Red Dirt Girl - Emmylou Harris
Metascore
73 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. Billboard
    90
    This time there's less gimmickry, more sympathy for the words and melodies. Harris... has crafted 11 profound, graceful poems that rank with the best songs she's ever recorded.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    100
    A transcendent and seductively personal sound.
  3. Mojo
    90
    Her songs, paradoxically both epic and intimate, shimmer and pulsate as their kaleidoscopic images and mysterious characters drift in and out of focus.
  4. Wall of Sound
    90
    Harris is making music that stands with -- and perhaps eclipses -- her most well-regarded work.

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User Score
8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. TimothyF
    9
    genuinely sing-a-longable and a deep reaching sincerity in her delivery of the lyrics. the sure and easy phrasing of each song unites the album musically, while the wistful, down-home text ties the album together thematically.… Full Review »
  2. matthewc
    4
    to touchy
  3. raVen
    8
    Good album. Worth buying for the title song alone, but others like "My Antonia" w/Matthews will keep it spinning in your player.
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