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. Nonetheless, the album did well on the U.S. country charts, and featured three top-ten country singles: "Born to Run" (not to be confused with the
Bruce Springsteen song of the same name), "If I Needed You" (a duet with
Don Williams), and "Tennessee Rose." It was nominated for a
Grammy in 1982 for
Best Country Vocal Performance, Female. In 2000, Eminent Records issued
Cimarron for the first time on
CD (it had been out of print since the late 1980s), with new liner notes and a bonus track, "Colors of Your Heart."