Cimarron (album)

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Cimarron
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1981
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Brian Ahern, Don Williams, Garth Fundis
Emmylou Harris chronology
Evangeline
(1981)
Cimarron
(1981)
Last Date
(1982)
Singles from Cimarron
  1. "Tennessee Rose"
    Released: January 16, 1982
  2. "Born to Run"
    Released: May 29, 1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Cimarron is the ninth studio album by Emmylou Harris. As with its predecessor, Evangeline , the album was composed mostly of outtakes from other recording sessions that had not fit into any of Harris' other albums. As a result, critics at the time complained that the album was "choppy" and lacked a unifying sound.[ citation needed ] Nonetheless, the album did well on the U.S. country charts, and featured three top-ten country singles: "Born to Run" (not to be confused with the Bruce Springsteen song of the same name, although another Springsteen song, "The Price You Pay," also appears), "If I Needed You" (a duet with Don Williams), and "Tennessee Rose." It was nominated for a Grammy in 1982 for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female. In 2000, Eminent Records issued Cimarron for the first time on CD (it had been out of print since the late 1980s), with new liner notes and a bonus track, "Colors of Your Heart."[ citation needed ]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rose of Cimarron" Rusty Young 4:21
2."Spanish Is a Loving Tongue" (with Fayssoux Starling)Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern3:20
3."If I Needed You" (with Don Williams) Townes Van Zandt 3:37
4."Another Lonesome Morning"Clinton Codack Adcock, Wendy Special Thatcher3:04
5."The Last Cheater's Waltz"Sonny Throckmorton5:37
6."Born to Run" Paul Kennerley 3:48
7."The Price You Pay"Bruce Springsteen4:39
8."Son of a Rotten Gambler" Chip Taylor 4:15
9."Tennessee Waltz" Redd Stewart, Pee Wee King 2:30
10."Tennessee Rose" Karen Brooks, Hank DeVito 5:34
11."Colors of Your Heart" (bonus track added to the 2000 and 2004 CD re-issue) Rodney Crowell 4:20

Personnel

Technical personnel

Charts

Release history

Release history and formats for Cimarron
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
North AmericaNovember 1981
  • LP
  • cassette
Warner Bros. Records [6]

References

  1. Ruhlmann, William. Cimarron at AllMusic
  2. The Austin Chronicle 2000
  3. "Emmylou Harris Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  4. "Emmylou Harris Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  5. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  6. Harris, Emmylou (November 1981). "Cimarron (Liner Notes)". Warner Bros. Records . BSK-3603 (LP); WB-M5-3603 (Cassette).

Emmylou Harris Cimarron liner notes