Summary
Hughesy's assessment: Eighteenth albums into a recording career is probably the right time to be changing things around, and when it appeared in 1995 Wrecking Ball definitely seemed to put the cat among the pigeons as far as country music diehards was concerned.
Not quite enough to have Hughesy queueing up for a copy, though what I heard was certainly impressive. Which is just as well, because with this package the whole thing can be approached with reasonably fresh ears. She's always been one of the great voices, but always seemed just a tad too Nashville for mine.
Or maybe it was a case of not having clambered on board earlier and not being sure where to start. I'd invested in Spyboy after seeing Emmylou with what amounted to a power trio at the 2001 Bluesfest in Byron, and thought it was the setting I preferred, but that still wasn't enough to have me heading back to the Daniel Lanois-produced predecessor.
But we've fixed that now, and there'll be further exploration as we move on from here. Iconic
Track listing:Where Will I Be?; Goodbye; All My Tears; Wrecking Ball; Goin' Back to Harlan; Deeper Well; Every Grain of Sand; Sweet Old World; May This Be Love; Orphan Girl; Blackhawk; Waltz Across Texas Tonight
Classics:Wrecking Ball; Deeper Well;
Almost there:Where Will I Be?; May This Be Love;
Worthwhile: Goodbye; All My Tears; Goin' Back to Harlan; Every Grain of Sand; Sweet Old World; Orphan Girl; Blackhawk; Waltz Across Texas Tonight