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Stumble Into Grace

Emmylou Harris

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Catalogue Number
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2.79805
Number of Discs
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1
Original Release Year
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2003
Format
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CD

Product Description

Personnel includes: Emmylou Harris (vocals, guitar, 6-string bass guitar); Kate McGarrigle (acoustic guitar, accordion, background vocals); Tony Hall (acoustic guitar, bass); Malcolm Burn (electric guitar, harmonica, whistles, piano, Fender Rhodes, piano, bass, percussion); Ethan Johns, Buddy Miller (electric guitar); Daniel Lanois (pedal steel guitar, background vocals); Brady Blade (drums, percussion, background vocals); Daryl Johnson (percussion, background vocals); Julie Miller, Linda Ronstadt, Jane Siberry, Anna McGarrigle, Gillian Welch, Jill Cunniff (background vocals).
Recorded at Le Maison Bleu Studio, Kingston, New York; Masterlink Studio, Sound Emporium and Ocean Way Studio, Nashville, Tennessee between February and June 2003.
STUMBLE INTO GRACE was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Over three decades into a highly successful career as an interpreter of other writers' material, Emmylou Harris beats the odds by releasing her second consecutive album of original compositions. She's had plenty of time to learn from the best, and the lessons gained from digging into the work of writers like Gram Parsons, Leonard Cohen, and Townes Van Zandt can be felt here, even if she can't be expected to equal their mastery. She works again with members of the Spyboy band that helped reinvent Harris's sound on WRECKING BALL, but as on RED DIRT GIRL, the churning, rhythmic feel of the former is underplayed in favor of a gentler, more folkish approach.
Years ago, few could have guessed that one of Harris's most valuable songwriting partners would be a former member of NYC funk-rockers Luscious Jackson, but Jill Cunniff is a worthy weapon in STUMBLE INTO GRACE's arsenal, co-writing the trenchant "Time in Babylon." Other esteemed writing partners include Daniel Lanois, ex-husband Paul Kennerly, and Kate & Anna McGarrigle, but this ultimately feels like a very personal statement straight from the heart of this seasoned artist.

Track List   

  • 01. Here I Am
  • 02. I Will Dream
  • 03. Little Bird
  • 04. Time In Babylon
  • 05. Can You Hear Me Now
  • 06. Strong Hand (Just One Miracle)
  • 07. Jupiter Rising
  • 08. O Evangeline
  • 09. Plaisir D'amour
  • 10. Lost Unto This World
  • 11. Cup Of Kindness

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「Wreckin Ball」「Red Dirt Girl」に続く...

投稿日:2009/11/16 (月)

「Wreckin Ball」「Red Dirt Girl」に続くドリーム・カントリー調の作品で、この路線が好きな人はまず間違いない内容である。ジャケットの雰囲気そのままに、マルコム・バーンのプロデュースは前作にもまして好調で、彼らしい浮遊感漂う幽玄な音作りがたっぷり楽しめる。エミルーのヴォーカルはやや年齢を感じさせるものの、神秘的なバックと見事にハマっている点が魅力で、この方を支持するファンも多いだろう。この路線は本作で打ち止めとなったようだが、だんだんと完成度が上がってきてただけに、個人的には非常に残念である。

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前作以上の出来。ロストハイウェイ・アルテ...

投稿日:2003/11/07 (金)

前作以上の出来。ロストハイウェイ・アルテミスそしてノンサッチに外れ無し、ですね。

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