Hard Bargain (Emmylou Harris album)

Hard Bargain
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 26, 2011
RecordedAugust 2010
GenreCountry Folk, Americana
Length53:04
LabelNonesuch
ProducerJay Joyce
Emmylou Harris chronology
All I Intended to Be
(2008)
Hard Bargain
(2011)
Old Yellow Moon
(2013)
Professional ratings
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Metacritic(6.9/10) MC
69/100, 19 critics
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Allmusic 2011
Billboard 2011
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Slant Magazine 2011
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The Press (York) link

Hard Bargain is the twenty-sixth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris, released on April 26, 2011,[1] and recorded at Tragedy/Tragedy, TN. The album is her fourth solo recording for Nonesuch Records.

With 17,000 copies sold in its first week, the album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums,[2] Harris' highest entry since her bluegrass LP Roses in the Snow in 1980. At the same time it debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200,[3] displacing 1977's Luxury Liner as her most successful solo LP ever on that chart.

  1. ^ "Emmylou Harris | Nonesuch Records". Nonesuch.com. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  2. ^ Betts, Stephen L. (2011-05-04). "Emmylou Harris' 'Hard Bargain' Debuts at No. 3 on Country Chart". The Boot. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  3. ^ Kaufman, Gil (2011-05-04). "Adele Tops Billboard Albums Chart Once Again - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Archived from the original on May 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-26.