Red Dirt Girl

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Red Dirt Girl
Studio album by Emmylou Harris
Released	September 12, 2000
Recorded	March-April 2000, New Orleans
Genre	Country
Length	55:58
Label	Nonesuch Records
Producer	Malcolm Burn
Professional reviews
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Emmylou Harris chronology
Spyboy (1998) Red Dirt Girl (2000) Stumble into Grace (2003)

Red Dirt Girl is an Emmylou Harris album from 2000, which reached #3 on the Billboard country album charts and won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 2001. The album was a significant departure for Harris, as eleven of the twelve tracks were written or co-written by her. She was best known for covering other songwriters' work. Prior to this album, only two of Harris' LPs had more than two of her own compositions (Gliding Bird in 1970, and The Ballad of Sally Rose in 1985). Her next album, Stumble into Grace, was also written by Harris.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Emmylou Harris, except where noted.

1. "The Pearl" – 5:02
2. "Michelangelo" – 5:14
3. "I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now" – 4:47
4. "Tragedy" [with Patti Scialfa - duet vocals & Bruce Springsteen - harmony vocals] (Harris, Rodney Crowell) – 4:24
5. "Red Dirt Girl" – 4:19
6. "My Baby Needs a Shepherd" – 4:39
7. "Bang the Drum Slowly" (Harris, Guy Clark) – 4:51
8. "J'ai Fait Tout" (Harris, Jill Cunniff, Daryl Johnson) – 5:31
9. "One Big Love" (Patty Griffin, Angelo) – 4:33
10. "Hour of Gold" – 5:00
11. "My Antonia" [with Dave Matthews] – 3:43
12. "Boy from Tupelo" – 3:48

v • d • e Emmylou Harris Studio albums Gliding Bird • Pieces of the Sky • Elite Hotel • Luxury Liner • Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town • Blue Kentucky Girl • Light of the Stable • Roses in the Snow • Evangeline • Cimarron • White Shoes • The Ballad of Sally Rose • Thirteen • Angel Band • Bluebird • Brand New Dance • Cowgirl's Prayer • Wrecking Ball • Red Dirt Girl • Stumble into Grace • All I Intended to Be Live albums Last Date • At the Ryman (with The Nash Ramblers) • Spyboy Compilations Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris • Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris • Duets • Songs of the West • Portraits (3 disc set) • Anthology (2 disc set) • The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches and Highways • Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems (4 disc set + dvd) Collaborations With Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt: Trio • Trio 2 • With Linda Ronstadt: Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions • With Mark Knopfler: All the Roadrunning • Real Live Roadrunning Films and videos Live at the Ryman • Spyboy - Live from the Legendary Exit/In • Real Live Roadrunning (DVD - with Mark Knopfler)