Brand New Dance
Studio album by Emmylou Harris
Released	October 16, 1990
Recorded	Nashville, 1990
Genre	Country
Length	37:32
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Richard Bennett, Allen Reynolds
Emmylou Harris chronology
Bluebird (1989) Brand New Dance (1990) At the Ryman (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[4]
Select	[5]

Brand New Dance is an album which Emmylou Harris released on October 16, 1990. Produced by Richard Bennett and Allan Reynolds, the album mixed a rather eclectic collection of covers, including Bruce Springsteen's "Tougher Than the Rest", and Dave Mallett's "Red, Red Rose". Though it sold reasonably well, it was Harris' first studio album in fifteen years to yield no top forty country singles, and marked the beginning of a commercial decline for the singer, which would ultimately lead her to redirect her music away from mainstream country, a few years later.

Track listing

Personnel

• Richard Bennett – Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Bass, Mandolin, Tambourine, Producer, 6-String Bass
• Mary Black – Harmony Vocals
• Bruce Bouton – Steel Guitar
• Marshall Chapman – Harmony Vocals
• Kathy Chiavola – Harmony Vocals
• Charles Cochran – String Arrangements
• Iris DeMent – Harmony Vocals
• Stuart Duncan – Fiddle, Mandolin
• Connie Ellisor – Strings
• Peter Gorisch – Cello
• Carl Gorodetzky – Strings
• Jim Grosjean – Strings
• Emmylou Harris – Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
• James Hollihan, Jr. – Slide Guitar
• Roy M. "Junior" Husky – Bass
• John Jarvis – Piano
• Kieran Kane – Harmony Vocals
• Dolores Keane – Harmony Vocals
• Kostas – Harmony Vocals
• Lee Larrison – Strings
• Chris Leuzinger – Acoustic & Electric Guitar
• Laura LiPuma – Art Direction, Design
• Claire Lynch – Harmony Vocals
• Ted Madsen – Strings
• Kenny Malone – Percussion, Drums
• Robert Mason – Strings
• Mark Miller – Engineer, Mixing
• Dennis Molchan – Strings
• Laura Molyneaux – Strings
• Melba Montgomery – Harmony Vocals
• Peter Nash – Photography
• Nashville String Machine – Strings, Group
• Liam O'Flynn – Whistle (Human), Uilleann pipes
• Jamie O'Hara – Harmony Vocals
• Wayland Patton – Harmony Vocals
• Dave Pomeroy – Bass
• Denny Purcell – Mastering
• Allen Reynolds – Producer
• Pamela Sixfin – Strings
• Milton Sledge – Percussion, Drums
• Jo-El Sonnier – Triangle, French Accordion
• Davy Spillane – Whistle (Human), Uilleann pipes
• Harry Stinson – Drums
• Garry Tallent – Bass
• Mark Tanner – Strings
• Barry Tashian – Harmony Vocals
• Gary VanOsdale – Strings
• Pete Wasner – Piano
• Kristin Wilkinson – Strings
• Bobby Wood – Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Electric Piano
• Glenn Worf – Bass
• Bob Wray – Bass
• Cindy Reynolds Wyatt – Harp

Chart performance

Release history