All I Intended to Be is the 25th studio album from Emmylou Harris and her third release on Nonesuch Records. It was released in the United States on June 10, 2008.[1][2] The album debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200,[3] and number four on Top Country Albums, which makes the album Harris’ highest charting solo record on the Billboard 200 since Evangeline was released in 1981. As of 2014 it has sold 153,973 copies in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.[4]
Harris stated that “Sailing Round the Room” was inspired by Terri Schiavo and is a celebration of life and death; “How She Could Sing the Wildwood Flower” refers to the relationship between A. P. and Sara Carter and was inspired by a documentary that Harris, together with Kate and Anna McGarrigle, saw on television. The song “Gold” features guest vocals by Dolly Parton and Vince Gill, while “Old Five and Dimers Like Me” and "Beyond the Great Divide" are duets with John Starling. “Moon Song” was written by Harris' close friend Patty Griffin and appeared as an iTunes bonus track on her 2007 album Children Running Through.
The album was made #49 in Q’s 50 Best Albums of the Year 2008.[15]
The album was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the field of Best Contemporary Folk / Americana Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards.[16]
The title is taken from the closing line of the track "Old Five and Dimers Like Me."
Track listing[edit]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"Shores of White Sand (Karen Brooks cover)"
Jack Wesley Routh
4:22
2.
"Hold On"
Jude Johnstone
4:35
3.
"Moon Song"
Patty Griffin
4:06
4.
"Broken Man’s Lament (Mark Germino cover)"
Mark Germino[17]
5:05
5.
"Gold"
Emmylou Harris
3:32
6.
"How She Could Sing the Wildwood Flower"
Emmylou Harris, Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle
3:44
7.
"All That You Have Is Your Soul (Tracy Chapman cover)"
Tracy Chapman
4:41
8.
"Take That Ride"
Emmylou Harris
3:39
9.
"Old Five and Dimers Like Me (Tom T. Hall & Billy Joe Shaver cover)"
Kate McGarrigle – vocals (3, 6, 12), gut-string guitar (6, 12), banjo solo (6)
Anna McGarrigle – vocals (3, 6, 12)
Mike Auldridge – vocals, Dobro (9, 10, 13)
John Starling – vocals, acoustic guitar (9, 10, 13)
Stuart Duncan – mandolin (9, 10, 13)
Fats Kaplin – mandolin (9)
Marc Bell – sound engineer (6, 12)
Release history[edit]
Region
Date
Netherlands
6 June 2008
Belgium
Ireland
United Kingdom
9 June 2008
Norway
Denmark
Portugal
Greece
United States
10 June 2008
Canada
Sweden
11 June 2008
Germany
13 June 2008
Italy
Switzerland
Austria
Australia
14 June 2008
New Zealand
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2008)
Peak position
US Billboard 200[18]
22
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[19]
4
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2008)
Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[20]
60
References[edit]
^Cohen, Jonathan (April 7, 2008). Billboard Bits: New Kids/Zootopia, River To River, Emmylou Harris. Billboard. Retrieved on June 12, 2008.
^More about this album. Nonesuch Records. Retrieved on June 12, 2008.
^Hasty, Katie. "Lil Wayne Crushes The Competition To Debut At No. 1". Billboard. June 18, 2008.
^"September 17 & 23 releases". Universal Music Group. September 2014. p. 59. Retrieved November 24, 2019 – via Scribd. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^Deming, Mark. All I Intended to Be at AllMusic. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
^Billboard - Google Books. June 14, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^"Album Review: Emmylou Harris, All I Intended To Be". Crawdaddy. May 28, 2008. Archived from the original on June 3, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^Clark Collis (June 6, 2008). "All I Intended to Be Review | Music Reviews and News". EW.com. Retrieved July 27, 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^"Topic Galleries". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved July 27, 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)[permanent dead link]
^Hauner, Thomas. "Emmylou Harris: All I Intended to Be". Popmatters.com. Retrieved July 27, 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^"Emmylou Harris | All I Intended to Be". SlantMagazine.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^[1] Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^"Emmylou Harris - Music Review". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved July 27, 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^"Emmylou Harris - All I Intended to Be - Review". Uncut.co.uk. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
^"The 50 Best Albums of 2008". Q. January 2009: 81. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^Grammy Awards Nominees December 3, 2008. http://www.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx#14 Archived March 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on December 8, 2008.
^in the booklet: "Written by Emmylou Harris"
^"Emmylou Harris Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^"Emmylou Harris Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^"Top Country Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2020. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
vteEmmylou 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
Soundtrack albums
Honeysuckle Rose
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)