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Light of the Stable

1979 studio album by Emmylou Harris

Light of the Stable is the first Christmas album by Emmylou Harris. It was originally released in 1979 by Warner Bros. Records but has since gone through several intervening releases. The 1992 Warner release was a remastered version of the original with a different album cover. The latest edition was released in 2004 by Rhino Records. It contains three newly recorded tracks in addition to remastered versions of the ten original tracks. Its cover came from the record sleeve of the original 45-rpm single version of "Light of the Stable" that was released in 1975. The title song featured harmony vocals from Neil Young, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt.

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Critical reception

Mark Deming of AllMusic gives the album 4 out of a possible 5 stars and writes, "Emmylou Harris is an artist with the rare sort of voice that communicates an honest and firmly grounded humanity while possessing a crystalline purity that verges on the angelic. In short, she was a singer born to make a great Christmas album, and in 1979 she did just that with Light of the Stable".[1]

Gavin Edwards lists this album at No, 19 in Rolling Stone's 40 Essential Christmas Albums list. He writes, "Harris has always sung like an angel, and on this 1979 album she played the part, a living herald of joyful Nativity tidings. Some of the other golden-throated seraphim providing backing vocals: Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, and, er, Neil Young."[3]

Jim Caligiuri of The Austin Chronicle gives this album 4 stars and says, "Emmylou Harris possesses the voice of an angel, so it only makes sense that her versions of Christmas classics are unequaled, as are special guests Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and Dolly Parton."[2]

Track listing

Original release

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2004 expanded version

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Personnel

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References

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    Deming, Mark. Light of the Stable at AllMusic
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    Caligiuri, Jim (24 December 2004). "Light of the Stable". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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    Edwards, Gavin. "40 Essential Christmas Albums". Rolling Stone Magazine. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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    "Billboard 200". billboard.com. Billboard. 26 December 1980. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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    "Top Country Albums". Billboard. 16 January 1981. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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    Harris, Emmylou (November 1979). "Light of the Stable (Liner Notes)". Warner Bros. Records. BSK-3484 (LP); M5-3484 (Cassette).
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