The Best of Nanci Griffith
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| The Best of Nanci Griffith | ||||
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Folk, country | |||
| Length | 68:09 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
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The Best of Nanci Griffith is a 1993[1] UK album release by Nanci Griffith. It is very similar to The MCA Years: A Retrospective but with several different tracks. Two of the tracks on The Best of Nanci Griffith had previously never been released on any album.[2] The first of these, "Tumble And Fall", was later released on The Complete MCA Studio Recordings. The second previously unreleased song, "The Road To Aberdeen", was recorded live at The Royal Albert Hall in London in June 1993.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Nanci Griffith, except where indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Trouble In the Fields" | Nanci Griffith, Rick West | Lone Star State of Mind | 3:18 |
| 2. | "From a Distance" | Julie Gold | Lone Star State of Mind | 4:10 |
| 3. | "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" | John Prine | Other Voices, Other Rooms | 4:20 |
| 4. | "Love at the Five and Dime (live)" | One Fair Summer Evening | 4:44 | |
| 5. | "Listen to the Radio" | Storms | 3:48 | |
| 6. | "Gulf Coast Highway" (duet with Mac MacAnally)" | Nanci Griffith, James Hooker, Danny Flowers | Little Love Affairs | 3:06 |
| 7. | "I Wish It Would Rain" | Little Love Affairs | 2:48 | |
| 8. | "Ford Econoline" | Lone Star State of Mind | 2:10 | |
| 9. | "If Wishes Were Changes" | Nanci Griffith, James Hooker | Storms | 3:48 |
| 10. | "The Wing and the Wheel (live)" | One Fair Summer Evening | 2:15 | |
| 11. | "Late Night Grande Hotel" | Late Night Grande Hotel | 3:35 | |
| 12. | "From Clare to Here" | Ralph McTell | Other Voices, Other Rooms | 5:10 |
| 13. | "It's Just Another Morning Here" | Late Night Grande Hotel | 4:23 | |
| 14. | "Tumble and Fall" | "B" side from the CD single "Heaven" | 2:40 | |
| 15. | "There's a Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)" | Lone Star State of Mind | 4:21 | |
| 16. | "Outbound Plane" | Little Love Affairs | 2:39 | |
| 17. | "Lone Star State of Mind" | Pat Alger, Gene Levine, Fred Koller | Lone Star State of Mind | 3:56 |
| 18. | "It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go" | Storms | 4:02 | |
| 19. | "The Road to Aberdeen (live)" | Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, June 1993 | 2:56 | |
| Total length: | 68:09 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Colin Larkin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1553. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ "www.nancigriffith.com - Ruby's Torch - Albums". www.nancigriffith.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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