White Shoes

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White Shoes
EmmylouHarrisWhiteShoes.jpg
Studio album by
Emmylou Harris
ReleasedOctober 1983
Genre Country
Length34:47
Label Warner Bros. [1]
Producer Brian Ahern
Emmylou Harris chronology
Last Date
(1982)		White Shoes
(1983)		 Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris
(1984)
Singles from White Shoes
  1. "Drivin' Wheel"
    Released: August 1983
  2. "In My Dreams"
    Released: March 24, 1984

White Shoes is the tenth studio album by Emmylou Harris, released in 1983. [2] [3] The album includes a rockish version of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", a country remake of the Donna Summer hit "On the Radio", and a version of Sandy Denny's "Like an Old Fashioned Waltz". Both "In My Dreams" and "Pledging My Love" hit the No. 9 position on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1984.

Contents

"In My Dreams" won for Emmylou Harris her third Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards. The song was written by Paul Kennerley, who would become Emmylou Harris' third husband in 1985.

Production

White Shoes was produced by Brian Ahern, and would be the last album that Harris would record with him until her Grammy-nominated album All I Intended to Be in 2008. [4] They would divorce the year after this album was released.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]

The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that "there's a hoarse, quavery quality in Harris' voice that's a welcome relief from the crisp, crystalline warbling that's long been her trademark." [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drivin' Wheel" T-Bone Burnett, Billy Swan 3:10
2."Pledging My Love" Don Robey, Fats Washington3:00
3."In My Dreams" Paul Kennerley 3:15
4."White Shoes" Jack Tempchin 3:30
5."On the Radio" Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer 5:11
6."It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" Rodney Crowell 2:55
7."Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" Leo Robin, Jule Styne 3:39
8."Good News" Shirley Eikhard 3:52
9."Baby, Better Start Turnin' 'Em Down"Crowell3:04
10."Like an Old Fashioned Waltz" Sandy Denny 3:11

Personnel

Technical personnel

Charts

Release history

Release history and formats for White Shoes
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
North AmericaOctober 1983
  • LP
  • cassette
Warner Bros. Records [11]

References

  1. 1 2 MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 350.
  2. ↑ "Emmylou Harris | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides. May 3, 2003 – via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. pp. 149–150.
  5. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. White Shoes at AllMusic
  6. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 307–308.
  7. ↑ Rea, Steven X. (November 13, 1983). "EMMYLOU HARRIS' LATEST". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. H5.
  8. ↑ "Emmylou Harris Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Emmylou Harris Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1984". Billboard. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  11. ↑ Harris, Emmylou (October 1982). "White Shoes (Liner Notes)". Warner Bros. Records . 1-23961 (LP); W4-23961 (Cassette).


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