Emmylou Harris is a legend with a gorgeous voice, an angelic whisper that is ethereal when coupled with Daniel Lanois' atmospheric productions. I'm not always hot for Lanois' work, which can occasionally come of as bland ambiance. Harris is a spectacular collaborator for him, though, as the otherworldly qualities of her voice embrace the ambiance rather than fight with it (as his Bob Dylan collaborations would later do), somehow making them more human. The versions of "Goodbye" (Steve Earle) and "Every Grain of Sand" (Bob Dylan) here are definitive. Her versions of Hendrix' "May This Be Love" and Lucinda Williams' "Sweet Old World" are also excellent, but it's the title track that is as catchy and beautiful as it is haunting.
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