Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town

Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
Studio album by
Released1978
Recorded1977
StudioThe Enactron Truck, Beverly Hills, California
GenreCountry
Length35:48 (42:43 2004 CD)
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
ProducerBrian Ahern
Emmylou Harris chronology
Luxury Liner
(1976)
Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
(1978)
Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris
(1978)
Singles from Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
  1. "To Daddy"
    Released: December 3, 1977
  2. "Two More Bottles of Wine"
    Released: April 15, 1978
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Guardian[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Emmylou Harris, released in 1978. The album reached number 3 on the Billboard charts, with three charting singles: "To Daddy" (written by Dolly Parton) at #3, "Two More Bottles of Wine" at #1 (the third #1 of Harris' career), and "Easy From Now On" (co-written by Carlene Carter, and Susanna Clark and the song from which the album's title comes) at #12. Also featured are "One Paper Kid", a duet with Willie Nelson, "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight", which the Oak Ridge Boys would reach #1 with in 1980 and "I Ain't Living Long Like This", which Waylon Jennings would reach #1 with in 1980 as well. The painting used for the album cover is by Susanna Clark.[4]

At the 21st Annual Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance but the award went to Dolly Parton for the Here You Come Again album.

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Sweeting, Adam (9 April 2004). "Emmylou Harris, Quarter Moon in a Ten-Cent Town". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 307, 308.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference LN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).