Angel Band (album)

Angel Band

Studio album by Emmylou Harris

Released

July 7, 1987

Recorded

1987

Genre

Country, gospel

Length

36:49

Label

Warner Bros.

Producer

Emory Gordy, Jr., Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris chronology

Thirteen
(1986)

Angel Band
(1987)

Bluebird
(1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Chicago Tribune	favorable ^[2]
Los Angeles Times	favorable ^[3]
Orlando Sentinel	^[4]

Angel Band is an acoustic collection of gospel songs by Emmylou Harris, released on July 7, 1987. The album was recorded live "off the floor" featuring a band composed of Vince Gill (mandolin, vocals), Carl Jackson (guitar, vocals) and Emory Gordy Jr. (bass, vocals). Jerry Douglas (dobro) and Mark O'Connor (fiddle) were overdubbed on some tracks.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Where Could I Go But to the Lord"	J.B. Coats	3:31
2.	"Angel Band"	Traditional/arr. Emmylou Harris	3:03
3.	"If I Be Lifted Up"	Traditional/arr. Emmylou Harris	2:44
4.	"Precious Memories"	Traditional/arr. Emmylou Harris	4:30
5.	"Bright Morning Stars"	Public Domain/arr. Emmylou Harris	2:33
6.	"When He Calls"	Paul Kennerley	2:42
7.	"We Shall Rise"	Traditional/arr. Emmylou Harris	2:12
8.	"Drifting Too Far"	Traditional/arr. Emmylou Harris	4:47
9.	"Who Will Sing for Me?"	Ralph Stanley/Carter Stanley	2:32
10.	"Someday My Ship Will Sail"	Allen Reynolds	2:26
11.	"The Other Side of Life"	Alan O'Bryant	2:36
12.	"When They Ring Those Golden Bells"	Traditional/arr. Emory Gordy, Jr. and Patty Loveless	3:13

Personnel

Emmylou Harris – acoustic guitar, arranger, lead vocals

Additional musicians

Mike Auldridge – dobro
Jerry Douglas – dobro
Vince Gill – acoustic guitar, mandolin, tenor vocals
Emory Gordy, Jr. – acoustic guitar, arranger, bass vocals, bass guitar
Carl Jackson – acoustic guitar, baritone vocals
Mark O'Connor – fiddle, viola, mandola

Production

Milan Bogdan – digital editing
Jim Cotton – engineer
Alton Dellinger – technical consultant
Paul Goldberg – engineer
Patty Loveless – arranger
McGuire – photography
Glenn Meadows – mastering
Jessie Noble – coordination
Keith Odle – mixing assistant
Thomas Ryan – design
Joe Scaife – engineer
Steve Tillisch – mixing
David Wariner – lettering

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	23
U.S. Billboard 200	166

References

Emmylou Harris

Studio albums	Gliding Bird Pieces of the Sky Elite Hotel Luxury Liner Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town Blue Kentucky Girl Light of the Stable Roses in the Snow Evangeline Cimarron White Shoes The Ballad of Sally Rose Thirteen Angel Band Bluebird Brand New Dance Cowgirl's Prayer Wrecking Ball Red Dirt Girl Stumble into Grace All I Intended to Be Hard Bargain

Collaboration albums	Trio (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) Trio II (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions (with Linda Ronstadt) All the Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler) Old Yellow Moon (with Rodney Crowell) The Traveling Kind (with Rodney Crowell)

Live albums	Last Date At the Ryman (with The Nash Ramblers) Spyboy

Compilation albums	Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris Duets Songs of the West The Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems

Video albums	Real Live Roadrunning (with Mark Knopfler)

Notable singles	"If I Could Only Win Your Love" "Together Again" "One of These Days" "Sweet Dreams" "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie" "Making Believe" "To Daddy" "Two More Bottles of Wine" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Blue Kentucky Girl" "Beneath Still Waters" "Wayfaring Stranger" "The Boxer" "Mister Sandman" "If I Needed You" (with Don Williams) "Tennessee Rose" "Born to Run" "(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" "I'm Movin' On" "So Sad to Watch Good Love Go Bad" "In My Dreams" "Pledging My Love" "Heartbreak Hill" "Heaven Only Knows" "I Still Miss Someone"

Collaboration singles	"To Know Him Is to Love Him" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Telling Me Lies" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Those Memories of You" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt) "Wildflowers" (with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt)

Guest singles	"Thing About You" (with Southern Pacific) "We Believe in Happy Endings" (with Earl Thomas Conley)

Discographies	Discography Solo contributions Collaborations A–F Collaborations G–K Collaborations L–Q Collaborations R–Z

Related articles	Roy Orbison John Denver Gram Parsons Daniel Lanois Rodney Crowell Desire The Last Waltz

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