The Ballad of Sally Rose [Import]

1. Ballad of Sally Rose

2. Rhythm Guitar

3. I Think I Love Him (Instrumental: "You Are My Flowers")

4. Heart to Heart

5. Woman Walk the Line

6. Bad News

7. Timberline

8. Long Tall Sally Rose

9. White Line

10. Diamond in My Crown

11. Sweetheart of the Rodeo

12. K-S-O-S (Instrumental Medley: "Ring of Fire"/"Wildwood Flower"/"Six Day

13. Sweet Chariot

Editorial Reviews

Product Description:
French edition of the influential country star's 1985 album for Reprise. 12 tracks.

Tracks:

Ballad of Sally Rose
Rhythm Guitar
I Think I Love Him (Instrumental: "You Are My Flowers")
Heart to Heart
Woman Walk the Line
Bad News
Timberline
Long Tall Sally Rose
White Line
Diamond in My Crown
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
K-S-O-S (Instrumental Medley: "Ring of Fire"/"Wildwood ...)"
Sweet Chariot

Album Description

French edition of the influential country star's 1985 album for Reprise. 12 tracks.

Album Details

Cover Girl / Queen Emmylou Harris Originally Released this Title in 1985, and Contrary to her Usual Method of Song Selection, Harris Includes all Original Numbers Here. Guest Appearances Abound: Waylon Jennings, Albert Lee, Linda Rondstadt and Dolly Parton all Lend Thair Talents. Includes the Title Track, 'Ballad of Sally Rose', 'Long Tall Sally Rose', 'Timberline' and Nine More Rich Songs from the Multiple Grammy-Winning Harris.

Customer Reviews:

first ever concept album in country???.......2006-01-31

what about willie nelsons redheaded stranger released in 1975...

however the ballad of sally rose is a supreme album.

A Rose is a Rose.......2005-05-13

I first heard this great album on tape about 12 years ago and when I no longer had the equipment to play the tape, I found the CD buried on a sale table. I nearly screamed out loud!! Now, that CD has been played by me and my daughters so much, its falling apart. Yea! It's still available. When we travel, this is the #1 sing along CD for me and the girls. With her pals Dolly and Linda, EmmyLou makes sweet, sweet sounds. And, the story is terrific.

A Concept Album.......2004-06-18

This is an interesting album from Emmylou Harris. Released in 1985, it stands as one of her best. Avid fans will want to get their hands on this cd, it's pretty rare to find but worth the search! This is the first album in her career where she wrote or co-wrote all of the songs, something she is more inclined to do on her newer albums. She is an excellent songwriter in my opinion. The album works as a concept album, telling a story of a girl from a small town who gets taken under the wing of singer that takes her (and her angelic voice) out on the road. Which is sort of like what happened with her and Gram Parsons. To get the story of the album though you need to read the liner notes. She truly shines on the slower ballads such as "Diamond in My Crown" and the closer "Sweet Chariot." Not an essential album for casual fans, but the hardcore Harris fans will either already have this, or be looking for it.

Back at Last!.......2004-04-19

I "inherited" this album as a cassette tape I found in my husband's car about a decade ago. After wearing it completely out, I was heartbroken to find that it was no longer available, but determined to find a copy even if I had to get another old tape on e-bay or some such place. After checking back periodically, I was thrilled to finally find an import version at Amazon today. I only hope that the sound quality is as good as the American release; however, it couldn't be much worse than my old, mangled (and now totally unplayable) tape!

It Would Make A Great Movie.......2004-03-10

I was just here to look for the song by Emmylou that was played during the closing credits of The Sopranos last week, but while searching through her catalog was surprised to discover that this CD, probably her best ever, is only available as an import. What a travesty!

A little background...The Ballad Of Sally Rose is the first "concept album" ever in Country music. Talk around the time it was released was that the songs were inspired by the romantic relationship between Emmylou and Gram Parsons, but only one person knows that really, and she's never confirmed it.

The story that's told in the CD is of a half Indian girl named Sally Rose who grows up on a reservation after her father abandons the family. She leaves the reservation, as the opening song goes "with stars in her eyes and greater expectations" and soon joins a band as a guitar player. While on stage one night a huge star is in the audience and falls in love with her at first sight. She joins his band, they get married, but he starts cheating on her before being killed on the road in a traffic accident. Heartbroken, she continues with the band, and is now the biggest star around with sell-outs everywhere they play. But she's all bummed out without him and decides to retire and buy a radio station to play nothing but his music 24 hours a day. Then she dies and goes to heaven.

Great story, huh?

Customer Reviews:

More glorious heritage from THE VOICE.......2006-01-15

The singing is so flawlessly superb that all you need to know is WHAT Bob sings:

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Cruda, funesta smania

with Ezio Pinza (Bass), Luigi Vellucci (Tenor)

Conductor: Renato Cellini
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 3/8/1952
Length: 5 Minutes 35 Secs.

2. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Il cavallo scalpita

Conductor: Renato Cellini
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1/1953
Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs.

3. Cavalleria Rusticana: Oh! Il Signore vi manda

With Zinka Milanov (Soprano)

Conductor: Renato Cellini
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1/1953
Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs.

4. I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Silvio! a quest' ora...che imprudenza

With Victoria De los Angeles (Soprano)

Conductor: Renato Cellini
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1/1953
Length: 8 Minutes 19 Secs.

5. Porgy and Bess (Gershwin): A woman is a sometime thing

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 9/13/1950
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.

6. Porgy and Bess: I got plenty o' nuttin

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 9/13/1950
Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.

7. Porgy and Bess: Bess, you is my woman now

With Risë Stevens (Mezzo Soprano)

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 9/13/1950
Length: 5 Minutes 0 Secs.

8. Porgy and Bess: It ain't necessarily so

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 9/12/1950
Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs.

9. Porgy and Bess: Oh Bess, where's my Bess?

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 9/12/1950
Length: 9 Minutes 35 Secs.

10. Show Boat (Kern): Ol' Man River

Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
RCA Victor Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 3 Minutes 35 Secs.

11. The New Moon (Romberg): Wanting you

With Dorothy Kirsten (Soprano)

Conductor: Russ Case
Russ Case Orchestra
Date of Recording: 9/11/1947
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.

12. The Three Musketeers (Friml): Ma belle

Conductor: Leopold Spitalny
Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1/2/1946
Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs.

13. Rose Marie (Friml): Indian Love Call "When I'm calling you"

With Roberta Peters (Soprano)

Conductor: Charles Sanford
Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1952
Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs.

14. Kiss Me, Kate (Porter): So in Love

With Roberta Peters (Soprano)

Conductor: Charles Sanford
Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1952
Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs.

15. My Life's Desire by Tolchard Evans

Conductor: Henri René
Henri René Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1951
Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs.

16. My Beloved by Jay Livingston

Conductor: Hugo Winterhalter
Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra
Date of Recording: 1951
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.

17. Phyllis has such charming graces (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs.

18. My Lovely Celia by George Munro

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 2 Minutes 21 Secs.

19. Mary of Allendale (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 2 Minutes 51 Secs.

20. Down by the Salley Gardens (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs.

21. Be merry, be merry (Anonymous)

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs.

22. A Ballynure Ballad (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 1 Minutes 28 Secs.

23. Oliver Cromwell (Traditional)

Leila Edwards (Piano)
Date of Recording: 1948
Length: 0 Minutes 43 Secs.

My own particular favourite: the gorgeous duet from The New Moon with the unforgettable Dorothy Kirsten. I LOVE IT! I love this CD.

Average customer rating:

The Sgt. Pepper of Country Music
Emmylou's Answer to Willie's Red Headed Stranger

The Ballad of Sally Rose
Emmylou Harris
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Ballad of Sally Rose
Rhythm Guitar
I Think I Love Him (Instrumental: "You Are My Flowers")
Heart to Heart
Woman Walk the Line
Bad News
Timberline
Long Tall Sally Rose
White Line
Diamond in My Crown
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
K-S-O-S (Instrumental Medley: "Ring of Fire"/"Wildwood ...)"
Sweet Chariot

Customer Reviews:

The Sgt. Pepper of Country Music.......2003-08-02

This may be the most overlooked album in pop/country music. One reason is because it never had a big radio hit. But that misses the point. This is not a collection of songs; it is a stunningly cohesive work of art. You don't listen to Sally Rose in bits and pieces; you sit down and listen to the whole thing (preferably in a dark room by yourself) and watch it like a movie. Relax, visualize, and let the music and the story take you away. If you get to the end and you don't have shivers up and down your spine and tears forming in the corners of your eyes, well, you weren't really paying attention.

Sally Rose is a glaring omission on all those lists of "Best 100 Albums of All Time." Admittedly the sonics are slighlty sub-par for Emmy; it was first generation digital and the bugs hadn't all been worked out. But once you get used to the slightly thin sound, you're in for an extrordinary musical and emotional experience.

Emmylou's Answer to Willie's Red Headed Stranger.......2003-07-28

I have many Emmylou Harris albums. This one is my favorite. I enjoy story line recordings, like Willy Nelson's "Red Headed Stranger" and Waylon Jenning's "Honky Tonk Heroes." As far as I know, Emmy Lou is the only Country Female star to tightly weave a life story theme into one of her albums, and she does it better than the outlaw boys. The song lyrics are superb, as is the performance. This one will play faithfully for all moods. For Emmy Lou fans, this is a must have. You won't need to backtrack on the good songs here, it's all good! California buyers beware, too many purchasers will bring down our fragile electrical grid on account of maniacal replays during peak load. Otherwise, in the other 49 states, Enjoy!

Average customer rating:

Ballad of Sally Rose

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000A29B8K
Release Date: 2002-09-30

Music Album:

Music Album