Hard Bargain
by Emmylou Harris
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: Apr 26, 2011
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

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69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

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  1. Q Magazine
    Jun 7, 2011
    60
    If Hard Bargain doesn't quite hit a career high, it runs close on tearful eulogies to Gram Parsons and Kate McGarrigle, and the stunning My Name Is Emmett Till, a Cash/Dylan-esque civil rights songs. [Jun 2011, p.116]
  2. Under The Radar
    Jun 1, 2011
    70
    Harris, who was inducted into the Country Hall of Fame in 2008, wears her best hat here: that of the melancholy raconteur.
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  3. Austin Chronicle
    May 19, 2011
    78
    Nashville's harmony constant wrote/co-wrote all but two of the 13 tracks on her latest career high, though the Ron Sexsmith cover titling Hard Bargain demands its very own songbook.
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