Red Dirt Girl

She has successfully crossed over two of my least favourite musical genres. A dull, warbly slog. My first 1 star.

Not a fan of country music but enjoyed J’ai fait tout and Boy from Tupelo.

A solid classic-country album from the modern country era. I’ve never been huge on country, but I like this—kind of puts me in the mood of driving through Maine during a snowstorm.

“One Big Love” was a clear standout track for me.

Спочатку подумав що це якась дефолтна американа, але загалом було цікаво, особливо пісні типу J'ai fait tout.

Better than Coldplay

I read that Red Dirt Girl was a milestone for Emmylou Harris because she wrote almost the entire album herself. That's certainly admirable, but this achievement is perhaps more significant for her than for her listeners. The songs are gentle and light, mostly country-pop ballads, but none of them really grabbed me. I know (and like) the recording on which she and Mark Knopfler play “Red Dirt Girl” and a few other songs live, but that's not part of this review. So for me, this remains an album that could have been so much more, but sounds very mediocre in the context of this list. Nice, but nothing special.

beautiful and poignant, the emotional heart of what country should be

This was the second Emmylou Harris album in this project. I had successfully forgotten that I had heard one of hers before. This whiny country lament gets on my nerves. Or is it just Emmylou's voice? Anyway, I haven't listened to it all the way through and I won't. 1/5

Did nothing for me

less honkin, more tonkin, Emmy.

This was a country album that I found truly invigorating. I loved it, a big, big (perhaps the biggest!) surprise I had in this project. I never thought I would like a country album so much — this was the one <3

Eh. Not my cup of tea

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.

The voice of a songbird. So beautiful.

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

beautiful sound but kind of irrelevant

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

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.

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.

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