace, was also written by Harris. The album contains "Bang The Drum Slowly", a song Guy Clark helped Harris write as elegy for her father.[1]
[edit] Track listing
All tracks written by Emmylou Harris, except where noted.
- "The Pearl" – 5:02
- "Michelangelo" – 5:14
- "I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now" – 4:47
- "Tragedy" [with Patti Scialfa - duet vocals & Bruce Springsteen - harmony vocals] (Harris, Rodney Crowell) – 4:24
- "Red Dirt Girl" – 4:19
- "My Baby Needs a Shepherd" – 4:39
- "Bang the Drum Slowly" (Harris, Guy Clark) – 4:51
- "J'ai Fait Tout" (Harris, Jill Cunniff, Daryl Johnson) – 5:31
- "One Big Love" (Patty Griffin, Angelo) – 4:33
- "Hour of Gold" – 5:00
- "My Antonia" [with Dave Matthews] – 3:43
- "Boy from Tupelo" – 3:48
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 54 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 3 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 29 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Johnson, Zac. Red Dirt Girl at Allmusic. Retrieved 2 April 2006.
- ^ Gray, Christopher (October 13, 2000). "Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl > Music Reviews". The Austin Chronicle. http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2000-10-13/78929/. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ Johnson, Beth (September 15, 2000). "Music Review: 'Red Dirt Girl' Emmylou Harris". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,277513,00.html. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ Berger, Arion (September 28, 2000). "Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl > Album Review". Rolling Stone (850): p. 54. Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070807150901/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/emmylouharris/albums/album/119307/review/5947007. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
