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Hard Bargain
Folk · 2011 · 14 tracks · 53m

Hard Bargain

Emmylou Harris

Stripped-back Americana recorded with just three musicians. A ghostly, intimate collection of elegies and road stories delivered in a weathered silver soprano.

March 15, 2011 · Nonesuch

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A dignified and sparse meditation on memory, loss, and the resilience required to keep moving.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 53m
01
The Road
5:29
02
Home Sweet Home
3:44
03
My Name Is Emmett Till
4:53
04
Goodnight Old World
3:54
05
New Orleans
3:39
06
Big Black Dog
3:25
07
Lonely Girl
4:43
08
Hard Bargain
3:23
09
Six White Cadillacs
3:21
10
The Ship on His Arm
4:46
11
Darlin’ Kate
3:07
12
Nobody
5:03
13
Cross Yourself
3:36
14
To Ohio
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The skeletal, rhythmic pulse of the title track where the vocals feel like they are being whispered directly into the listener's ear.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Hard Bargain sound next to the rest of Emmylou Harris's catalogue?

Cabin In Woods+1.4σ

Cabin In Woods saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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