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Portraits Review

by Thom Owens

Portraits is a three-disc, 61-track box set covering Emmylou Harris' entire career for Reprise and Warner Records, which spans from 1974 to 1992. Not only does the box select highlights from classic albums like Luxury Liner, Roses in the Snow, and Blue Kentucky Girl, but it also features her early duets with Gram Parsons and selections from the Trio album she recorded with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt. Portraits doesn't dwell too long on unreleased material -- there are only five unearthed tracks on the entire set -- preferring to sketch out a full overview of her career. While there might be a few favorite tracks missing, the box nevertheless fulfills its goals quite nicely -- anyone looking for a comprehensive compilation of Emmylou's career will not be disappointed.

Track Listing - Disc 1

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Boulder to Birmingham
Bill Danoff / Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris 03:33 SpotifyAmazon
2
Before Believing
Daniel Flowers / Danny Flowers
Emmylou Harris 04:43 SpotifyAmazon
3
Love Hurts
Boudleaux Bryant
Emmylou Harris feat: Gram Parsons 03:38 SpotifyAmazon
4
In My Hour of Darkness
Emmylou Harris / Gram Parsons
Emmylou Harris feat: Gram Parsons 03:43 SpotifyAmazon
5
The Angels Rejoiced Last Night
Charlie Louvin / Ira Louvin
Emmylou Harris feat: Gram Parsons 02:23 SpotifyAmazon
6
Sleepless Nights
Boudleaux Bryant / Felice Bryant
Emmylou Harris feat: Gram Parsons 03:22 SpotifyAmazon
7
Too Far Gone
Billy Sherrill
Emmylou Harris 04:04 SpotifyAmazon
8
If I Could Only Win Your Love
Charlie Louvin / Ira Louvin
Emmylou Harris 02:35 SpotifyAmazon
9
Till I Gain Control Again
Rodney Crowell
Emmylou Harris 05:33 SpotifyAmazon
10
One of These Days
Earl Montgomery
Emmylou Harris 03:02 SpotifyAmazon
11
Together Again
Buck Owens
Emmylou Harris 03:52 SpotifyAmazon
12
Here, There and Everywhere
John Lennon / Paul McCartney
Emmylou Harris 03:40 SpotifyAmazon
13
You're Still on My Mind
Luke McDaniel
Emmylou Harris 02:52 SpotifyAmazon
14
Sweet Dreams
Don Gibson
Emmylou Harris 04:00 SpotifyAmazon
15
Luxury Liner
Gram Parsons
Emmylou Harris 03:40 SpotifyAmazon
16
Making Believe
Jimmy Work
Emmylou Harris 03:34 SpotifyAmazon
17
Pancho and Lefty
Townes Van Zandt
Emmylou Harris 04:49 SpotifyAmazon
18
Two More Bottles of Wine
Delbert McClinton
Emmylou Harris 03:07 SpotifyAmazon
19
You Never Can Tell (C' Est la Vie)
Chuck Berry
Emmylou Harris 03:26 SpotifyAmazon
20
Easy from Now On
Carlene Carter / Susanna Clark / Carlene Routh
Emmylou Harris 03:06 SpotifyAmazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Hello Stranger
A.P. Carter
Emmylou Harris 03:57 SpotifyAmazon
2
Every Time You Leave
Charlie Louvin / Ira Louvin
Emmylou Harris 02:59 SpotifyAmazon
3
Beneath Still Waters
Dallas Frazier / Charles Rains
Emmylou Harris 03:41 SpotifyAmazon
4
Blue Kentucky Girl
John Mullins
Emmylou Harris 03:17 SpotifyAmazon
5
To Daddy
Dolly Parton
Emmylou Harris 02:47 SpotifyAmazon
6
Evangeline
Robbie Robertson
Emmylou Harris feat: The Band 03:11 SpotifyAmazon
7
Save the Last Dance for Me
Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman
Emmylou Harris 03:40 SpotifyAmazon
8
Mr. Sandman
Pat Ballard
Emmylou Harris feat: Dolly Parton / Linda Ronstadt 02:19 SpotifyAmazon
9
And I Love You So
Don McLean
Emmylou Harris 04:39 SpotifyAmazon
10
If I Needed You
Townes Van Zandt
Emmylou Harris feat: Don Williams 03:34 SpotifyAmazon
11
Roses in the Snow
Ruth Franks
Emmylou Harris 02:31 SpotifyAmazon
12
The Boxer
Paul Simon
Emmylou Harris 03:16 SpotifyAmazon
13
Wayfaring Stanger
Traditional
Emmylou Harris 03:26 SpotifyAmazon
14
Millworker
James Taylor
Emmylou Harris 04:03 SpotifyAmazon
15
Dimming of the Day
Richard Thompson
Emmylou Harris 03:26 SpotifyAmazon
16
Heaven Ain't Ready for You Yet
Paul Kennerley
Emmylou Harris 03:54 SpotifyAmazon
17
Juanita
Chris Hillman / Gram Parsons
Emmylou Harris 03:06 SpotifyAmazon
18
Born to Run
Paul Kennerley
Emmylou Harris 03:45 SpotifyAmazon
19
The Price You Pay
Bruce Springsteen
Emmylou Harris 04:37 SpotifyAmazon
20
Sweet Chariot
Duke Ellington / Emmylou Harris / Paul Kennerley / Irving Mills
Emmylou Harris 02:58 SpotifyAmazon
21
That Lovin' You Feelin' Again
Roy Orbison / Chris Price
Emmylou Harris feat: Roy Orbison 03:59 SpotifyAmazon

Track Listing - Disc 3

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
In My Dreams
Paul Kennerley
Emmylou Harris 03:13 SpotifyAmazon
2
Love Is
Anna McGarrigle / Janie McGarrigle / Kate McGarrigle
Emmylou Harris 04:37 SpotifyAmazon
3
To Know Him Is to Love Him
Phil Spector
Emmylou Harris feat: Dolly Parton / Linda Ronstadt 03:49 SpotifyAmazon
4
The Pain of Loving You
Dolly Parton / Porter Wagoner
Emmylou Harris feat: Dolly Parton / Linda Ronstadt 02:34 SpotifyAmazon
5
Farther Along
Traditional
Emmylou Harris feat: Dolly Parton / Linda Ronstadt 04:08 SpotifyAmazon
6
Angel Band
Traditional
Emmylou Harris 03:01 SpotifyAmazon
7
I Still Miss Someone
Johnny Cash / Roy Cash
Emmylou Harris 02:49 SpotifyAmazon
8
A River for Him
E. Harris / Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris 05:04 SpotifyAmazon
9
Heartbreak Hill
Emmylou Harris / Paul Kennerley
Emmylou Harris 03:12 SpotifyAmazon
10
Icy Blue Heart
John Hiatt
Emmylou Harris 04:07 SpotifyAmazon
11
Gulf Coast Highway
Daniel Flowers / Danny Flowers / Nanci Griffith / James Hooker / James H. Brown Jr.
Emmylou Harris feat: Willie Nelson 03:07 SpotifyAmazon
12
We Believe in Happy Endings
Bob McDill
Emmylou Harris feat: Earl Thomas Conley 03:34 SpotifyAmazon
13
West Texas Waltz
Butch Hancock
Emmylou Harris 03:31 SpotifyAmazon
14
Rollin' and Ramblin' (The Death of Hank Williams)
Jerome Clark / Lucinda Williams / Robin Williams
Emmylou Harris 03:26 SpotifyAmazon
15
Casey's Last Ride
Kris Kristofferson
Emmylou Harris 03:55 SpotifyAmazon
16
Hard Times (Come Again No More)
Stephen Foster
Emmylou Harris 03:25 SpotifyAmazon
17
Calling My Children Home
Doyle Lawson / Charles Waller / Robert Yates
Emmylou Harris 03:00 SpotifyAmazon
18
Walls of Time
Bill Monroe / Peter Rowan
Emmylou Harris 04:44 SpotifyAmazon
19
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Bob Dylan
Emmylou Harris 04:17 SpotifyAmazon
20
No Regrets
Tom Rush
Emmylou Harris 05:38 SpotifyAmazon
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