Duets (Emmylou Harris album)

Duets

Compilation album by Emmylou Harris

Released

July 24, 1990

Genre

Country

Length

41:23

Label

Reprise

Producer

various producers

Emmylou Harris chronology

Bluebird
(1989)

Duets
(1990)

Brand New Dance
(1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Duets is a compilation of duets by country music artist Emmylou Harris in partnership with other well-known country and rock artists. Most of the twelve tracks on the album originally appeared as singles or on albums released by her singing partners. Several of the tracks attained positions on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts: "That Lovin' You Feelin' Again" with Roy Orbison was at #6 in 1980; "If I Needed You" with Don Williams at #3 in 1981; "Wild Montana Skies" with John Denver at #14 in 1983; "Thing About You" with Southern Pacific at #14 in 1985; and "We Believe in Happy Endings" with Earl Thomas Conley at #1 in 1988. Also included is "Love Hurts", an early duet with Gram Parsons from his Grievous Angel album. Duets rose to #24 on the country albums chart in 1990.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Duet with	Length
1.	"The Price I Pay"	Chris Hillman, Bill Wilds	The Desert Rose Band	2:58
2.	"Love Hurts"	Boudleaux Bryant	Gram Parsons	3:40
3.	"That Lovin' You Feelin' Again"	Roy Orbison, Chris Price	Roy Orbison	4:00
4.	"We Believe in Happy Endings"	Bob McDill	Earl Thomas Conley	3:34
5.	"Thing About You"	Tom Petty	Southern Pacific	3:51
6.	"Star of Bethlehem"	Neil Young	Neil Young	2:43
7.	"All Fall Down"	Ron Peterson, Harlan Howard	George Jones	3:19
8.	"Wild Montana Skies"	John Denver	John Denver	4:02
9.	"Green Pastures"	Van Hoose	Ricky Skaggs	3:08
10.	"Gulf Coast Highway"	Nanci Griffith, Danny Flowers, James Hooker	Willie Nelson	3:09
11.	"If I Needed You"	Townes Van Zandt	Don Williams	3:35
12.	"Evangeline"	Robbie Robertson	The Band	3:10

Personnel

Brian Ahern – arranger, producer
The Band – vocals
Earl Thomas Conley – vocals
Rick Danko – electric bass, vocals
John Denver – vocals, producer
Desert Rose Band – vocals
Rob Fraboni – producer
Garth Fundis – producer
Emory Gordy – producer
Caroline Greyshock – photography
Emmylou Harris – acoustic guitar, guitar, vocals
Bradley Hartman – producer, mastering, assembly
George Jones – vocals
Janet Levinson – art direction, design
Elliot Mazer – producer
Glenn Meadows – mastering assistant
Willie Nelson – vocals
Jim Ed Norman – producer
Milton Okun – executive producer
Roy Orbison – vocals
Gram Parsons – vocals, producer
Dolly Parton – harmony vocals
Robbie Robertson – producer
Larry Samuels – executive producer
Randy Scruggs – producer
Ed Seay – producer
Billy Sherrill – producer
John Simon – producer
Ricky Skaggs – vocals
Southern Pacific – vocals, producer
Don Williams – vocals, producer
Paul Worley – producer
Barney Wyckoff – producer
Neil Young – vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	24

References

↑ Ankeny, Jason. Duets at AllMusic

Emmylou Harris

Studio albums	Gliding Bird Pieces of the Sky Elite Hotel Luxury Liner Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town Blue Kentucky Girl Light of the Stable Roses in the Snow Evangeline Cimarron White Shoes The Ballad of Sally Rose Thirteen Angel Band Bluebird Brand New Dance Cowgirl's Prayer Wrecking Ball Red Dirt Girl Stumble into Grace All I Intended to Be Hard Bargain

Collaboration albums	Trio (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) Trio II (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (with Linda Ronstadt) All the Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler) Old Yellow Moon (with Rodney Crowell) The Traveling Kind (with Rodney Crowell)

Live albums	Last Date At the Ryman (with The Nash Ramblers) Spyboy

Compilation albums	Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris Duets Songs of the West The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems

Video albums	Real Live Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler)

Notable singles	"If I Could Only Win Your Love" "Together Again" "One of These Days" "Sweet Dreams" "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie" "Making Believe" "To Daddy" "Two More Bottles of Wine" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Blue Kentucky Girl" "Beneath Still Waters" "Wayfaring Stranger" "The Boxer" "Mister Sandman" "If I Needed You" (with Don Williams) "Tennessee Rose" "Born to Run" "(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" "I'm Movin' On" "So Sad to Watch Good Love Go Bad" "In My Dreams" "Pledging My Love" "Heartbreak Hill" "Heaven Only Knows" "I Still Miss Someone"

Collaboration singles	"To Know Him Is to Love Him" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Telling Me Lies" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Those Memories of You" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Wildflowers" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)

Guest singles	"Thing About You" (with Southern Pacific) "We Believe in Happy Endings" (with Earl Thomas Conley)

Discographies	Discography Solo contributions Collaborations A–F Collaborations G–K Collaborations L–Q Collaborations R–Z

Related articles	Roy Orbison John Denver Gram Parsons Daniel Lanois Rodney Crowell Desire The Last Waltz

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