Released April 26, 2011 Length 53:04 Hard Bargain
(2011) Release date 26 April 2011 | Recorded 2010 Label Nonesuch Artist Emmylou Harris Producer Jay Joyce | |
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Genres Country music, Rock music, Folk music Nominations Grammy Award for Best Americana Album Similar Emmylou Harris albums, Country music albums | ||
Emmylou harris on hard bargain
Hard Bargain is the twenty-sixth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris, released on April 26, 2011, and recorded at Tragedy/Tragedy, TN. The album is her fourth solo recording for Nonesuch Records.
Contents
- Emmylou harris on hard bargain
- Emmylou harris home sweet home
- Album information
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
With 17,000 copies sold in its first week, the album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums, Harris' highest entry since her bluegrass LP Roses in the Snow in 1980. At the same time it debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200, displacing 1977's Luxury Liner as her most successful solo LP ever on that chart.
Emmylou harris home sweet home
Album information
The songs which were to become the "Hard Bargain" album were, according to Emmylou, recorded within four weeks in August 2010. Only three people can be heard on the album, namely Harris herself, producer Jay Joyce, and Giles Reaves. In December 2010 six video clips were filmed at Laughing House Studios, Nashville, TN, directed by Jack Spencer. These videos, with additional commentary, can be found on the bonus DVD of the album's deluxe release.
The opening number "The Road" is about the late Gram Parsons, her musical mentor who died in 1973.
"Darlin' Kate" is a tribute to the late Kate McGarrigle who died of cancer in 2010. Kate, as well as her sister Anna McGarrigle, collaborated with Emmylou on numerous occasions since the 1970s.
"My Name Is Emmett Till" tells the story of Emmett Till, an African-American boy who was killed in 1955.
Personnel
Songs
1The Road5:29
2Home Sweet Home3:44
3My Name Is Emmett Till4:53