| Product Summary | | Label: Rhino Records | | UPC: 00081227474423 | | Release Date: 9/18/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 203167255 | | Item#: M374VS | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Clocks - (alternate take) ~ Emmylou Harris |  | | 2. Angels Rejoiced Last Night, The - (with Gram Parsons) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 3. Old Country Baptizing, The - (with Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 4. Coat Of Many Colors ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 5. For No One ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 6. Ooh Las Vegas ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 7. Satan's Jewel Crown ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 8. Tulsa Queen ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 9. My Songbird ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 10. Green Rolling Hills ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 11. One Paper Kid - (with Willie Nelson) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 12. Sorrow In The Wind ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 13. Rough And Rocky ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 14. Jordan - (with Johnny Cash) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 15. Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 16. Ashes by Now - (with Dr. John) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 17. How High The Moon ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 18. Spanish Johnny - (with Waylon Jennings) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 19. Last Cheaters Waltz, The ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 20. Racing In The Streets ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 21. Like An Old Fashioned Waltz ~ Emmylou Harris | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Sweetheart of the Rodeo, The - (with Linda Ronstadt/Dolly Parton/Vince Gill/Gail Davies) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 2. When I Was Yours ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 3. My Father's House ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 4. Bright Morning Stars ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 5. When He Calls ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 6. Lonely Street ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 7. Brand New Dance ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 8. Get Up John ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 9. If I Could Be There ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 10. Ballad Of A Runaway Horse ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 11. Going Back To Harlan ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 12. Sweet Old World ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 13. All My Tears ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 14. Prayer In Open D - (live) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 15. Bang The Drum Slowly ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 16. Boy From Tupelo ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 17. Lost Unto This World ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 18. Man Is An Island ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 19. Cup Of Kindness ~ Emmylou Harris | | Disc 3
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Falling In A Deep Hole - (previously unreleased) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 2. 1917 - (with Linda Ronstadt) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 3. Palms Of Victory - (previously unreleased, with Linda Ronstadt/Dolly Parton) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 4. Softly And Tenderly - (previously unreleased, with Linda Ronstadt/Dolly Parton) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 5. My Dear Companion - (with Linda Ronstadt/Dolly Parton) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 6. Mary Danced With Soldiers - (with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 7. I Don't Love You Much Do I - (with Guy Clark) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 8. All I Left Behind - (previously unreleased) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 9. I Remember You - (with Steve Earle) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 10. Golden Ring - (with Linda Ronstadt/Anna McGarrigle/Kate McGarrigle) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 11. Sonny - (with Dolores Keane/Mary Black) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 12. In the Garden - (previously unreleased) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 13. Love Still Remains ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 14. Snake Song ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 15. Hobo's Lullaby ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 16. Wondering ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 17. Immigrant Eyes - (previously unreleased) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 18. Juanita - (with Sheryl Crow) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 19. She - (with Pretenders) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 20. Sin City - (with Beck) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 21. Wheels - (with The Seldom Scene) ~ Emmylou Harris | | Disc 4
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Beyond the Blue - (with Patty Griffin) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 2. First In Line - (previously unreleased, with John Starling) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 3. Highway Of Heartaches - (previously unreleased, with Carl Jackson) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 4. Alone and Forsaken - (with Mark Knopfler) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 5. Child Of Mine ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 6. Heaven Ain;t Ready For You Yet ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 7. Wish We Were Back In Missouri ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 8. Mama's Hungry Eyes ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 9. Here We Are - (with George Jones) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 10. Waltz Across Texas Tonight - (previously unreleased) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 11. Showin' On Raton - (previously unreleased) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 12. Gone - (previously unreleased) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 13. Don't Let Your Love Die - (previously unreleased) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 14. Pearl, The - (Live) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 15. Wildwood Flower - (with Iris DeMent/Randy Scruggs) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 16. Love and Happiness - (with Mark Knopfler) ~ Emmylou Harris | | | 17. When We're Gone, Long Gone - (with Linda Ronstadt/Dolly Parton) ~ Emmylou Harris | |
Emmylou Harris has several greatest hits collections but Songbird is special. The four CD plus DVD collection includes rare tracks and favorites from every facet of the country music superstar's career -- from her duets with Gram Parsons to fronting her own Hot Band up to her work with Mark Knopfler.
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Additional personnel: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dolly Parton, Dolores Keane, Dr. John, Gail Davies, George Jones, Gram Parsons, Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels, Guy Clark, Iris DeMent, John Starling, Johnny Cash, Kate McGarrigle, Mark Knopfler, Mary Black, Patty Griffin, Randy Scruggs, Steve Earle, The Pretenders, The Seldom Scene , Vince Gill, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Beck, Sheryl Crow, Linda Ronstadt, Carl Jackson. | | This four-disc set of rarities by the godmother of alt-country is a grab-bag/treasure trove of esoterica that will be manna from heaven for hardcore Emmylou Harris fans, if not the ideal entry point for the uninitiated. It combines previously unreleased tracks with obscure items from dimly lit corners of Harris's catalog. This encompasses collaborations with everyone from Mark Knopfler to Sheryl Crow, cuts from tribute albums, and more. Whether she's breathing new life into Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors," Hank Williams's "Alone and Forsaken," or Townes Van Zandt's "Snowin' on Raton," Emmylou's heartfelt delivery and gorgeous, birdlike timbre stand as a testament to her status as eminence grise in the Americana music scene, a country/folk queen whose musical odds and ends are fully as engaging as her most celebrated works. | | It's difficult to write about Emmylou Harris without lapsing into a long train of superlatives -- she really does have one of the most beautiful voices of her generation, and her taste in material and skill in using her instrument is nearly faultless. However, as good as Harris is and as consistently strong as her body of work has been, one could make a convincing argument that she's been frequently underrated through much of her career -- more than just a lovely woman with a pure, clear voice and a fine ear, she's championed a number of gifted songwriters before they went on to have distinguished careers of their own (from Rodney Crowell to Gillian Welch), matured into a first-rate tunesmith herself, collaborated with a remarkable array of artists, and has never been afraid to take her talents into unexpected directions, from purist bluegrass to the experimental atmospherics of her work with Daniel Lanois. Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems is a hefty four-CD box set (with a bonus DVD) compiled by Harris in collaboration with James Austin that does justice to the scope of a career that's spanned five decades thus far, and unlike most multi-disc collections it isn't merely a super-sized "greatest-hits" collection. Harris and Austin have purposefully avoided her most recognizable work on Songbird, instead charting an alternate path through her back catalog. The first two discs of Songbird represent a roughly chronological overview of Harris' discography, beginning with an outtake from her little heard 1970 debut album, Gliding Bird (an album she's all but disowned in the past), rolling up to speed with two examples of her work with Gram Parsons, and then diving into her solo work from 1975's Pieces of the Sky to 2003's Stumble Into Grace, focusing on Harris' personal favorites rather than radio hits (which were in short supply from the 1990s on anyway). Discs three and four are devoted to collaborations and unreleased material, including several demos that have never before seen the light of day, highlights from her Trio albums with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, several tracks from the Gram Parsons tribute Return of the Grievous Angel, appearances on tribute collections and discs by other artists, and a handful of live tracks. It's telling that a private recording of Guy Clark's "Immigrant Eyes," recorded as a birthday present for Clark, is as carefully considered and beautifully rendered as anything on these four discs -- one thing that becomes clear is that Harris takes no shortcuts as an artist, and for the broad eclecticism of this set, she's uniformly intelligent, emotionally true, and thrillingly accomplished whenever she decides to sing a song. The set's packaging is handsome, and the accompanying hardbound book contains a brief but eloquent introduction from Harris, a fine biographical essay by Sylvie Simmons, and track-by-track notes by Peter Cooper (with plenty of input from Harris herself). The accompanying DVD, featuring nine television appearances by Harris, seems a bit slight by comparison, though it does contain a few prize moments, particularly a duet with Elvis Costello on "Love Hurts" and some raging guitar work from Buddy Miller on a performance of "I Ain't Living Long Like This." Songbird isn't the most concise celebration of Emmylou Harris' talents you can buy, but it's been assembled with a grace and sense of purpose worthy of its subject; it offers nearly five hours of superb music from a singular talent, and anyone who loves Harris' music will revel in it. ~ Mark Deming |
Producer: Randy Scruggs; Mark Knopfler; Daniel Lanois; Emmylou Harris; Carl Jackson; Jack Clement; Paul Kennerley; Gram Parsons; Gail Davies; Steve Fishell; Donal Lunny; Guy Clark; Brian Ahern; Billy Sherrill; Buddy Miller; Freddy Fletcher; Bill Wolf; John M. Delga |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Jackson, Carl | | Love Hurts ~ Jackson, Carl | | Jackson, Carl | | All The Roadrunning ~ Knopfler, Mark | | Knopfler, Mark | | Real Live Roadrunning ~ Knopfler, Mark | | The Trio ~ Parton, Dolly | | Trio II ~ Parton, Dolly | | Ronstadt, Linda | | Trio ~ Trio | | Trio II ~ Trio | | Singin' with Emmylou, Vol. 1 ~ Various Artists | | Singin' With Emmylou, Vol. 2 ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/18/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : 74744 | | Label : Rhino Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 4 | | Runtime : 292m : 31s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00081227474423 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Uncut (p.104)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] brings the full measure of Harris' artistry into focus....Van Zandt's road weary 'Snowing On Raton', given a typically graceful, stately Harris vocal, is just about worth the price of admission by itself."No Depression (p.83)
- "SONGBIRD is too ambitious to take in and appreciate quickly. It flows by beautifully....Harris is as good a judge of her own work as she was of the songs when they were still raw material." |
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