Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris is a compilation of hits by Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...

 originally from five of her albums released between 1979 and 1983 (Blue Kentucky Girl, Roses in the Snow

Roses in the Snow

Roses in the Snow was a 1980 album by Emmylou Harris. While Harris' previous release, 1979's Blue Kentucky Girl featured traditional, straight-ahead country , Roses in the Snow found Harris performing Bluegrass-inspired music, with material by Flatt and Scruggs, Paul Simon, The Carter Family, and...

, Cimarron

Cimarron (Emmylou Harris album)

Cimarron was a 1981 Emmylou Harris album that, like its predecessor, Evangeline, was composed mostly of outtakes from other recording sessions that hadn't 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. ...

, Last Date, and White Shoes

White Shoes

White Shoes was a 1983 Emmylou Harris album, composed of an eclectic collection of material. A rockish version of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", a country remake of the Donna Summer hit "On the Radio", and a version of Sandy Denny's "Like an Old Fashioned Waltz" were all included...

), plus two singles, "Mister Sandman" from 1981, and "Someone Like You", a new tune which became a Billboard

Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...

 #26 country hit in early 1985. "Mister Sandman" is a different recording from the one which appeared on Harris's 1981 Evangeline album, and lacks the backup vocals of Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

 and Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...

 featured on Evangeline.

Track listing

1. "Blue Kentucky Girl" (Johnny Mullins
   Johnny Mullins
   Johnny Mullins was an American songwriter. His writing credits include "Blue Kentucky Girl", recorded by Loretta Lynn and Emmylou Harris....
   
   ) - 3:16
2. "Wayfaring Stranger" (Traditional/arr. Brian Ahern) - 3:25
3. "Beneath Still Waters" (Dallas Frazier) - 3:40
4. "Born to Run" (Paul Kennerley
   Paul Kennerley
   Paul Kennerley is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer working in the American contemporary country music industry. His works include the concept albums, White Mansions and The Legend of Jesse James...
   
   ) - 3:43
5. "Someone Like You" (Bob McDill/Dickey Lee) - 3:14
6. "Mr. Sandman" (Pat Ballard) - 2:18
7. "Pledging My Love" (Don Robey
   Don Robey
   Don Robey was an American record label executive, songwriter and record producer, who used criminal means as part of his business model...
   
   /Fats Washington) - 2:57
8. "I'm Movin' On" (Hank Snow
   Hank Snow
   Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow was a Canadian-American country music artist. He charted more than 70 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980...
   
   ) - 2:38
9. "(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" (Conway Twitty
   Conway Twitty
   Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...
   
   /Floyd Cramer
   Floyd Cramer
   Floyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound." He popularized the "slip note" piano style where an out-of-tune note slides effortlessly into the correct note...
   
   ) - 3:20
10. "Save the Last Dance for Me" (Doc Pomus
    Doc Pomus
    Jerome Solon Felder, better known as Doc Pomus , was a twentieth-century American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lyricist of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the category of non-performer in 1992. He was also inducted into...
    
    /Mort Shuman
    Mort Shuman
    Mort Shuman was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas"...
    
    ) - 3:38

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	24
U.S. Billboard 200	176