Too Far Gone - Emmylou Harris, Sherrill, Billy [Pr
If I Could Only Win Your Love - Emmylou Harris, Louvin, Charlie
Till I Gain Control Again - Emmylou Harris, Crowell, Rodney
One of These Days - Emmylou Harris, Montgomery, Earl
Together Again - Emmylou Harris, Owens, Buck
Here, There and Everywhere - Emmylou Harris, Lennon, John
You're Still on My Mind [#] - Emmylou Harris, McDaniel, Luke [Jef
Sweet Dreams - Emmylou Harris, Gibson, Don
Luxury Liner - Emmylou Harris, Parsons, Gram
Making Believe - Emmylou Harris, Work, Jimmy
Pancho and Lefty - Emmylou Harris, VanZandt, Townes
Two More Bottles of Wine - Emmylou Harris, McClinton, Delbert
You Never Can Tell (C' Est la Vie) - Emmylou Harris, Berry, Chuck
Easy from Now On - Emmylou Harris, Carter, Carlene
Track Listings (21) - Disc #2
Hello Stranger - Emmylou Harris, Carter, A.P.
Every Time You Leave - Emmylou Harris, Louvin, Charlie
Beneath Still Waters - Emmylou Harris, Frazier, Dallas
Blue Kentucky Girl - Emmylou Harris, Mullins, John
To Daddy - Emmylou Harris, Parton, Dolly
Evangeline - Emmylou Harris, Robertson, Robbie
Save the Last Dance for Me - Emmylou Harris, Pomus, Doc
Mr. Sandman - Emmylou Harris, Ballard, Pat
And I Love You So [#] - Emmylou Harris, McLean, Don [1]
If I Needed You - Emmylou Harris, VanZandt, Townes
Roses in the Snow - Emmylou Harris, Franks, Ruth
The Boxer - Emmylou Harris, Simon, Paul
Wayfaring Stanger - Emmylou Harris, Traditional
Millworker - Emmylou Harris, Taylor, James [1]
Dimming of the Day [#] - Emmylou Harris, Thompson, Richard [
Heaven Ain't Ready for You Yet - Emmylou Harris, Kennerley, Paul
Juanita - Emmylou Harris, Hillman, Chris [1]
Born to Run - Emmylou Harris, Kennerley, Paul
The Price You Pay - Emmylou Harris, Springsteen, Bruce
Sweet Chariot - Emmylou Harris, Ellington, Duke
That Lovin' You Feelin' Again - Emmylou Harris, Orbison, Roy
Track Listings (19) - Disc #3
In My Dreams - Emmylou Harris, Kennerley, Paul
Love Is [Alternate Mix][#] - Emmylou Harris, McGarrigle, Anna
To Know Him Is to Love Him - Emmylou Harris, Spector, Phil
The Pain of Loving You - Emmylou Harris, Parton, Dolly
Farther Along - Emmylou Harris, Traditional
Angel Band - Emmylou Harris, Traditional
I Still Miss Someone - Emmylou Harris, Cash, Johnny [1]
A River for Him - Emmylou Harris, Harris, E.
Heartbreak Hill - Emmylou Harris, Harris, Emmylou
Icy Blue Heart - Emmylou Harris, Hiatt, John
Gulf Coast Highway - Emmylou Harris, Brown, James H. Jr.
We Believe in Happy Endings - Emmylou Harris, McDill, Bob
West Texas Waltz - Emmylou Harris, Hancock, Butch
Rollin' and Ramblin' (The Death of Hank Williams) - Emmylou Harris, Clark, Jerome [1]
Casey's Last Ride [#] - Emmylou Harris, Kristofferson, Kris
Hard Times (Come Again No More) - Emmylou Harris, Foster, Stephen [1]
Walls of Time - Emmylou Harris, Monroe, Bill [1]
When I Paint My Masterpiece [#] - Emmylou Harris, Dylan, Bob
No Regrets - Emmylou Harris, Rush, Tom
Compared to her sometime singing partner Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris is not an especially distinctive singer or songwriter. She lacks the raw talent to match the towering high points of Parton's career, but at the same ti... more »me Harris has managed to avoid the embarrassing lapses that have plagued Parton. Harris has exhibited a deep understanding of what makes the best country music endure and a stubborn refusal to accept anything less. You can comb through her 20 albums and never find an embarrassingly corny novelty number, a shamelessly maudlin weeper, or a less-than-flawless vocal. This box set gathers all her commercial hits, staples of her live shows, prime examples of her every phase, her best collaborations with other artists, and five previously unreleased tracks. --Geoffrey Himes« less
Compared to her sometime singing partner Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris is not an especially distinctive singer or songwriter. She lacks the raw talent to match the towering high points of Parton's career, but at the same time Harris has managed to avoid the embarrassing lapses that have plagued Parton. Harris has exhibited a deep understanding of what makes the best country music endure and a stubborn refusal to accept anything less. You can comb through her 20 albums and never find an embarrassingly corny novelty number, a shamelessly maudlin weeper, or a less-than-flawless vocal. This box set gathers all her commercial hits, staples of her live shows, prime examples of her every phase, her best collaborations with other artists, and five previously unreleased tracks. --Geoffrey Himes
"This lady brings out the soul in everything she touches. No disrepect to Dolly Parton but there's just no comparison - to my mind it's only the stuff very close to Dolly's heart and experience (e.g. coat of many colours etc) where she manages anything like this brooding angel."
Listen
Carmella Braniger | Hammond, IL | 10/26/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Comparing Emmylou to Dolly is like comparing apples and oranges, and being a professor of writing, I feel I know a thing or two about making comparisons. Emmylou is a true artist and wonderful lyricist. That is, she not only knows exactly how to move the listener through unique, unbelievable and articulate vocalization (which is less constructed, more fluid and more organic than Dolly's twang ever could be), but she knows how to write a damn good song. Emmylou is one of the best female vocalists of our time. If one knows how to listen, and listening is an art, one will hear. Now let's all take a moment to listen and let this woman shine out."
'Portrait' of a great singer
Corporate Cowboy | Clinton, IA | 03/24/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I remember buying an album back in the mid-1970's - Emmylou Harris' "Blue Kentucky Girl" - on a trip to Colorado, and eagerly waiting to get back home to play it. I was enthralled with her soulfully smooth voice back when I was a kid.
This collection features several selections from that album, but is an excellent overview of some of her finest work, including the Dolly Parton-Linda Ronstadt "Trio" days. "Portraits" contains some of my very favorite Emmylou tracks: "Roses In The Snow", "Millworker", "Two More Bottles Of Wine", "Luxury Liner", "Save The Last Dance For Me".
Some of her best duet work is here, too, including her early work with Gram Parsons."
Great country music
Julia K. St Onge | Alamogordo, New Mexico | 05/23/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This collection of music is very entertaining and worth the cost of the CD's."