Red Dirt Girl (studio album) by Emmylou Harris
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Red Dirt Girl is ranked 4th best out of 28 albums by Emmylou Harris on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Emmylou Harris is Wrecking Ball which is ranked number 1423 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,213.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 04/15/2023 08:57 |  melisandre | | 77/100 |
65/100 | 03/11/2023 09:38 |  Igtonumama | | 60/100 |
65/100 | 02/24/2023 01:32 |  covecove | | 73/100 |
90/100 | 02/17/2023 23:57 | craab | | 78/100 |
70/100 | 02/07/2023 00:08 | Moondance | | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.1.
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Jboy56 02/07/2022 08:26
Not my favorite YE album. Does not have any memorable songs (hits), solid songs but in a way very standard and pedestrian. This album triest to enter the more modern soundscape, without succeeding too well,
It has often been noted that it may be difficult to put genre label on Emmylou Harris' "new" style which was founded with "Wrecking Ball" in 1995. It is obvious that there are strong roots in both country, folk and rock, and I feel that her music can be compared with Richard Thompson's, which of course is rooted strongly in British folk-music. Like Harris Thompson has mixed genres in new and exciting ways.
"Red Dirt Girl" is a very atmospheric album with many fine songs - perhaps not containing a major classic, though. If you like "Stumble into Grace", you will surely love this album. The two albums have a very similar atmosphere and approach.
Harris has written or co-written all songs, except "One Big Love", which actually happens to be my favorite. A very catchy tune with a great chorus.
'My Antonia' is also a track that stands out. This beautiful song is a duet with Dave Matthews, which reminds me a lot about the Byrds' version of "Deportees".
The rocking "Boy From Tupelo" is a grand final number, perhaps the closest the album comes a potential hit.
There are actually a handful of numbers which made me think of Richard Thompson; among these especially "I Do not Want to Talk About it Now" and "My Baby Needs a Shepherd", two tracks both of which sounds very European, and which both are among album's strongest.
Only a few numbers fall through as somewhat forgettable. Neither "Ja'i Fait Tout" or "Hour of Gold" are in their spaciousness very interesting.
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