Stumble into Grace

Stumble into Grace
Studio album by Emmylou Harris
Released	September 23, 2003
Recorded	February–June 2003
Studio	Kingston, New York; Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country, pop
Length	44:57
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	Malcolm Burn
Emmylou Harris chronology
Red Dirt Girl (2000) Stumble into Grace (2003) The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways (2005)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	87/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A [3]
The Guardian	[4]
The Independent	[5]
Mojo	[6]
The Observer	[7]
Q	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
Uncut	[10]
USA Today	[11]

Stumble into Grace is the twentieth studio album by American singer/songwriter Emmylou Harris, released on September 23, 2003, by Nonesuch Records. It peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard country albums chart. Like its immediate predecessor, Red Dirt Girl , the album contained a significant number of Harris' own compositions.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Here I Am"	Emmylou Harris	3:46
2.	"I Will Dream"	Harris, Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle	4:59
3.	"Little Bird"	Harris, Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle	3:14
4.	"Time in Babylon"	Harris, Jill Cunniff	4:37
5.	"Can You Hear Me Now"	Harris, Malcolm Burn	5:35
6.	"Strong Hand (For June)"	Harris	3:15
7.	"Jupiter Rising"	Harris, Paul Kennerley	3:02
8.	"O Evangeline"	Harris	5:41
9.	"Plaisir d'Amour"	Traditional arranged by Harris, Kate & Anna McGarrigle	2:21
10.	"Lost Unto This World"	Harris, Daniel Lanois	4:34
11.	"Cup of Kindness"	Harris	3:53
Total length:			44:57

Personnel

• Emmylou Harris - vocals, acoustic guitar, 6-string bass guitar
• Tony Hall - bass, guitar, backing vocals
• Brady Blade - drums, backing vocals
• Ethan Johns - drums, electric guitar
• Julie Miller - backing vocals
• Jane Siberry - backing vocals
• Malcolm Burn - bass, electric guitar, piano, whistling, charanga, percussion, harmonica, Fender Rhodes, B2 organ, backing vocals
• Buddy Miller - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Kate McGarrigle - accordion, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Anna McGarrigle - accordion, backing vocals
• Daryl Johnson - percussion, bass, backing vocals
• Daniel Lanois - pedal steel guitar, electronic orchestra, backing vocals
• Bernie Leadon - electric guitar
• Linda Ronstadt - backing vocals
• Kevin Salem - electric guitar
• Colin Linden - electric guitar
• Gillian Welch - backing vocals
• Jill Cunniff - backing vocals
• Joe West - engineer

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [12] 92 US Billboard 200 [13] 58 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [14] 6

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [15] 68

Release history

Release history and formats for Stumble into Grace

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
North America	September 23, 2003	CD	Nonesuch Records	[16]

References

1. "Stumble Into Grace by Emmylou Harris Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved September 11, 2021.
2. Deming, Mark. "Stumble into Grace – Emmylou Harris". AllMusic . Retrieved May 11, 2020.
3. Feliciano, Kristina (September 26, 2003). "Emmylou Harris: Stumble into Grace". Entertainment Weekly . No. 730. p. 94.
4. Peschek, David (September 19, 2003). "Emmylou Harris, Stumble Into Grace". The Guardian . Retrieved January 24, 2016.
5. Sturges, Fiona (September 19, 2003). "Album: Emmylou Harris". The Independent . Archived from the original on September 23, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
6. Simmons, Sylvie (November 2003). "Emmylou Harris: Stumble into Grace". Mojo . No. 120. p. 128.
7. Harris, John (September 21, 2003). "Emmylou Harris, Stumble into Grace". The Observer . Archived from the original on September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
8. "Emmylou Harris: Stumble into Grace". Q . No. 207. October 2003. p. 104.
9. Coleman, Mark; Kemp, Mark (2004). "Emmylou Harris". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  365–367. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
10. "Emmylou Harris: Stumble into Grace". Uncut . No. 77. October 2003. p. 110.
11. Mansfield, Brian (September 22, 2003). "Emmylou Harris, Stumble Into Grace". USA Today . Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
12. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 125.
13. "Emmylou Harris Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
14. "Emmylou Harris Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
15. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
16. Harris, Emmylou (September 23, 2003). "Stumble into Grace (Liner Notes)". Nonesuch Records . 79805-2 (CD).