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All I Intended To Be
by Emmylou Harris
The latest album for the country singer was produced by Brian Ahern with Dolly Parton and Vince Gill as guest vocalists.
| LABEL: |
Nonesuch |
| RELEASE DATE: |
10 June 2008 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Country |
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91
Entertainment Weekly
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.''
80
All Music Guide
The surfaces of this album may seem less bold than the albums that immediately preceded it, but All I Intended to Be is the work of a consummate artist who is still reaching out to new places even when she points to her creative history.
80
Boston Globe
On her new album, Harris has meticulously written and chosen a group of folk and country songs that support the nuances of that voice perfectly.
80
Slant Magazine
From her choices of collaborators and material to her extraordinary singing, Intended proves that Harris's greatest gift is her dead-on instincts.
80
The New York Times
The material seems to have been chosen for its precision of image and ease of melody, and perhaps for some inherent ruminative languor.
80
Uncut
Harris is as proud, painful, and plaintive as ever here, dripping with life and dealing in dire certainties. But she never gets heavy about it, and in places sounds lighter than air.
80
Billboard
Harris' take on Tracy Chapman's 'All That You Have Is Your Soul' is definitive, and 'Beyond the Great Divide' provides a sublime closing to an album that was well worth the wait.
80
Observer Music Monthly
Now, 35 years on, her voice is as resonant, lachrymose and strong as ever.
80
Mojo
She draws in appropriate songs by Merle Haggard, Patty Griffin and Jack Wesley Routh, but excels them all with her own 'Not Enough.' [July 2008, p.104]
80
Q Magazine
Restrained, graceful and poised, the lady remains country music's finest ambassador. [July 2008, p.103]
80
Paste Magazine
Turns out she gets the balance just right on All I Intended.
78
Austin Chronicle
Transcendent.
70
PopMatters
As a whole All I Intended to Be seems like a docile album. But Harris ingeniously utilizes the affability of each song’s structure with grace and respect, employing her crystalline voice to buff its rough components into a jewel.
70
Delusions of Adequacy
Minor misgivings aside, All I Intended To Be is another assured latter-day Emmylou Harris long-player.
50
Rolling Stone
The gauzy country-folk production, full of keening pedal steel and swooning close harmonies, congeals into roots-music kitsch--the soundtrack to a slow pan across a sepia-toned photograph in a Ken Burns documentary.
40
NOW Magazine
It suffers from its uniformly dark tone and funereal tempos, and Ahearn’s attempts to sweeten things with an overly polished mix only makes a sad situation worse.
The average user rating for this album is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
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