A wrecking ball is a heavy steel ball, usually hung from a crane, that is used for demolishing large buildings.It was most famous and popular during the 1950's-60's. However, with the invention of hydraulic excavators and other 21st Century machinery, the wrecking ball has become less familar at demolition sites because the ball's working efficiency is smaller compared to that of excavators. Modern wrecking balls have also gotten a slight face-lift, with the metal sphere changed into a pear shape with a portion of the top cut off. A tower crane with a pivoted main boom Cranes on the Shenska River, Cherepovets, Russia A crane is a tower or derrick equipped with cables and pulleys that is used to lift and lower materials. ...
I suppose the making and releasing of "WreckingBall" must have been a relief to her and must have brought her innerly rest and a feeling of being true to herself.
Discussion as to whether "WreckingBall" is country-music or not, or as to whether she has "betrayed" or "forsaken" her fans are irrelevant to me. It might not be country music, but it "sure as hell" is 100% Emmylou music.
As the title of her latest album, WreckingBall, implies, Harris has set out to dismantle all that she has built, smashing preconceptions as she goes.