John Metzger
2005-08-16 12:58:15 UTC
Album Review - Emmylou Harris - The Very Best of Emmylou Harris:
Hearthaches & Highways
Emmylou Harris is no stranger to career retrospectives. Considering
she scored 27 Top 10 singles, her popularity certainly has warranted
the issuance of a pair of greatest hits packages (Profile and Profile
II), and four years ago, Rhino assembled the two-disc, 44-track
Anthology: The Warner/Reprise Years, which successfully summarized her
recordings for the label. Her most recent compilation is The Very Best
of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways, and in essence, it bridges
the gaps between all three of these outings, while adding a handful of
selections from her recent artistic re-emergence. Perhaps what is most
intriguing about the set, however, is that Harris herself selected the
songs. In sequencing them in loosely-knit chronological order, she
allows the tunes not only to inform one another, but also to chart a
clear path that connects past to present in such a manner as to
highlight the focused clarity of her artistic vision.
This is an excerpt. To read the complete review, please visit:
http://www.musicbox-online.com/eh-best.html
Hearthaches & Highways
Emmylou Harris is no stranger to career retrospectives. Considering
she scored 27 Top 10 singles, her popularity certainly has warranted
the issuance of a pair of greatest hits packages (Profile and Profile
II), and four years ago, Rhino assembled the two-disc, 44-track
Anthology: The Warner/Reprise Years, which successfully summarized her
recordings for the label. Her most recent compilation is The Very Best
of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways, and in essence, it bridges
the gaps between all three of these outings, while adding a handful of
selections from her recent artistic re-emergence. Perhaps what is most
intriguing about the set, however, is that Harris herself selected the
songs. In sequencing them in loosely-knit chronological order, she
allows the tunes not only to inform one another, but also to chart a
clear path that connects past to present in such a manner as to
highlight the focused clarity of her artistic vision.
This is an excerpt. To read the complete review, please visit:
http://www.musicbox-online.com/eh-best.html