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Bluebird (Emmylou Harris album)

Bluebird is the fifteenth studio album by American country artist Emmylou Harris, released on January 10, 1989, by Warner Records. Featuring mostly interpretations of work by artists such as the McGarrigle Sisters, Tom Rush, and Rodney Crowell, it included her most recent top-ten country-charting single, "Heartbreak Hill". The album enjoyed renewed interest in 2004 when "Heaven Only Knows" was used in the first episode of the fifth season of The Sopranos.[1]

Bluebird

January 10, 1989

Nashville, 1988

39:12

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" (sic).

- acoustic guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals

Emmylou Harris

- acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, mandolin, percussion, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, producer

Richard Bennett

Ashley Cleveland - background vocals

Donivan Cowart - background vocals

Glen Duncan - mandolin

Steve Fishell - acoustic guitar, dobro, pedal steel, electric bass, electric guitar

- conductor, string arrangements

Emory Gordy, Jr.

- synthesizer, piano

Glen Hardin

- slide guitar

Mike Henderson

- mandolin

Kieran Kane

- background vocals

Mary Ann Kennedy

- acoustic guitar

Paul Kennerley

- percussion

Kenny Malone

Carl Marsh - synthesizer, Hammond organ

- background vocals

Anna McGarrigle

- accordion, background vocals

Kate McGarrigle

- mandolin

Mark O'Connor

- electric bass, acoustic bass, bass violin

Dave Pomeroy

- background vocals, slide guitar

Bonnie Raitt

- background vocals

Pamela Rose

- background vocals

Harry Stinson

- mandolin

Marty Stuart

Barry Tashian - acoustic guitar, background vocals

Billy Thomas - percussion, drums, vocals