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GOOD AS 'GOLD' Emmylou Harris' first CD in five years, All I Intended to Be, includes ace songwriting, both her own and in well-chosen covers
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Release Date: Jun 10, 2008; Lead Performance: Emmylou Harris; Genre: Country/Bluegrass
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By Clark Collis
Clark Collis
Clark Collis
Clark Collis is a senior writer for EW

Emmylou Harris is best known for brilliantly reinterpreting other people's material with her high, crystalline voice. Sure enough, All I Intended to Be, the country legend's first album in five years features terrific, hushed versions of Patty Griffin's ''Moon Song,'' Tracy Chapman's ''All That You Have Is Your Soul,'' and Billy Joe Shaver's ''Old Five and Dimers Like Me.'' But Harris can also turn it on in the songwriting department, as she proves in ''Gold.'' On this superb, epically desolate weeper, her vocals meld with the more twanging tones of guest Dolly Parton to 24-karat effect. A-
DOWNLOAD THIS: Hear a preview of ''Gold'' at barnesandnoble.com


Posted Jun 06, 2008
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