Cimarron is the ninth studio album by Emmylou Harris. As with its predecessor, Evangeline, the album was composed mostly of outtakes from other recording sessions that had not fit into any of Harris' other albums. As a result, critics at the time complained that the album was "choppy" and lacked a unifying sound. Nonetheless, the album did well on the U.S. country charts, and featured three top-ten country singles: "Born to Run" (not to be confused with the Bruce Springsteen song of the same name, although another Springsteen song, "The Price You Pay," also appears), "If I Needed You" (a duet with Don Williams), and "Tennessee Rose." It was nominated for a Grammy in 1982 for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female. In 2000, Eminent Records issued Cimarron for the first time on CD (it had been out of print since the late 1980s), with new liner notes and a bonus track, "Colors of Your Heart."
Track listing
Personnel Brian Ahern - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, 6-String Bass, Ernie Ball Bass, Percussion Joe Allen - Electric Bass Mike Bowden - Bass Tony Brown - Piano, Electric Piano Barry Burton - Acoustic Guitar James Burton - Electric Guitar Charles Cochran - Electric Piano Donivan Cowart - Backing Vocals Rodney Crowell: Acoustic Guitar Hank DeVito - Pedal Steel Steve Fishell - Acoustic Hawaiian Guitar, Percussion, Pedal Steel Wayne Goodwin - Fiddle, Mandolin Emory Gordy Jr. - Bass, Electric Bass Glen Hardin - Piano, Electric Piano, String Arrangements Emmylou Harris - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals Don Johnson - Electric Piano Paul Kennerley - Acoustic Guitar David Kirby - Acoustic Guitar Albert Lee - Mandolin Kenny Malone - Drums, Conga Herb Pedersen - Banjo, Backing Vocals Mickey Raphael - Harmonica Frank Reckard - Electric Guitar, Gut-String Guitar Ricky Skaggs - Banjo, Fiddle, Backing Vocals Buddy Spicher - Viola Fayssoux Starling - Duet Vocals, Backing Vocals Barry Tashian - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals John Ware - Drums Cheryl White - Backing Vocals Sharon White - Backing Vocals Don Williams - Duet Vocals
Technical personnel Brian Ahern - Producer, Engineer Donivan Cowart - Engineer Garth Fundis - Producer (3) Stuart Taylor - Engineer Don Williams - Producer (3)
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1981–1982) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (1982) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 27
Release history + Release history and formats for Cimarron Region Date Format Label Ref. North America November 1981 Warner Bros. Records
References
Emmylou Harris Cimarron liner notes