Bluebird (album)

Bluebird is an Emmylou Harris album from 1989, which merged a number of eclectic songs (including work by the McGarrigle Sisters, Tom Rush and Rodney Crowell) with polished, country music production. It included her most recent top-ten country-charting single, "Heartbreak Hill". The album enjoyed renewed interest in 2004 when The Sopranos introduced its fifth season with "Heaven Only Knows."

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Chicago Tribune	^[2]
Los Angeles Times	^[3]

Bonnie Raitt provided guest vocals on the track "Icy Blue Heart". Billboard said in their review of the album that, "Like most of Emmylou Harris' albums, Bluebird is an expertly performed album, featuring some truly startling and affecting tour de forces."

Track listing

"Heaven Only Knows" (Paul Kennerley) – 3:36
"You've Been on My Mind" (Rodney Crowell) – 2:54
"Icy Blue Heart" [background vocals by Bonnie Raitt] (John Hiatt) – 4:08
"Love Is" (Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle, Jane McGarrigle) – 3:53
"No Regrets" (Tom Rush) – 5:38
"Lonely Street" (Carl Belew, W.S. Stevenson, Kenny Sowder) – 3:14
"Heartbreak Hill" (Emmylou Harris, Kennerley) – 3:12
"I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash, Jr.) – 2:51
"A River for Him" (Harris) – 5:02
"If You Were a Bluebird" (Butch Hancock) – 4:44

Personnel

Richard Bennett - acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, mandolin, percussion, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, producer
Ashley Cleveland - background vocals
Donivan Cowart - background vocals, engineer
Paul Dieter - mixing assistant
Glen Duncan - mandolin
Steve Fishell - acoustic guitar, dobro, pedal steel, electric bass, electric guitar
Emory Gordy, Jr. - conductor, string arrangements
Caroline Greyshock - photography
Glen D. Hardin - synthesizer, piano
Emmylou Harris - acoustic guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals, producer
Mike Henderson - slide guitar
Kieran Kane - mandolin
Mary Ann Kennedy - background vocals
Paul Kennerley - acoustic guitar
Janet Levinson - art direction, design
Kenny Malone - percussion
Carl Marsh - synthesizer, Hammond organ
George Massenburg - mixing
Anna McGarrigle - background vocals
Kate McGarrigle - accordion, background vocals
Glenn Meadows - mastering
Mark O'Connor - mandolin
Eric Paul - assistant engineer
Dave Pomeroy - electric bass, acoustic bass, bass violin
Bonnie Raitt - background vocals, slide guitar
Sharon Rice - mixing assistant
Mark Richardson - engineer
Pamela Rose - background vocals
Harry Stinson - background vocals
Marty Stuart - mandolin
Barry Tashian - acoustic guitar, background vocals
Billy Thomas - percussion, drums, voca

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	15
Canadian RPM Country Albums	19

References

Emmylou Harris

Studio albums	Gliding Bird Pieces of the Sky Elite Hotel Luxury Liner Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town Blue Kentucky Girl Light of the Stable Roses in the Snow Evangeline Cimarron White Shoes The Ballad of Sally Rose Thirteen Angel Band Bluebird Brand New Dance Cowgirl's Prayer Wrecking Ball Red Dirt Girl Stumble into Grace All I Intended to Be Hard Bargain

Collaboration albums	Trio (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) Trio II (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (with Linda Ronstadt) All the Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler) Old Yellow Moon (with Rodney Crowell) The Traveling Kind (with Rodney Crowell)

Live albums	Last Date At the Ryman (with The Nash Ramblers) Spyboy

Compilation albums	Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris Her Best Songs Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris Duets Songs of the West Portraits Singin' with Emmylou, Vol. 1 Anthology: The Warner/Reprise Records The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems

Video albums	Live at the Ryman Spyboy: Live from the Legendary Exit/In Real Live Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler)

Notable singles	"If I Could Only Win Your Love" "Together Again" "One of These Days" "Sweet Dreams" "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie" "Making Believe" "To Daddy" "Two More Bottles of Wine" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Blue Kentucky Girl" "Beneath Still Waters" "Wayfaring Stranger" "The Boxer" "Mister Sandman" "If I Needed You" (with Don Williams) "Tennessee Rose" "Born to Run" "(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" "I'm Movin' On" "So Sad to Watch Good Love Go Bad" "In My Dreams" "Pledging My Love" "Heartbreak Hill" "Heaven Only Knows" "I Still Miss Someone"

Collaboration singles	"To Know Him Is to Love Him" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Telling Me Lies" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Those Memories of You" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Wildflowers" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)

Guest singles	"Thing About You" (with Southern Pacific) "We Believe in Happy Endings" (with Earl Thomas Conley)

Discographies	Discography Solo contributions Collaborations A–F Collaborations G–K Collaborations L–Q Collaborations R–Z

Related articles	Reprise Records Warner Bros. Records Roy Orbison John Denver Gram Parsons Daniel Lanois Rodney Crowell Desire The Last Waltz

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