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Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris  (Audio CD) 
by Emmylou Harris

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Less than two years after her mentor Gram Parson's death, Harris recorded her first album for Reprise. Pieces of the Sky inaugurated a suite of four mid-'70s albums and a surprising number of hits: her sound was clearly traditional, but also tastefully up-to-date with folk-rock and singer/songwriter styles, and her cyrstalline, febrile vocals took standards such as "Sweet Dreams" and "If I Could Only Win Your Love" back up the charts. Profile focuses on these early hits, and if it's too brief to capture all the best songs from four-star albums such as Elite Hotel, Luxury Liner, and Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town, it shows why Harris is important and why she continues to make adventurous country music. Through unfailingly tasteful song selection, brilliant occasional songwriting, and her cool, velvety soprano, Harris extended Gram Parsons's vision of "cosmic American music" and made it her own. --Roy Kasten

Product Details:
Audio CD Release Date: October 25, 1990
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Average Customer Rating: based on 12 reviews
Track Listing:
1. One of These Days
2. Sweet Dreams
3. To Daddy
4. (You Can Never Tell) C'Est la Vie
5. Making Believe
6. Easy from Now On
7. Together Again
8. If I Could Only Win Your Love
9. Too Far Gone
10. Two More Bottles of Wine
11. Boulder to Birmingham
12. Hello Stranger
 
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Average Customer Review:5.0
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5Vintage Emmylou   Apr 01, 2009
Not a real c&w fan, I purchased this cd for C'est la Vie (written by Chuck Berry) and every song was wonderful.

5A new favorite  Jan 18, 2009
I have always loved Emmylou Harris' lilting voice, and I really enjoy this CD. All the songs are good, and even though I had never heard "Boulder to Birmingham," it has become one of my favorites.

5Emmy's Best  Aug 24, 2008
I have had an LP copy of this album since it came out, which was before CDs. I wore out two cassette tapes and then purchased two CDs of it. It was one of the first albums on which I found that I liked every song on it.

No doubt about it, Boulder To Birmingham is my favorite.

Not many have the staying power of Emmy Lou Harris. She is, quite simply, wonderful.

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5Wonderful!  Sep 10, 2005
This is my 3rd copy of this wonderful album/CD. The original album had to make way for the world of CDs. The first CD was accidently broken and I replaced it the same day. I think it's one of her top 5 albums. I love them all.

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4Small sample of her early work  Apr 09, 2005
Although Profile is a wonderful listening experience, it doesn't quite do justice to the early work of this amazing songbird. It draws heavily on the Pieces Of The Sky album with these great songs If I Could Only Win Your Love, Too Far Gone and Boulder To Birmingham, her moving elegy to Gram Parsons.

Other very beautiful songs include the gentle love ballad Sweet Dreams, the sad story song To Daddy, Making Believe, a yearning song of lost love, and the stirring Together Again. With her crystalline vocals, her expert phrasing and her tasteful choice of material, Emmylou has created a magnificent body of work.

Now for the omissions! When I Stop Dreaming from Luxury Liner is Emmylou at her best. Till I Gain Control Again and Satan's Jewel Crown from Elite Hotel are must haves. And the sublime My Songbird from Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town is one of the most spiritual songs she ever recorded.

In the light of this, I award this album only four stars, but Profile is still a great sample of her work from that time. I recommend that you get all of the aforementioned albums so as not to miss out on any of her gems.


 
 
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