For me, it would have to be Save The Last Dance For Me , but when I think of her beauty (see here: http://www.emmylou.net/) I wouldn’t care if she sang a song about taking out the garbage, she is beautiful.
“I’m in love with you Emmylou, Emmylou
And you can scratch my belly anytime it suits you to!”
There’s more, but I’m saving it for her , sorry! 
Thanks,
Quasi
I know lots of country fans hated it, but fuck it. I fell in love with the Daniel Lanois-produced uber-album Red Dirt Girl. Among the standout tracks: Michelangelo and Red Dirt Girl.
“Bluebird Wine”, a Rondey Crowell song from her “Pieces of the Sky” album is my favourite. Playful, sexy and kick-arse.
Slight hijack, but when you think about artists with long careers who have never made a real stinking dog of an album, you gotta think of Emmylou Harris.
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She sang a cover of The Boxer that was absolutely beautiful.
My favorite is the cover of “Every Grain of Sand” on Wrecking Ball.
I loved it too, although when I played it for friends one said it was terrible. Whatever! I pretty much like all the tracks and this album is what made me go out and buy a bunch of her earlier stuff.
“Bluebird.” Definitely.
I have to reach back farther for my fav Emmylou selection. Go back to the Luxury Liner CD, while I like all of the tracks - *Pancho & Lefty * and Boulder to Birmingham are select
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Boulder to Birmingham is on the Pieces of the Sky CD
What’s the deal with her and Mark Knopfler doing something together? I saw it advertised on the Imus show, but I didn’t catch it. I like both of 'em.
Green Pastures, from Roses in the Snow.
In order:
“Pancho and Lefty”
“One of These Days”
“Two More Bottles of Wine”
“Wrecking Ball”
“One of These Days” from Elite Hotel. But basically anything.
Trivia: My college roommate was the only son of Emmylou Harris’s college roommate at UNC. So she’s practically family, right?
Pancho & Lefty
You’re Supposed to be Feeling Good
Till I Gain Control Again
Heck, the whole Elite Hotel or Pieces of the Sky CDs.
Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight.
For songs she guests on, Ryan Adams’s Oh My Sweet Carolina and Bright Eyes’s Land Locked Blues are great.
" Easy From Now On" (which I always thought was titled “Quarter moon in a ten cent town”).
I just downloaded 7 of the songs from this album (All the Roadrunning) today (not a country music fan, so the twangier/countrier songs I left behind). I’m a Dire Straits/Knopfler fan from way back and was intrigued. The collaboration really works. Good album. If you’ve got iTunes, go listen to the samples. If you like both of them, you won’t be disappointed.
All the Roadrunning (scroll down to the banner graphic, and there’s also a RealAudio track available) was just released here in the United States. A local radio station has been playing the title track and This Is Us, which is a ton of fun. I’m a huge fan of both artists as well and very pleased that they’ve collaborated on an album.
I’ll save judgment on All the Roadrunning until I hear the entire album, but Emmylou’s work with Gram Parsons on Grievous Angel is probably my favorite.
(and on preview, what romansperson said)
These Sleepless Nights (Will Break My Heart In Two) …at least I think that’s the name of it. Maybe on Pieces of the Sky. Also Boulder to Birmingham.
Her voice is just achingly beautiful on Sleepless Nights. I’ll admit, I’ve had it bad for her since I first heard her singing backups for Gram Parsons, still do to this day, and it’s been over thirty years. What a woman!
I must have heard Emmylou’s version of Boulder to Birmingham hundreds of times. It still moves me to tears.