Thirteen (Emmylou Harris album)

Thirteen
Studio album by Emmylou Harris
Released February 1986
Recorded November 1985
Genre Country
Length 32:12
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Paul Kennerley and Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris chronology
The Ballad of Sally Rose
(1985)
Thirteen
(1986)
Angel Band
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Thirteen is a 1986 Emmylou Harris album. The title came from its status as her thirteenth studio album (if one does not count her 1969 first album, released on an independent label, which Harris herself rarely acknowledges).

The album included an unusually high number of cover versions of songs that had been hits for others, including Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again", Junior Parker's "Mystery Train", Jack Clement's "Just Someone I Used to Know" (a 1969 duet hit for Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner (here, Harris is teamed with the country artist John Anderson), Bruce Springsteen's "My Father's House" and Rodney Crowell's "I Had My Heart Set on You".

For unexplained reasons, the album was taken out of print a few years after its initial release, making it one of the most sought-after albums in Harris' catalogue by fans, with used copies commanding unusually high prices on eBay and other used records sites. The album was produced by Harris' then-husband, Paul Kennerley. Though the album, to date, has never been separately issued on CD, in April 2011 it was made available for download in iTunes Store. It became available as a CD in 2013 in a compilation issued by the Rhino Entertainment Company called Emmylou Harris Original Album Series Vol.2.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mystery Train"  Sam Phillips, Herman Parker2:35
2."You're Free to Go"  Don Robertson, Lou Herscher2:48
3."Sweetheart of the Pines"  Paul Kennerley, Emmylou Harris3:22
4."Just Someone I Used to Know" (duet with John Anderson)Jack Clement2:57
5."My Father's House"  Bruce Springsteen4:48
6."Lacassine Special"  Iry LeJeune2:58
7."Today I Started Loving You Again"  Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens3:22
8."When I Was Yours"  Paul Kennerley, Emmylou Harris2:48
9."I Had My Heart Set on You"  Rodney Crowell, Paul Kennerley3:09
10."Your Long Journey"  Doc Watson, Rosalie Watson3:44

Chart performance

Chart (1986) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 9
U.S. Billboard 200 157

References

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