The Best Emmylou Harris Albums of All Time

Updated June 1, 2019 1.2k votes 366 voters 14.0k views

List RulesThis list includes studio albums only, so if you add an album make sure it's a proper studio release.

Emmylou Harris is widely considered one of the greatest female country artists of all time. List of the best Emmylou Harris albums, including pictures of the album covers when available. This Emmylou Harris discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Emmylou Harris albums can be found at the top of the list. In addition to country music, she is also a talented folk and pop musician. She's adept at both song styling (covering other people's music) and songwriting, oftentimes crossing genres.

To make it easy for you, we haven't included Emmylou Harris singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. If you think the greatest Emmylou Harris album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums; if you have a favorite Emmylou Harris album, then vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular.

If you want to know the best Emmylou Harris album of all time, this list will answer your question. Examples include Light of the Stable, Blue Kentucky Girl, Wrecking Ball, and Red Dirt Girl. This list of popular Emmylou Harris CDs has been voted on by music fans around the world, so the order isn't just one person's opinion.

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Wrecking Ball
1995
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Producer: Daniel Lanois
Tracks: Sweet Old World, Waltz Across Texas Tonight, Blackhawk
Length (mins): 00:53:07
Genres (Music): Rock music, Country
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Pieces of the Sky
1975
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Tracks: Bottle Let Me Down, Bluebird Wine, Before Believing
Length (mins): 00:38:03
Genres (Music): Country
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Luxury Liner
1977
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Tracks: (You Never Can Tell) C'est la Vie, Making Believe, Hello Stranger
Length (mins): 00:39:06
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Genres (Music): Country
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Elite Hotel
1975
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Tracks: Together Again, Sweet Dreams, One of These Days
Length (mins): 00:43:40
Genres (Music): Country
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Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
1978
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Tracks: My Songbird, Burn That Candle, Green Rolling Hills
Length (mins): 00:36:22
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Genres (Music): Country
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Red Dirt Girl
2000
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Producer: Malcolm Burn
Tracks: I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now, Bang the Drum Slowly, J'ai Fait Tout
Length (mins): 00:56:00
Genres (Music): Country
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Roses in the Snow
1980
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Tracks: I'll Go Stepping Too, The Boxer, Wayfaring Stranger
Length (mins): 00:30:42
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Genres (Music): Country
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Blue Kentucky Girl
1979
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Tracks: Everytime You Leave, I Know An Ending When It Comes, Beneath Still Waters
Genres (Music): Country
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Trio
1987
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All the Roadrunning
2006
Artist: Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris
Tracks: If This Is Goodbye, Donkey Town, This Is Us
Length (mins): 00:50:35
Label: Mercury Records
Genres (Music): Rock music, Country, Country rock
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The Ballad of Sally Rose
1985
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Producer: Paul Kennerley
Tracks: Woman Walk the Line, K-S-O-S (instrumental medley: Ring of Fire / Wildwood Flower / Six Day), The Ballad of Sally Rose
Length (mins): 00:36:19
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Genres (Music): Country
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Stumble Into Grace
2003
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Tracks: Lost Unto This World, Cup of Kindness, Here I Am
Genres (Music): Country, Pop music
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Light of the Stable
1979
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Tracks: Little Drummer Boy, The First Noel, Golden Cradle
Genres (Music): Country, Christmas music

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Bluebird
1989
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Producer: Richard Bennett
Tracks: If You Were a Bluebird, Lonely Street, You've Been on My Mind
Length (mins): 00:39:18
Genres (Music): Country
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Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions
1999
Artist: Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
Producer: Ethan Johns, Glyn Johns
Tracks: Sweet Spot, He Was Mine, Western Wall
Length (mins): 00:50:50
Genres (Music): Country, Pop music, Adult contemporary music, Folk music, Art rock
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Cimarron
1981
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Tracks: Rose of Cimarron, Tennessee Waltz, The Price You Pay
Genres (Music): Country
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Cowgirl's Prayer
1993
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Producer: Allen Reynolds, Richard Bennett
Tracks: Ballad of a Runaway Horse, You Don't Know Me, I Hear a Call
Length (mins): 00:42:41
Genres (Music): Country
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All I Intended to Be
2008
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Tracks: Gold, Hold On, All That You Have Is Your Soul
Genres (Music): Country, Folk music
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Evangeline
1981
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Tracks: Oh, Atlanta, Mister Sandman
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Genres (Music): Country
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Hard Bargain
2011
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Tracks: Big Black Dog, The Ship on His Arm, To Ohio
Genres (Music): Country, Folk music
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Thirteen
1986
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Producer: Paul Kennerley
Tracks: When I Was Yours, Mystery Train, Today I Started Loving You Again
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Genres (Music): Country
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Brand New Dance
1990
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Producer: Allen Reynolds, Richard Bennett
Tracks: Wheels of Love, Rollin' and Ramblin' (The Death of Hank Williams), Better Off Without You
Length (mins): 00:37:56
Genres (Music): Country
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Angel Band
1987
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Producer: Emory Gordy, Jr.
Tracks: Drifting Too Far, We Shall Rise, Who Will Sing for Me?
Length (mins): 00:37:13
Genres (Music): Country

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Old Yellow Moon
2013
Artist: Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris
Tracks: Dreaming My Dreams, Hanging Up My Heart, Black Caffeine
Genres (Music): Country, Folk music
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Trio II
1999
Artist: Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
Tracks: Lover's Return, Feels Like Home, When We're Gone
Genres (Music): Country, Contemporary classical music