Red Dirt Girl
by Emmylou Harris
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Emmylou Harris bestography
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 1586 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,084.
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Red Dirt Girl track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Red Dirt Girl rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | E! Online Best Albums 2000 | 12/25 | - |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 19 Music Albums of 2000 | 11/19 | 2 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 2000 | 78/84 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 2000 | 23/50 | - |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 85 Music Albums of 2000 | 29/85 | 3 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 7/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | Mrump | Top 30 Music Albums of 2000 | 27/30 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 91 Music Albums of 2000 | 40/91 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 94/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 77 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 200 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/22/2026 16:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,152 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2026 03:55 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2026 14:14 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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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 75.2/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.7.
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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.
Jboy56 02/07/2022 08:26 | #280902 | TOP COMMENT
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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, (Edited)
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