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Brand New Dance (1990)

Where the lyrics of Brand New Dance take you, and where it was really made.

Harris's first studio album in fifteen years to produce no top forty country single was also the start of a commercial slide that later pushed her away from mainstream country.

Key places

Recorded in Nashville (1990)

Recording site Nashville — The album is recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1990. The location is known only at city level, so the studio building is not specified. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Brand New Dance: 16th studio album by Emmylou Harris
• Released 16 October 1990 by Warner Bros. Records
• Produced by Richard Bennett and Allan Reynolds
• Ten tracks, mostly covers of songs written by other people
• Covers include Bruce Springsteen's "Tougher Than the Rest" and David Mallett's "Red Red Rose"
• Other tracks: "Wheels of Love", "In His World", "Sweet Dreams of You", "Easy for You to Say", "Rollin' and Ramblin'", "Better Off Without You", "Never Be Anyone Else But You", and the title track

Background

• Harris recorded most of her following albums with the Hot Band, up to this record in 1990
• The album sold reasonably well but was her first studio album in fifteen years without a top forty country single
• It marked the start of a commercial decline for the singer
• That decline eventually led her to move her music away from mainstream country a few years later

Recording

• Recorded and mixed by Mark Miller at Jack's Tracks Recording Studio
• Mastered by Denny Purcell at Georgetown Masters
• Recording location given as Nashville, Tennessee, in 1990
• Bass parts by Garry Tallent, Glenn Worf and Bob Wray among others
• Piano by John Jarvis and Pete Wasner
• Uilleann pipes and human whistle by Liam O'Flynn and Davy Spillane
• Strings credited to the Nashville String Machine

Cover

• Art direction and design by Laura LiPuma
• Photography by Peter Nash

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born April 2, 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama; American singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader and activist.
• Regarded as a leading artist of the country rock genre in the 1970s and of Americana in the 1990s.
• Began in the Greenwich Village folk scene in the late 1960s; first album Gliding Bird (1970) under the name "Emmy Lou Harris".
• Discovered by Gram Parsons in 1971; sang harmony on his GP (1973) and worked with him on Grievous Angel before his death in 1973.
• Breakthrough with Pieces of the Sky (1975); five US country number-one singles by 1980.
• Trio (1987) with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt became her best-selling album; At the Ryman (1992) renewed interest in the Ryman Auditorium.
• Wrecking Ball (1995), produced by Daniel Lanois, is seen as a turning point toward Americana.
• Estimated over 15 million records sold; 13 Grammy Awards; inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
• Founded the dog rescue Bonaparte's Retreat in Nashville; organizes the Concerts for a Landmine-Free World benefit tour since 1999.

Reception

At release

• Spanish Wikipedia says the album received good reviews
• English Wikipedia says it sold reasonably well
• It was Harris' first studio album in fifteen years to yield no top forty country singles
• The album marked the beginning of a commercial decline for the singer
• That decline ultimately led her to redirect her music away from mainstream country a few years later

Reappraisal

• The sources given here record no later critical reassessment
• The source describes the album's mix of covers as rather eclectic

Records

• Sales were reasonable, but no single reached the top forty of the country chart
• Released 16 October 1990 on Reprise/Warner Bros.
• Covers include Bruce Springsteen's "Tougher Than the Rest" and David Mallett's "Red Red Rose"
• The physical release has a twelve-page booklet with lyrics included

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album has ten tracks, and most of them are covers of songs by other writers.
• Mastering was done by Denny Purcell at Georgetown Masters.
• The physical release came with a twelve-page booklet that includes the lyrics.
• Recording and mixing are credited to Mark Miller at Jack's Tracks Recording Studio.
• Harris's album of 1990 was her sixteenth studio album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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