1 Wall of Death - Nanci Griffith, Thompson, Richard [
2 Who Knows Where the Time Goes? - Nanci Griffith, Denny, Sandy
3 You Were on My Mind - Nanci Griffith, Fricker, Sylvia
4 Walk Right Back - Nanci Griffith, Curtis, Sonny
5 Canadian Whiskey
6 Desperados Waiting for a Train - Nanci Griffith, Clark, Guy
7 Wings of a Dove - Nanci Griffith, Ferguson, Bob
8 Dress of Laces - Nanci Griffith, Grimaudo, John
9 Summer Wages - Nanci Griffith, Tyson, Ian
10 He Was a Friend of Mine - Nanci Griffith, Traditional
11 Hard Times (Come Again No More) - Nanci Griffith, Foster, Stephen
12 Wasn't That a Mighty Storm - Nanci Griffith, Traditional
13 Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) - Nanci Griffith, Guthrie, Woody
14 Yarrington Town - Nanci Griffith, Merkens, Mickie
15 I Still Miss Someone - Nanci Griffith, Cash, Johnny
16 Try the Love - Nanci Griffith, McLaughlin, Pat
17 The Streets of Baltimore - Nanci Griffith, Howard, Harlan
18 Darcy Farrow - Nanci Griffith, Campbell, Tom [1]
19 If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) - Nanci Griffith, Seeger, Pete

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This is as Bad as Other Voices Other Rooms was Excellent

 Album Rating: (1 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: You get the sense that she was forced to do a follow up by her record company and she was gonna teach them a lesson. Other voices, Other Rooms is one of my favorite Albums of all time. My kids grew up listening to the Beatles, and Other Voices Other Rooms. Nancy owes the world a Re-Do of this album, this time with a straight face. You feel like you're listening to an inside joke, that just isn't funny.

Aggravating, disappointing, inconsistent

 Album Rating: (2 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I'm glad it's not just me who finds Ms Griffith's pronunciations affected & aggravating. They make me think of someone striving to sing cool, tripping over a mike cord, & falling flat on their face. Some of the tracks are beauties, although most of those are just such wonderful songs that it would be tough for almost anyone to screw them up. Unfortunately, the take on Guy Clark's "Desperados Waiting For A Train" is not one of them. Even having Guy & Jerry Jeff, who I first heard do this 30+ years ago, don't salvage this. I see now why it was so cheap used.

Ready for a Hootennany?

 Album Rating: (4 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I might not spell it right, but I recognize a hootennany when I hear one, and that's what this is - from the song selection to the absolutely relaxed, kicked-back delivery of its many contributing Americana artists. It won't suit you if you're looking for hip, slick, cool and polished. But these artists are among the greats of Americana music - John Prine, Guy Clark, Jimmy Gilmore, many others (anothe review here names them) - and they're all longtime pros. Why bother dressing it up with a heavy production when you have people of this caliber contributing? This is a fine, fun, highly varied album. Very much worth getting.

A classic covers album that compliments the first instalment

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: Sweet Nanci has done it again! This follow-up to the excellent OTHER VOICES OTHER ROOMS also boasts an impressive line-up of guest performers and Nanci's fantastic vocals and guitar talent to boot. This was one of the first Nanci Griffith albums I heard and was taken aback with CANADIAN WHISKEY thinking 'where did this guy come from and what's THIS?' but this one's a grower, a classic folk song about a woman wronged by a man she thought loved her and became a recluse(drining the aforemnentioned booze, now I wonder why I like drinking the stuff now . . .). WALL OF DEATH(and other tracks) features Richard Thompson guesting, YOU WERE ON MY MIND is a 1960s pop cover which Nanci belts out with some gusto - loved the vocal delivery at the start! WALK RIGHT BACK, written by and featuring Crickets stalwart Sonny Curtis we all know from The Everly Brothers' hit single version, this I have to say is equally as great. Listen out for some fantastic vocal harmonies on WINGS OF A DOVE by Lucinda Williams, Nanci and Lee Satterfield. DESPERADOES has some funny Southern hillbilly vocals and is a bit cheesy, but entertaining nonetheless. The real tearjerkers for me on here WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES(for Sandy Denny) and HARD TIMES COME AGAIN NO MORE, this is enhanced by Celtic influences, both moving and uplifting. Other highlights - WASN'T THAT A MIGHTY STORM - loved the screaming vocals and the telling of the story in the song of the Galveston hurricane and floods in 1900 - you also get CAROLYN HESTER and EMMYLOU HARRIS guesting on here too(yesss!), and the wonderful and touching YARRINGTON TOWN along with the Hester and Harris daughters; DEPORTEE with the bit in Spanish and its harmonies, not to mention Odetta guesting; STREETS OF BALTIMORE with the entertaining John Prine on additional vocals and the(apparently) legendary HArlan Howard's VERY cheesy spoken word interlude and IF I HAD A HAMMER, an old standard done brilliantly which will have everyone singing along before you know it! Overall, this is a CD which can be enjoyed by all ages and many thanks to Nanci and her buddies for keeping these great and entertaining songs alive for future generations to appreciate!

Excellent Compilation

 Album Rating: (4 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I've been a Nancy Griffith fan since her first recordings on Rounder Records and have seen her live more times than you can shake a stick at. When she left Rounder for the big time, I wasn't all that impressed. Fame, apparently, has it's costs. But time has treated her well and I really like this album. It has a ton of variety in both its songs and the musicians that participated. Nancy's voice is aging to perfection, with less of the cutesy nasality than in her youth and more body to the tone. This is a fun album of folk classics.