Wrecking Ball

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Emmylou Harris’s groundbreaking album Wrecking Ball was produced by Daniel Lanois and won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Uncut called the album “the most daring, inventive album of Harris’s career,” while Rolling Stone said, “The album features unvarnished, otherworldly renditions of songs written by Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Earle, and other lesser-known artists,” and the Los Angeles Times said, “The pace is deliberate, unhurried, meditative, the atmosphere rich, dark, and ghostly.”

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Emmylou Harris’s groundbreaking album Wrecking Ball was produced by Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Willie Nelson) and won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Uncut called the album “the most daring, inventive album of Harris’s career,” while Rolling Stone said, “The album features unvarnished, otherworldly renditions of songs written by Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Earle, and other lesser-known artists,” and the Los Angeles Times said, “The pace is deliberate, unhurried, meditative, the atmosphere rich, dark, and ghostly.”

The CD and digital albums includes previously unreleased bonus material.

ProductionCredits

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Daniel Lanois
Mastered by Joe Gastwirt at Joe Gastwirt Mastering, Oak Park, CA

Photography by Bob Lanois
Photography Printing and Coloration by Jim Merrill

Nonesuch Selection Number

519480

Number of Discs in Set
1disc
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Artist Name
Emmylou Harris
MusicianDetails

MUSICIANS
Emmylou Harris, vocal (1-12), acoustic guitar (3, 5, 7, 10-12), harmony vocal (10)
Daniel Lanois, mandolin (1-3, 5, 8, 10-12), electric guitar (1-4, 6, 9, 11, 12), bass (1, 3), duet vocal (1), acoustic guitar (2, 7, 11), chant vocal (3), percussion (4), guitar (8), bass pedals (8), duet vocal (9), dulcimer (10)
Brian Blade, drums (1), Indian hand drum (5)
Daryl Johnson, high harmony vocal (1), tom tom (1), drum kit bass pedals (5), background vocal (5)
Malcolm Burn, piano (2-4, 12), tambourine (4, 10), vibes (4), organ (5, 7), tom tom (5), sci-fi synth vibes (5), keyboards (6), slide guitar (8, 12), piano (8)
Larry Mullen, Jr., hand drum (2, 10), drum kit (2), drums (3, 4, 6-9, 12), cymbal (4)
Tony Hall, shaker (2), bass (2, 4, 6, 7, 12), stick drum (10)
Steve Earle, finger-picked acoustic guitar (2), acoustic guitar (7, 8)
Daryl Johnson, keyboard bass (3, 6), harmony vocal (3, 10), chant vocal (3)
Sam O’Sullivan, roto wheel (4)
Neil Young, harmony vocal (4, 8), harmonica (8)
Kufaru Mouton, extro percussion (5)
Lucinda Williams, acoustic guitar (8)
Richard Bennett, tremolo guitar (8)
Kate McGarrigle & Anna McGarrigle, harmony vocal (12)

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  • In celebration of Nonesuch Records' 60th anniversary, the label has partnered with photographer Michael Wilson—who has exquisitely captured dozens of Nonesuch artists over the past quarter-century—to produce Michael Wilson / 25 Years: A Nonesuch Collection, an extremely limited quantity of 100 box sets containing newly created prints from his Nonesuch archive, out now. You can take a quick look inside here. Designed by the Grammy-winning team at SMOG Design, each box comprises twenty 12" x 12" prints, numbered and signed by the photographer. Artists featured are Allen Toussaint, Ambrose Akinmusire, Audra McDonald, Bill Frisell, The Black Keys, Brad Mehldau, David Byrne, Dr. John, Emmylou Harris, Frederic Rzewski, Jeremy Denk, Kronos Quartet, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Manuel Galbán and Ry Cooder, Philip Glass, Randy Newman, Rhiannon Giddens, Stephin Merritt and Lemony Snicket, Steve Reich, and Timo Andres, who wrote a note for the box.

  • For Nonesuch Records' 60th anniversary, the label has partnered with photographer Michael Wilson—who has exquisitely captured dozens of Nonesuch artists over the past quarter-century—to produce Michael Wilson / 25 Years: A Nonesuch Collection, 100 box sets of 20 newly created prints from his Nonesuch archive, due September 13. Here, Wilson shares stories from the photo sessions behind the images in the box, with Allen Toussaint, Ambrose Akinmusire, Audra McDonald, Bill Frisell, The Black Keys, Brad Mehldau, David Byrne, Dr. John, Emmylou Harris, Frederic Rzewski, Jeremy Denk, Kronos Quartet, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Manuel Galbán and Ry Cooder, Philip Glass, Randy Newman, Rhiannon Giddens, Stephin Merritt and Lemony Snicket, Steve Reich, and Timo Andres.

  • About This Album

    Emmylou Harris’s groundbreaking album Wrecking Ball was produced by Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Willie Nelson) and won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Uncut called the album “the most daring, inventive album of Harris’s career,” while Rolling Stone said, “The album features unvarnished, otherworldly renditions of songs written by Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Earle, and other lesser-known artists,” and the Los Angeles Times said, “The pace is deliberate, unhurried, meditative, the atmosphere rich, dark, and ghostly.”

    The CD and digital albums includes previously unreleased bonus material.

    Credits

    MUSICIANS
    Emmylou Harris, vocal (1-12), acoustic guitar (3, 5, 7, 10-12), harmony vocal (10)
    Daniel Lanois, mandolin (1-3, 5, 8, 10-12), electric guitar (1-4, 6, 9, 11, 12), bass (1, 3), duet vocal (1), acoustic guitar (2, 7, 11), chant vocal (3), percussion (4), guitar (8), bass pedals (8), duet vocal (9), dulcimer (10)
    Brian Blade, drums (1), Indian hand drum (5)
    Daryl Johnson, high harmony vocal (1), tom tom (1), drum kit bass pedals (5), background vocal (5)
    Malcolm Burn, piano (2-4, 12), tambourine (4, 10), vibes (4), organ (5, 7), tom tom (5), sci-fi synth vibes (5), keyboards (6), slide guitar (8, 12), piano (8)
    Larry Mullen, Jr., hand drum (2, 10), drum kit (2), drums (3, 4, 6-9, 12), cymbal (4)
    Tony Hall, shaker (2), bass (2, 4, 6, 7, 12), stick drum (10)
    Steve Earle, finger-picked acoustic guitar (2), acoustic guitar (7, 8)
    Daryl Johnson, keyboard bass (3, 6), harmony vocal (3, 10), chant vocal (3)
    Sam O’Sullivan, roto wheel (4)
    Neil Young, harmony vocal (4, 8), harmonica (8)
    Kufaru Mouton, extro percussion (5)
    Lucinda Williams, acoustic guitar (8)
    Richard Bennett, tremolo guitar (8)
    Kate McGarrigle & Anna McGarrigle, harmony vocal (12)

    PRODUCTION CREDITS
    Produced by Daniel Lanois
    Mastered by Joe Gastwirt at Joe Gastwirt Mastering, Oak Park, CA

    Photography by Bob Lanois
    Photography Printing and Coloration by Jim Merrill