Evangeline (Emmylou Harris album)

Evangeline
Studio album by Emmylou Harris
Released January 1981
Recorded Enactron Studios
Nashville, 1978–1980
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Brian Ahern
Emmylou Harris chronology

Roses in the Snow
(1980)		 Evangeline
(1981)		 Cimarron
(1981)
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Allmusic [1]

Evangeline was a 1981 album by Emmylou Harris that was composed mostly of leftover material from past recording sessions and which did not fit into any of her other albums. Songs included a remake of "Mister Sandman" (from the ill-fated Trio sessions with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt), "Evangeline", which she had previously performed with The Band, Rodney Crowell's "Ashes By Now", and a cover of John Fogerty's "Bad Moon Rising". Though it received mixed reviews upon its release, the album was yet another commercial success for Harris. It was certified Gold in less than a year after its release. A single release of "Mister Sandman" (Top 10 country/Top 40 pop) did well on the charts, though neither Ronstadt's nor Parton's record companies would allow their artists' vocals to be used on the single, so Harris rerecorded the song, singing all three parts for the single release. The album is one of two Harris albums that have never been issued separately on CD (though in 2011 the album's tracks became available for digital download on iTunes). The album is now available as a CD in a collection issued in 2013 entitled Emmylou Harris Original Album Series Vol.2.

Track listing

  1. "I Don't Have to Crawl" (Rodney Crowell) – 3:46
  2. "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) – 3:21
  3. "Spanish Johnny" [with Waylon Jennings] (Paul Siebel) – 3:50
  4. "Bad Moon Rising" (John Fogerty) – 2:40
  5. "Evangeline" [harmony by Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt] (Robbie Robertson) – 3:09
  6. "Hot Burrito #2" (Gram Parsons, Chris Ethridge) – 3:04
  7. "Millworker" (James Taylor) – 4:03
  8. "Oh Atlanta" (Bill Payne) – 2:58
  9. "Mr. Sandman" [harmony by Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt] (Pat Ballard) – 2:20
  10. "Ashes by Now" (Rodney Crowell) – 4:24

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Chart performance

Chart (1981) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 5
U.S. Billboard 200 22

References

  1. ↑ Mason, Stewart. Evangeline (Emmylou Harris album) at AllMusic