Wrecking Ball
by Emmylou Harris
- Type: Album
- Released: 26 September 1995
- Label: Asylum
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:39:21
- Community rating: 4.23/5 from 7 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Produced by Daniel Lanois, 'Wrecking Ball' completely reinvents Emmylou Harris's traditional country sound with sweeping, deeply atmospheric textures. The album utilizes warm, ambient dream pop production to elevate her highly introspective, melancholic interpretations of contemporary songwriters.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric
Tracklist
- Where Will I Be (4:15)
- Goodbye (4:52)
- All My Tears (3:41)
- Wrecking Ball (4:49)
- Goin' Back to Harlan (4:52)
- Deeper Well (4:17)
- Every Grain of Sand (3:55)
- Sweet Old World (5:05)
- May This Be Love (4:44)
- Orphan Girl (3:14)
- Blackhawk (4:28)
- Waltz Across Texas Tonight (4:43)
- Still Water (#1) (3:55)
- Where Will I Be - Alternate Version (4:14)
- All My Tears (3:21)
- How Will I Ever Be Simple Again (#1) (3:36)
- Deeper Well (#1) (2:18)
- The Stranger Song (5:21)
- Sweet Old World - Alternate Version (5:26)
- Gold (3:16)
- Black Hawk - Alternate Version (4:40)
- May This Be Love - Acoustic (2:14)
- Goin' Back to Harlan (2:35)
- Where Will I Be - Alternate Version - Incomplete (2:13)
- Deeper Well (#3) (3:04)
Credits
- Emmylou Harris - primary artist, acoustic guitar, written-by, harmony vocals
- Malcolm Burn - arranged by, mixed by, recorded by, piano, piano, tambourine, vibraphone, organ, synthesizer, tom tom, keyboards, piano, slide guitar, bass guitar, drums, harmony vocals, piano, tambourine
- Juliana Hammond Maxwell - art direction
- Mark Howard - engineer, mixed by
- Sandy Jenkins - engineer [secondary]
- Trina Shoemaker - engineer [secondary], mastered by [technical support], sequenced by [technical support]
- Joe Gastwirt - mastered by
- Diego Pereria - painting [concept]
- Bob Lanois - photography by
- Jim Merrill - photography by [printing and coloration]
- Daniel Lanois - producer, bass guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, vocals, written-by, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, chanter, electric guitar, percussion, pedalboard [bass pedals], mandolin, electric guitar, vocals [duet], dulcimer, mandolin
- Brian Blade - drums, drums [indian hand drum]
- Daryl Johnson - harmony vocals, tom tom, chanter, harmony vocals, keyboards, backing vocals, drums [drum kitt bass pedals]
- Steve Earle - acoustic guitar, written-by
- Tony Hall - bass guitar, shaker, drum [stick]
- Larry Mullen - drums [hand drum, drum kit], cymbal, drums, drum [hand]
- Julie Miller - written-by
- Neil Young - harmony vocals, written-by, harmonica, harmony vocals
- Sam O'Sullivan - percussion [roto wheel]
- Kufaru Mouton - percussion [extra]
- Anna McGarrigle - written-by, harmony vocals
- David Olney - written-by
- Bob Dylan - written-by
- Lucinda Williams - acoustic guitar, written-by
- Richard Bennett - guitar
- Jimi Hendrix - written-by
- Gillian Welch - written-by
- Kate McGarrigle - harmony vocals
- Rodney Crowell - written-by