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The album has been noted for its atmospheric feel, and featured guest performances by Steve Earle, Larry Mullen Jr., Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Lucinda Williams and Neil Young, who wrote the title song.
Apr 17, 2022 · Lanois brought on U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. to back Harris, and the tasteful touches he brings to Wrecking Ball frame Harris’ voice without overshadowing her presence.
- Allison Hussey
Wrecking Ball. (Neil Young: © 1989 Silver Fiddle Music, admin. by Silver Fiddle Music, ASCAP) 4:49. Daniel Lanois: electric guitar, percussion. Malcolm Burn: piano, tambourine, vibes. Larry Mullen, Jr.: drums, cymbal. Sam O’Sullivan: roto wheel. Tony Hall: bass. Neil Young: harmony vocal. 5.
Young’s title track mentioned earlier is one of the album’s standout moments, as Lanois employs reverse-delay to his spacious, ghostly guitar work and Larry Mullen Jr’s laid-back drumming to take us to another, desperate world, a world where Harris’s aching vocal sits perfectly as Young provides the harmonies.
Apr 24, 2014 · She assembled the sort of all-star ensemble that you can really only summon if you are, in fact, Emmylou Harris, including Steve Earle, Neil Young, Lucinda Williams, Larry Mullen Jr, Kate and...
Sep 26, 1995 · Teaming up with visionary producer Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris made a startling album that sounded like nothing she'd done before. Instead of twangy guitars, there are layers of synthetic textures, anchored by U2's Larry Mullen, Jr. on drums.
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During 1994, after the long Zoo TV tour, Larry Mullen took some time off and moved to New York. During that time he worked on his drumming skills, as well as participating in some recording sessions with Emmylou Harris helmed by Daniel Lanois. Those sessions became an album entitled “Wrecking Ball” that Harris released in the fall of 1995.
