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Wrecking Ball by Emmylou Harris
Wrecking Ball is an album by Emmylou Harris, released in 1995. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Wrecking Ball”, on 3 lists with a best position of #352.
Wrecking Ball, Emmylou Harris's eighteenth studio album, came out on Elektra on September 26, 1995, and it's the sound of a country-rock trailblazer walking straight out of her comfort zone. Instead of the acoustic settings she'd built her name on, she teamed up with producer Daniel Lanois and engineer Mark Howard, and they wrapped that fragile, silvery voice in echo, murk and slow, shimmering atmosphere.
The guest list reads like a late-night gathering of kindred spirits: Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Larry Mullen Jr. and Neil Young, who wrote the title song. Harris sounds reborn in all that fog, and the record sits right alongside the Americana she was helping to shape through the '90s.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Wrecking Ball on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrecking Ball | 3 | #352 | – | 2009–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.