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| All I Intended to Be | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 92 reviews)
Sales Rank: 74
Category: Music
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Publisher: Nonesuch
Studio: Nonesuch
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
Label: Nonesuch
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.2
MPN: 480444
UPC: 075597992854
EAN: 0075597992854
ASIN: B0017I1FNK
Release Date: June 10, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Shores of White Sand | | • | Hold On | | • | Moon Song | | • | Broken Man's Lament | | • | Gold | | • | How She Could Sing the Wildwood | | • | All That You Have is Your Soul | | • | Take That Ride | | • | Old Five and Dimers Like Me | | • | Kern River | | • | Not Enough | | • | Sailing Round the Room | | • | Beyond the Great Divide |
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Album Description
On her second Nonesuch disc, Emmylou Harris assembles an extraordinary cast of veteran musicians and fellow singers, all of them longtime friends, for a set that indeed showcases this Nashville icon, and 2008 CMA Hall of Fame inductee, as all she has intended to be - a singularly expressive vocalist, a brilliant interpreter of other people's songs, a graceful and confident songwriter. In particular, the album displays Harris's ability to bring new life to songs that may have been overlooked, forgotten or lost along the way. Some of the most affecting material here may be the least well-known - though not for long: John Wesley Routh's celtic/country "Shores Of White Sands" and trucker-poet Mark Germino's heartrending story-song, "Broken Man's Lament." Harris has chosen these songs with conceptual care. Like much of the gently uplifting All I Intended To Be, the stories may be bittersweet, the characters may be downtrodden, but somehow a sense of redemption always vanquishes regret. The shared history of all the artists involved deepens the feeling of hard-won wisdom that informs All I Intended To Be. Producer Brian Ahern was behind the boards for such early Harris classics as Elite Hotel, Pieces of the Sky and Blue Kentucky Girl. The players and guest stars are not only a veritable who's-who from the worlds of country, bluegrass and folk, but they have each intersected with Harris throughout her four-decade career as a recording artist. They include Dolly Parton, singers Pam Rose and Maryann Kennedy, dobro player (and longtime Seldom Scene member) Mike Auldredge, keyboardists Glenn D. Hardin (of Harris's Hot Band and Elvis Presley's legendary TCB combo) and Bill Payne (of Little Feat). Two songs - the June Carter tribute, "How She Could Sing The Wildwood Flower" and the breathtakingly beautiful "Sailing Round the Room" - were co-written by and performed with Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Singer-songwriter Karen Brooks, whose own eighties-era version of "Shores of White Sands" was the inspiration and thematic jumping-off point for this entire album, contributes backing vocals throughout; Randy Sharp, Brooks' singing partner, did the vocal arranging. (Harris won a 2005 Best Country Vocal Performance Grammy for her rendition of Sharp's "The Connection.") Harris's own songs, like the heartache ballad "Gold" and the elegiac "Not Enough," blend seamlessly with work by Patty Griffin ("Moon Song"), Merle Haggard ("Kern River") and Billy Joe Shaver ("Old Five and Dimers," from which the album title is taken). Harris revives what is arguably Tracy Chapman's most eloquent song, "Fast Car" notwithstanding - "All That You Have Is Your Soul," a cautionary tale with a simple but profound prayer of a chorus. Displaying the maturity, elegance and ease that distinguished All The Road Running, her best-selling 2006 collaboration with Mark Knopfler. Harris has created a riveting emotional and spiritual journey. All That I Intended To Be is everything a listener and fan could hope for.
Amazon.co.uk
Emmylou Harris has always had a way with woe. On All I Intended To Be, she seems more maudlin than ever as she sings her way through songs about loss, heartbreak, even the odd funeral. Of course, this is the kind of material Harris has always been comfortable with, but as her career and years advance gracefully, so her gliding soprano seems to breathe ever more refinement and soul into her material. All I Intended To Be has been produced by Brian Ahern, her former husband and the man behind her first 11 albums--another reason the album sounds so comfortable and accomplished. Joined by a virtuoso set of players including keyboardist Glen Hardin and multi-instrumentalist Stuart Duncan, plus vocalists Vince Gill, Buddy Miller, and Dolly Parton, Harris blends a handpicked selection of cover versions with her own material. Tracy Chapman's "All That You Have Is Your Soul" gets a honeyed reworking, as does Merle Haggard's "Kern River" and Mark Germino's "Broken Man's Lament". Billy Joe Shaver's "Old Five" and "Dimers Like Me" both get respectfully and sublimely covered too. But her own songs--in particular "Sailing Round the Room" and "Gold"--stand up well to these evergreens. An eclectic and profound set, All I Intended To Be is also one of Harris? best in recent years.--Danny McKenna
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 The title says it all January 7, 2009
What's to say about Emmylou Harris. She is a national treasure and this album is outstanding and a statement of who she is. Thank you Emmylou!
Emmylou Harris December 28, 2008
This album is a GREAT FIND ! I've enjoyed Emmylou's music since the early 70s and it's hard to imagine her music could get any better, but that's what I get for thinking. She seems to shine with any kind of music. My last E.H. disc was with Mark Knopler and was elated with what I heard but All I Intended To Be is a consumate work of art. Thank You Emmylou Harris.
Classic Emmylou December 26, 2008
I've been fortunate enough to see Emmy live a couple of times over the years. She is simply one of the finest artists around and her work just keeps getting better. Wonderful support from the McGarrigles and many others but through it all, that voice. Terrific work.
All I Inteded to Be Emmalou Harris December 17, 2008
I didn't know this album and took a chance because it is EmmyLou Harris and the cost was reasonable. Glad I did. I love it!
 Mixed up December 11, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am, and have been for decades, a huge fan of Emmy Lou, her music, and her guts. I think this album filled with great songs, and, as always, great interpretation by Emmy Lou, all practically ruined by the 2nd worst bass mix I've ever heard.
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