The Last Of The True Believers

This type of country music exists at like a slightly oblique angle to my reality – it's lovely, but when those smooth-ass strings come in at the start, or when she sings from the perspective of a "workin' girl," I can't understand precisely how those sounds and sentiments sit in the eardrums and drunken hearts, or on the commute-shredded nerves, or whatever, of its "flyover-country" adherents (as I imagine them, and btw also "flyover country" should be a musical genre). Or, who knows? Maybe Nanci Griffith fans are just the same aging hipsters who like all the other music I like. Maybe they're somewhere in the middle, or a third thing that doesn't fit into my boxes, like the world of seeming prosperity and possibility (and decay and devensiveness) I briefly touched on a weird trip to Omaha, part of a feint at a different, more North American life. (Definitely part of what I'm saying here is I'm an Austrian-Cascadian weirdo who fucked off to Japan and Uganda and not Montréal or New York, and I don't fully understand North America.) But as stated, this is lovely music, and shouldn't that really be the point in the end, more than placing it in my own weird psychocultural landscape?

Pretty decent, good car music

А неплохо. Вообще никогда не слушал кантри в отрыве от какого-нибудь другого медиа (Fallout New Vegas привет). Все звучит как одна большая песня, но слуху приятно. Топ-1 - Love at The Five & Dime Топ-2 - The Last Of The True Believers

200 albums in and its safe to say that I've worked out that country music isn't really my thing, and I'm ok with that.

It's okay, pleasant enough. Not sure why it's on the list

Solid and decent singer songwriter affair, nothing too remarkable

First Listen; 3.5; Very pleasant and enjoyable album. I really enjoyed the instrumentation and arrangements - feels like it's all very delicately done with lots of room for the instruments, and the vocals, to play together. Lots of really nice steel pedal guitar and fiddles mixed in, and the singing is very strong and clear. Favorite Track: Banks Of The Pontchartrain

Stop giving me this god awful country music. If I listened to this a second time I would die of boredom.

The kind of record that makes me glad I do this project. Would never in a million years have thought to listen to this, I’ve never heard of Nanci Griffith, but this was excellent. Will be in my rotations going forward 100%.

This pleasantly surprised me. I wouldn’t have sought this out but this is the kind of stuff I would happen upon at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and be pleased about. This is about as country as I like

It was Ok I guess - 80s country just doesn't do much for me.

Wow - - one of the rare GOOD new artist finds. Great music and surprisingly deep lyrics.

Markan - 4 Sara - 4.5

“What do we have today, Nanci Griffith… oh Christ, Country music! I hate country music… hang on! This is pretty good! I like Nanci Griffith country music…”

Nice

Deciding to switch from folk music to country is never a bad idea outside of the greats like Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell,, etc. Standard country fare, nice background album.

Decent country, but nothing I feel compelled to revisit

Her voice is very mellowing and there is a great range of instrumentation. The album is a solid old country record, but nothing too extraordinary all the same. 7/10 [KEEP]

567/1089 - Pretty good country. I like the mandolin and fiddles and other extra instruments. Just wish the songs were more involved than chord changes.

Pretty but not my vibe

Country Folk only gets me so far.

Way too country for me but I wouldn’t say it’s awful? Nice lil steel guitar 2.5

Glaub ich mag doch Country manchmal. Solide 4

5/10

not bad just not my vibe

Too country for me.

wow off the first sounds I thought I wouldn't like this. Old country can be so...twangy...but this was really nice.

Not good. Not good at all. Boring AF.

A beautifully song country album. Very nice to listen to.

No thank you

Country is not really my jam - nice and short and sweet though, thanks Nanci.

This was OK-ish. Decent in that I had no idea whether it was contemporary, from the 60s or - as it turned out - from the 80s.

Not in the mood for storytelling and retro country unfortunately. My ears have gotten used to modern country-rap/rock that older music feels like being in a time I could never comprehend. A time where folk instruments did not have the hard hitting rock elements I prefer. The harmonies are nice though. Though I guess I was expecting something like Kacey Musgraves (2.5)

I looked her up and she seems fairly legit but this still felt Insincere in a Gillian Welsh sort of way. Gillian Welsh cited Nanci Griffiths’ work in her masters thesis on folk music, is what it’s like.

It’s perfectly fine folk/ country. Doesn’t stand out to me in any special way like Joni Mitchell or other artists from the generation before does. A nice listen but not one I’ll need to come back to ever.

re bonito

#424/1001. There is some folk remains here, and I read her earlier albums were more folky. Too bad they chose this one, which just shows country music hasn't really evolved anywhere in 70+ years.

Some of the songs were knockouts. Others, not as much.

Give me a case of Miller High Life, a shitty pontoon, a sunny day, and this album and I will have a fantastic day.

This is the good kind of country music.

First Listen Favorites: Love At The Five & Dime St. Olav's Gate Banks Of The Pontchartrain Honorable Mentions: One Of These Days

Pleasant, I enjoyed it, but kind of forgettable. But I’d still put it on in the early evening at a cabin overlooking the Great Smoky Mountains or something.

As I have stated elsewhere, I’m not one for the ol’ country western, but luckily, there’s enough of her apparent folk roots still showing to make it more palatable to my tastes. Let me be clear, I’m still hearing this as a country record, but if I’m hearing influences on her delivery, it’s perhaps more from Joni Mitchell and Linda Thompson than it is from Emmylou Harris. I suspect she would have been happy with all three comparisons. Also there’s something about Griffith’s songs, that shine through for me. Nanci comes across as a good egg, and although the album is sonically almost impossibly pretty, she is not afraid to stray lyrically from the prettiest tales. Not that she’s heading for the typical soap opera, cartoon drama of the kind of country music that really rubs me up wrong, but she isn’t afraid to send us reports from the other side of the tracks. It’s yet another country album that is miles away from converting me into a fan of the genre, but I am tempted to investigate her earlier folkier albums.

2 out of 5. Short and sweet, doesn't overstay its welcome.

Boring

Solid 4. Great voice. Great arrangements. Giving it a 5 to counteract some ridiculous ratings.

More Americana/new country, much like all the other artists in the book in this genre there is not much to lift this album above its piers. It's OK but nothing special, I shan't be back.

Это звучит как несбывшаяся американская мечта:(

Wow. WOW. I'd never heard Nanci Griffith before, never even heard OF her before. And I am obsessed. This sounds like driving 45 mph, barefoot, windows down, sunny afternoon, nowhere to be, and adventure on the horizon.

I’m sure if you like this type of music it’s awesome. Alas..

Country-leaning singer singwriter

Never heard of this artist and was pleasantly surprised by her sound and music. Enjoyed this album.

Some nice songwriting and a great voice. Banks of the Pontchartrain is a great tune

Nanci Griffith: might be good road trip music or campfire music. Not the most exciting album I’ve heard. I wouldn’t recommend it to others but it’s so vanilla that it doesn’t hurt. 5/10.

01) The Last of the True Believers - 6,0 02) Love at the Five and Dime - 6,0 03) St. Olav's Gate - 5,5 04) More Than a Whisper - 6,0 05) Banks of the Pontchartrain - 5,5 06) Lookin' for the Time (Workin' Girl) - 5,5 07) Goin' Gone - 5,5 08) One of These Days - 5,5 09) Love's Found a Shoulder - 5,0 10) Fly by Night - 5,0 11) The Wing and the Wheel - 5,0 TOTAL: 5,50 (55/100) Current ranking: 852/980

A beautiful album from an artist I'd never heard of.

Yeehaw, verassend leuk eigenlijk!

absolute BANGER my dudes

Surprisingly good, I don't usually like country

Vibes: 4 Instruments: 4 Production: 4 Emotional Value: 3 Storytelling: 3 Album Cover: +1 Stand Outs: The Last of the True Believers, Goin Gone Overall Rating: 3.8

乡村又来了

There is some good stuff on this. Its the kind of country I like. She can write somg damn songs. They all work well. They tell stories and i like that. And it just sounds nice. Nothing more to it. I was surprised that I liked this or at least what this turned out to be. Its just good all around and im surprised ive never heard of it till now. Glad I know though

An album that's here for its songwriting. It's a nice album. Struggle to see this in context of the time since I feel like I've heard this sort of thing a million times by now but this supposedly help paved the way for Americana. Can't confirm. 3/5.

This is perfectly average, not-bad-but-uninteresting, run-of-the-mill 80s country.

Lyrically very good, but I strongly dislike the twangy country-folk style, and there’s no variety to the music.

Country. Det er overrepræsenteret. Ikke helt så enslydende som nogle af de andre albums, så jeg kom igennem. Behagelig stemme trækker også lidt op. Men det er stadig country.

Pleasant but bland. Nice background noise.

Meh 2.5/5

She has a nice voice. Lyrics are simple, but I guess that's Country music for the most part. Nothing really stood out other than sadness, but I guess that's Country music as well.

It’s just nice. Nothing more, nothing less

Grgeous voice

GODDAMN COUNTRY MUSIC Whiny and intolerable as usual

Quintessential country

It's more lenient towards country music. It's really good. It's definitely an underrated country album that should be heard more, especially by country fans. Great album!

Not a country fan, but the more I listened the more I liked it. Pretty great album.

Pretty singing, but a little bland, Nanci.

New to me, and enjoyable enough. Like so much country on the list it's lacking a bit of edge. At least it's sweet, rather than saccharin, and there are notes of sadness along the way. But it's missing some of what makes Iris Dement or Waxahatchee (both mentioned as comparisons in other reviews) great. But I can hear some of the folk background, and it's a nice enough find.

The music is good for what was happening in country music at the time. Her voice is nice and sweet. The songs are OK. More than a few times thaough, it felt to me like she didnt' believe what she was singing. As if she was just... singing... as a job, not as a passion.

Not quite the old time country that I love, but not quite fully sterilized modern pop country either. She’s got a nice voice, but all the songs are very similar.

refreshing

Classic lady country hits different.

Politely & with all respect, no thanks

A zero impact album

My review for "a rush of blood to the head" by coldplay got lost, so here that goes for posterity: That was a 5/5 for me because I love early coldplay and there are so many iconic songs in this album. I loved how layered their songs get based on simple riffs. A melancholy album. Highlights: clocks, the scientist, in my place, warning sign The last of the true believers is, however, a country album. I deeply dislike country, and this album is not the exception.

Fun bluegrassy sound with a great band backing her up. Not really too much standout stuff here, but not unlistenable by any stretch. Classic 80s Americana.

Quite ok, nice background music. Flows by without any effect and after the album you wonder what you just listening to. Why is this album on this list? A great mystery, which probably no one can answert.

Nanci Griffith is like Allison Kraus. Everyone should listen to a little every once in a while.

Surprisingly great!

First song that's nice. By the end I got the feeling I had listened to the one song. Also maybe just me but I couldn't hear the lyrics because of the production.

Wat een ontdekking.... FAN

Very EmmyLou Harris-esque.

Country, 45 eme album =>1/5 Très mauvais week-end cette semaine ...

i think id like her more folk forward material..

Generic but not bad 3.5/5

At least it was short

At the top, the title track (side note: starting your album with the title track seems almost quaintly civilized, at this point -- it seems like a lazy default but, 309 albums into this project, this is the first time I've noticed it, so it's kind of a spicy decision) reflects perfectly what Wikipedia describes as a turn from folk to country in Griffith's songwriting. This really exemplifies something I've long felt -- a full commitment to the genre conventions of mainstream country is typically terrible. It's the marginalia of the country world that really shine: the old-timey stuff, the folky stuff, the rock-tinged guitar albums, the "outlaws" that refuse to write about Southern politeness and an unquestioning American patriotism. I'm a believer that full-corporate machine products are almost always soulless dreck (though occasionally tasty, empty snacks in the way of a Twinkie) and that the Nashville machine is perhaps the cruelest and most ruthless producer of musical facsimiles going. On the other hand, the country music that gets produced around the edges of that system proves just what incredible depths can be offered by this style of music. 'St. Olav's Gate' is a perfect example: it's got the gently sad, beautiful voice (slightly deeper) that Dolly Parton gives us, it's got the fiddle that you hear from the bottom of Appalachia right up to Acadian country in New Brunswick and The Gaspé (and, consequently, also Louisiana). The dobro playing is so good that I had to check on whether a young Jerry Douglas was on this, but I'm just going to assume that Lloyd Green is even more legendary. A young Béla Fleck is on the banjo, for Pete's sake. I grew up with music that sounded like this (The Rankins and The Barra MacNeils have a prominent Celtic influence but they'd pay homage to this, as well). One of the most beautiful things about music with traditional folk roots (regardless of tradition, but in the Scots/Irish immigrant blended with African kind of world that underpins North America's Atlantic coast) is that there's a universal language running through it. You might not know the tune but you can understand it. Some find it repetitive but I think it's a heart-filling feeling of being at home. Beautiful, affecting, perfectly executed. Harmonies, backing musicianship, dedication to the song itself and not to anyone's contributions thereto. Perfection. 5/5

Too folky for me

It's not bad but I'm not a believer

It's a nice totally forgettable listen, Love at the Five and Dime is nice. Heck Chester my boy its all nice, but that dont make it none too great. Cooked dinner to it, so that was nice too.

Sweet, but just a bit too sweet for my taste.

music is love

Day895 - i’m a fan of folk-bluegrass country so this was a pleasure to hear

Wow- that photo on the cover is pretty priceless for historical documentation. People dressed like that! I was there… I was a kid. I remember wondering about it, what people thought was “fashionable.” Guess the same can be said for any era. But the 80’s… were special. No idea about this album or artist. Combined with that album cover… it doesn’t bode well. But I have been happily surprised before… So this one’s actually hard. I was pleasantly surprised. I almost want to give it a 4. The songs are well written. The production is good, works well with her voice, nothing is strangely trying too hard. But… she falls prey to the issue of all singer-songwriters and women in particular: is only love, relationships, their beginnings, their failures worthy of a song? Is that all the inspiration you have to draw on? 3 Boolean:true?

ABILENE TEXAS MENTIONED!! Gorgeous overall but nothing rlly stuck out to me

Smuk håbefuld melankolsk country. Stemningen på numrene er generelt varm og imødekommende, men med en underliggende melankoli, der går lige i hjertet.

Meget smukt country folk album! Dele af albummet minder mig meget om Rumors at Fleetwood Mac. Især Nancis vokal minder mig om Stevie Nicks'. Meget behageligt album at lytte til, men er mest til de stille numre på albummet, måske også dem der hælder mest til folk fremfor country. Standouts: More Than A Whisper, Love's Found A Shoulder, The Wing & The Wheel

Ni slabo!

Pretty comfy country album. Songwriting was good, if not a tad saccharine at times. No real complaints other than the fact that things sounded a little samey throughout.

#973. Decent, I guess. Kinda sounds like a Reba McEntire knockoff. 3/5: acceptable

A perfectly cromulent country album, with clever and wholesome lyrics well sung over well-executed musical backing. It's just not my thing.

Boring

Inoffensive bland country music. She’s got a nice voice but this is not for me.

Good songwriting. It turns out, that’s what I like. An enjoyable listen.

cute!

Somewhere between early Taylor Swift and Emilliu Harris is Nanci Griffiths . Traditional girl country meets modern girl indie. Her voice carries the album through some slightly repetitive song structures . It combines so well with a steel guitar I find my self enchanted- sort of the opposite that Donald Fegan keyboard combo from steely Dan that leaves me so cold . I do find jaunty honky tonk style country to be very novelty song in vibes - the first bars on banks of Pontchartrain for example .

Not really my type of music, but very enjoyable.

Wholesome, but sometimes wholesome can be a little boring.

Country/folk with great vocals

Nice voice, it hasn't converted me to folk music but it sounded nice.

Too country... Yet not country enough... I can appreciate the talent, but just can't get into the music.

I mean it's alright I guess. Although a bit unremarkable I appreciate the folky, bluegrassy production. The focus is soley on the songwriting and Nanci's performance as a singer and a storyteller which I really appeciated. She stands front and center on every track which creates a very inticate feeling, all be it a bit dull. The lyrical content is suprisingly low on the old over used country cliches and Nanci brings a lot of personality to the tracks. Nothing spectacular, but all in all a decent once-over listen. 3/5.

Like her first record a LOT more

Surprised how much I liked this. Overly sweet, but everything works. Short an well executed.

Not to overstate the fact that I’m a country music fan—because I’m really not—but it’s nice to stumble across something different every once in a while, even if that “something different” happens to be 40 years old. Nanci Griffith’s The Last of the True Believers was a welcome change of pace after being inundated with countless punk rock bands, 1960s psychedelia, and what felt like twenty-seven David Bowie albums. (Okay, that last one might be a slight exaggeration, but you get the point.) With its twangy guitars, banjo, steel guitar, mandolin, and fiddle, the album delivers a warm slice of Americana. Better yet, none of those instruments feel overused or played up as clichés. Instead, they work together to create a sound that carefully straddles the line between Country and Folk, resulting in an album that’s both inviting and refreshingly understated.

Wasn't sure what to expect from this, but it was a pleasant listen. I've come to enjoy more country as I've become an old man.

Her snakke vi nydelig. Æ e jo på ingen måte overraska over at æ likte det her, men æ likte det her skikkelig skikkelig godt. Burde definitivt høre mer på Nanci Griffith (men det har æ vel visst siden æ va en neve stor).

It’s fine. Refreshing after Snoop Dogg, but not something I would seek out normally.

The last of the true believer - 5/5 Love at the five & dime - 4/5 4/5 ✱✱✱✱ St. Olav's Gate - 5/5 More than a whisper - 5/5 Banks of the pontchartrain - 3/5 Lookin for the time (workin girl) - 4/5 Goin'Gone - 4/5 One of These Days - 3/5 Love's found a shoulder - 3/5 Fly by night - 4/5 The Wing & The Wheel - 5/5

No need to go into great depth here. I do not like the warbly voice that every now and again hits the yodel note. The compositions I feel like I have heard a million times already just with better singers and more interesting lyrics. This isn't terrible by any means, I just don't care for it. 2 stars.

Not really my cup of tea. I couldn't get into this one.

Wow I love this so much!

Twangy country-folk. Drags a bit in parts, but mostly pleasant

Loved this! Could not have been a better evening for it. Shocked I have never heard of Nanci, probably been a little too tuned out of country.

This was a joy. Tight, evocative storytelling with memorable hooks and just enough syncopation and variation to keep the album feeling fresh throughout. I hate country and I really liked this - maybe because it doesn't have the pandering bravado of most country. The rawness of the lyrics prevents from feeling saccharine, despite the bright tones and occasionally schmaltzy lap steel. I like the one where she's an irritable hooker. Five and dime has a really cool syncopation thing happening too. Delightful.

Big fan of this! The optimistic/energized feeling you get here is really refreshing. The songs can be depressing lyrically, but they still make you want to dance (very fleetwood mac). The second half of the album was better - I love me a late bloomer My family listens to a LOT of country and I cant say ive come across any of these. Stoked to share them Best songs: Banks Of The Pontchartrain, Fly By Night, Last Of The True Believers

Reminds me alot of Waxahatchee - one of my favorites. Somewhere between 4/5 on this, but a really nice addition to this list.

surprised by how much i enjoyed this!

Always considered myself a Nanci Griffith fan but have never listened to this one before. Nice record

She’s got a nice voice and many of the melodies are hummable, But the music is just so toothless, sugary, vanilla and totally void of any edge. I lose focus and concentration almost immediately

Beautiful voice really. Just a bit of a bloated album

This was easily forgettable, why is it on here?

A truly lovely album. It might not be all that forceful musically, but it really got me. Hope to return to this.

At first thought it was an average country album (a 1) but then it kinda grew on me so i buffed the rating. Gotta say i did not listen till the end, i can only take so much of this genre.

Musical wallpaper. You know that it's there but there's nothing to grab your attention or really make you take note it of once you acknowledge that it's there.

Det er hørby-dørby Contrey...

Virkelig meget country

Feel very similarly as the previous album, however, I feel the songwriting was stronger here and this was just better. The singing, instruments, etc. A little better than last album "Grevious Angel". Liked Songs: "Love At The Five & Dine" , "St. Olav's Gate" , "Banks Of The Pontchartrain" , "Goin' Gone" , "One Of These Days" , "Fly By Night" , "The Wing & The Wheel"

It was fine, I'm not the biggest country fan, especially not this more clean kind, so it didn't do much for me. Good voice tho.

Great storytelling

This trots along pleasantly and inoffensively. There are some nice touches though e.g. the violin work. Not a fan of that particular country style of vocal. Nothing particularly grabbed me

3/5

tickled my fancy... or something else, if you catch my drift?

This album made me a true believer. Nanci Griffith's voice is wonderful, and these songs reach into something more emotional than most music. My foot was tapping along almost the whole album. Favorite track: hard to choose just one, but right now I'd say "One of These Days"

This is not my favourite genre, but I really appreciate the strong songwriting.

1001 country albums that aren't really worth a listen since the artists all sing about the same things and 'problems' and essentially every song sounds the same in the end

pretty enjoyable but nothing to write home about.

Horse girl core 💖🐴🌾

She has a truly uplifting and enjoyable voice, does Nanci Griffith. And the songs are a world away from the boring MOR that most of the country artists have offered up on The Proj. There also seems to be some really sensitive and interesting uses of classic country instruments on here - plenty of twang but never too corny (I mean, it's a bit corny, but what's life without corn right?). A lovely find.

What does it say about my credibility that I gave Five Leaves Left a 3 yesterday and this a 4 on first listen? But honestly I loved this. Dynamite vocals/harmonies, beautiful songwriting, excellent hooks, crystal clear production. I’m either growing as a person or declining idk

It’s not bad.

at first i thought i couldn’t handle a full album of this but i was almost immediately proven wrong. i think nanci’s voice is so clear and pure and pretty and her love songs made me feel like i was in that little rose coloured world with her. would recommend to a friend who wants to feel light and loved.

I really enjoyed this unknown singer, I played it on repeat, good stories, and a fine fiddle.

Really came out nowhere, very emotional and moving songs. Makes you want to listen multiple times.

Good storytelling, little too country for my taste

I knew the 80s were the beginning of the end of good country music. Nancy Griffith was no Dolly Parton, and "TLotTB" proves this. No song on the album really stood out to me. Despite this, "TLotTB" is an okay album. It didn't deserve its place on the list, though. 3 stars for "The Last of the True Believers".

Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Ganz okay.

Pretty country, gave me some nostalgic vibe. But there is just something about the lyrics that makes it slightly less enjoyable then more popular song writers like Dolly. Sometime more obvious that at times just doesn't connect or flow as well.

This was a pretty album. It leaned a little too twangy country for me, but still a pleasant listen!

really enjoyed this

Could tell from the first track that this wasn't for me. Did not finish.

This is #day648 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… honestly, what is so essential about this record that you must hear it before you die? The fact that it came out in 1986 instead of during country's so-called golden age? Who even cared about country in 1986 anyway? As open-minded as I'm trying to be, I've had enough of this genre by now, and I genuinely have no idea how this record differs from half the other country albums on the list. This is a 1 out of 5. Looking forward to #day649.

Am I really about to give this a four? 30 seconds in, I was already sure it was going to be a two, but the writing is excellent, the lyrics poignant. I think I liked it

reminds me of Waxahatchee

I like it!

This isn’t a bad album, but what differentiates it from 1000s of other similar sounding records? My review isn’t directed at Nanci Griffith, but the idea that it is in any way essential.

Nice country with nice vocals but nothing really special

not even trying to be a ‘i listen to everything but country’ guy but i dont like country music

Pehmeää ja tunteellista countrya. Ihan ok. Ei tästä oikein muuta sanottavaa keksi.

I actually listen to quite a lot of alt country and americana, but I still have a prejudice against 'normal' country music, and unfortunately this sounds like that. Jaunty steel guitar, sentimental lyrics. I'm sure it's fine but it's not for me. This is also one of the things that highlights the bias of this list - there's rather a lot of country music but, so far, almost no traditional music from other posts of the world.

That was a pleasant surprise. Lovely vocals and songs, just made the morning bright. Some lap steel is a nice change from some of the grinding torture on here the last few days. Not bothered to look at the reviews on here because guessing all the country and folk hate will be in full force, funny how one of the roots of American music can be so quickly sidelined. It was a pleasant and different change to all the what has been common on here, and a good representation of the genre, nice listen - 4 Stars

Originally thinking halfway through that this was a 3 for me. But after the last couple songs and reading a bit about her (didn't know anything before getting the album on the list, didn't recognize the name), I'm reminded of John Prine and started feeling the lyrics. This was nice.

Beautiful singer and lovely album. I've never heard of her but I am glad to have discovered her. Sad to hear that she has already passed, she seemed like a real one.

People who dislike country music are just plain wrong.

Zu verkünstelt für meinen Geschmack. Und ich mag den klang von gezupfter Gitarre nicht so sehr

3.5

3.5

Helt ok. Påminner lite om Emmy Lou Harris men inte lika bra röst. Gillar albumet men älskar inte. Låten Fly by night är riktigt bra!

3 stars

I just can’t with country music.

Real bad.

hell yeah

I'm not really a country guy - this sounds well put together and Nanci Griffith occasionally sounds like she's been checking out some Joni Mitchell. But overall not my thing.

Так нежненько

Lo amé. Es muy tierno, la voz de Griffith se siente como una caricia. A su vez es tan confesional que logra conquistarte. Amo a las mujeres del folk.

alright country album although i believe it lost some of what made it special through time

This was a pleasant listen. It felt a bit like a more country/folk Carole King album. The vocals had a Stevie Nicks-esque quality, just a little softer. Maybe if her era of Fleetwood Mac had leaned more into a country sound you'd get a result close to this. Even for something that wasn't in a genre I particularly love, I thought it was solidly good. Overall: 3.1/5

nice enough

mellow vocals good stories

Easy going. Almost too much so. Another review described it as white women drinking wine, sitting in a circle around a campfire. Not a bad listen. Just done know I’ll return to it.

Just not for me - country with 80's production

County fair bandstand filler. Awful.

Country-flavored folk and bluegrass with Bela Fleck and Lyle Lovett contributing. Naive-sounding with sweet voice, pedal steel, mandolin and dobro work. Very pretty.

Good folk singing

It's ok

Great voice. Good songs. Surprised she isn't mentioned more with the women of country.

this was pretty boring

Nope. Simply not for me, sorry, nope :-(

Meh

album #42 the first song rocked, and her voice was beautiful. unfortunately, nanci then made the bold decision to animorph herself into a warbler bird. ꩜ album rating: ★★☆☆☆ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 1,047 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 25 ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 9 ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 33

One of the better 80s country albums I've heard.

Very smooth, very simple country songs but I loved it. The steel guitar and the banjo were the stars of the show, but I really dug the storytelling throughout Highlights: Banks of the Ponchartrain, One of These Days

I said this about George Jones earlier but when country music is just simple songs sung beautifully I really like it.

Twangy, but a nice, calm musical interlude. Not bad on a Tuesday morning.

I appreciate a good cry as much as the next listener, but this album is like watching Steel Magnolias on repeat. It's sweet country music, but it's also about as subtle as a truckload of confetti. Each song feels like it was written with a single tear rolling down Nanci's cheek. I mean, I get it, life's a mixed bag and all that.. but can we maybe save the emotional rollercoaster for after I've had my coffee? Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - The Last If The True Believers - Banks Of The Pontchartrain - Goin' Gone

Lo bueno de estos discos viejos de country es que son cortos.

En general bien, y las 3 últimas me las he guardado: "Love's Found a Shoulder", "Fly by Night" y "The Wing and the Wheel". Han caído varios de este Country más light cantado por voces femeninas que merecen la pena. Este tipo de música es difícil que la escuches en España en la radio así que bien venida a mi colección.

Fly By Night and give this album a try.

eh some kind of pretty but also cheesy country americana.

I'm probably not American enough to fully appreciate this. It belongs to a subculture I know little about, can't relate to and don't really care for. Nanci Griffith has a very nice voice and I'm sure she's good in her own field, but no matter how hard I try, I just can't get into slow country. This was almost painful to listen for me, it's so sickly sweet that it gives me heartburns. I had to fraction it into smaller bites to finish it. 2/10

Nice voice, 2 sweet songs. That’s about all.

This is a well produced album and I believe Nancy Griffith was a revere player and I really liked the song fly by night.

Enjoyed.

Sehr solides Country Album

recht langweilig und eintönig, nicht furchtbar, aber bleibt auch nicht in Erinnerung.

Chillig

I had only heard the earnest folk music from Nanci Griffith, which is something I do not love, though done very skillfully and with admirable earnestness. This was much better.

Awful cliché country pop music with awful cliché lyrics.

It’s a solid record, and it’s probably better than I'm in the mood for today. I can respect this more than I would ever actively reach for it.

meus preconceitos com country foram quebrados nos ultimos meses então já fui mais de mente aberta pra esse aqui ainda assim, fui apunhalado por mim mesmo porque não achei bom tem umas +- e termina ai, tá entre “nada de especial” e “chato pra porra”

definitivamente é country. não é dos piores que passaram por aqui não, mas ainda não é mto bom. mto triste porque a capa desse album eh bonita pra caraio. a música, nem tanto

Cute lil country album but that’s about it.

I wasn’t sure what yo expect on this one, but I really ended up loving it. Love her voice, love the old-ness to it. 4/17/26

excelente

Favs: Fly By Night, The Last of the True Believers, St. Olav’s Gate, Love At The Five and Dime Should it be on list: Yes

Muy country para mi gusto

I saw Nanci Griffith in concert in the early 2000s on her Clock Without Hands Tour - my girlfriend at the time really liked her. We're now married. Nanci Griffith seemed like a delightful and lovely person, but her music has never done much for me. This collection is no different. She tells compelling stories, but her voice (to me) is uninteresting. If you love her music, great! If you hate her music, you probably punch Girl Scouts when they try to sell you cookies. If you think, "This is fine, but I probably won't spend too much time listening," I get you.

I guess I'm now a country fan ... or more likely, a fan of someone with pipes like these; man what a voice. Either way, I apparently need to purchase some fringe.

Love at the five and dime is one of my favorite country songs ever. This album is everything 90s alt country could be. Woman forward, great instrumentation and songwriting to match. A perfect album for sure demonstrating what this genre can be at its best.

Good classic country. Felt cheery

The last of the music I would want to listen to. If you asked me to judge one of these songs in isolation, I would likely say: “This song is fine, but I’m glad it will end and that other, completely different songs will play in the sonic space it occupied, for which it barely earned its welcome.” That’s how I usually talk at parties. But together? How many songs do you want me to listen to with instruments that sound like they’re made of used tin cans? And backing harmonies featuring the bus driver from the Simpsons? Nah.

Nice change of pace. Not a usual genre for me but still enjoyed it.

This was pretty good. Well played, well sung, good songs. No complaints.

Should have stuck to folk

Just normal country.

This is what happens when the 1001 list finally apologizes for all the Nick Cave and Neil Young. Warm, wistful, and so deeply Texan it practically smells like bluebonnets and Shiner—every song feels like a story you half-remember from childhood but somehow needed to hear again. The voice is fragile, the writing is lethal, and somewhere between “Love at the Five and Dime” and “Gulf Coast Highway” you realize you’re emotionally invested against your will.

really aching for country and this was really good

Nah that’s not for me

🤨 what are we doing here

Обожаю кантри, особенно старое, приятные задорные мелодии идеальны для моего вечера

This is some beautiful country.

I tried. I promise. But I just can't with this country stuff.

Thought this was pretty good. 3.8/5

Good singer, not bad.

Just barely on the pop side of country-folk music. I’d never heard of her. Probably because I do not listen to country-folk music. Someone out there would really enjoy this album, but not me.

Now this is country!

The gentle delicacy of her voice with what I detect to be influences from James Taylor, Joan Baez, and even Stevie Nicks make this more enjoyable than I would usually find this type of country music.

a bit of country music from the 80's with a folkish bend to it. All in all, kind of delightful. Good morning while drinking coffee, accompanied by birdsong.

This was a terrific album combining American folk and country music! So many beautiful songs on this album and Nací Griffith’s voice and musicality is terrific!

In yet another win for college radio, I heard Nanci Griffith for the first time on the Georgia Tech station, driving through Atlanta late one night. That particular song, "Drive-In Movies and Dashboard Lights", isn't here, but this one's definitely her best album I've heard. Part of me sort of wants to associate Nanci with Lucinda Williams, though it's not really a good comparison aside from both of them being women in country who aren't burning up the charts. Nanci's got a much thinner choice, her songs sound a bit more like they're radio-ready (even if only WREK plays them), and honestly she's really not nearly as good as Lucinda. But you know, I love her voice and sometimes you just want a nice country album! I'm glad to know about her, for sure.

Loved it

i don't like country

Lovely country tunes

Always thought of Nancy as Emmylou Harris but twangier and not quite as good. There are other mid-80’s albums of hers I remember better. Still, pretty enjoyable.

What can I say, I really enjoy this one. Maybe my ears are looking for soothing sounds lately, but it's really what I wanted to hear today. The songs are all above average, some being absolutely beautiful. The vocals are great and distinctive. Nice warm and lush instrumentation. Not anything revolutionary, but a small little record that makes you like music again. 1, 2 , 4, 7, 9 , 11 are my favorites. I don't know what to say I'll give it a high 3 (I realized that I'm a bit too generous lately, Carpenters shoud get 3 as well, not a 4).

An agonizingly generic effort that epitomizes the stagnation of the country-folk genre. Despite a "clean" production, the album offers zero technical challenge, relying on rudimentary song structures and uninspired lyrical themes. For a listener seeking complexity, dynamic range, or sonic innovation, this record is a hollow experience, proving that a polished mix cannot compensate for a total lack of artistic depth

There’s nowt wrong, in so much that all country sounds the same.

Weekend country fair vibes. I like it.

I enjoy neither country nor western.

Nothing exceptional. 2/5

Not bad, just not for me. Although I've got some grunge next in the pipeline so I might regret rating this relatively low.

Very personal and grounded, this is definitely a style of country I enjoy.

The forerunner to some of my favorite artists?? Ie, Dixie Chicks, Kacey Musgraves, Band Perry, and dare I even say, Taylor Swift??

Seems like pretty boring country?

Could be good background music and if I'm in a really chill mood for reading or something. But didn't grab my attention fully.

I feel like this was a good get out of bed and start the day album. However, unlikely I revisit anytime soon. 2.8

My big mistake today was queuing this up directly after the new Teseschi Trucks Band album. That album kicks ass. Can’t believe I had never heard that band before. On the other hand, this album was slow and boring. There’s beauty there, but I would have to be in the right mood. 5/10 Decent

Wanted more Joni Mitchell, she went more country

Igual piloits

Lovely voice, very nice songs.

Standouts Banks of the Pontchartrain

Americana is not one of my favorite genres. Love At the Five & Dime is better than the title track. This is Emily Kinney's favorite album. There's a style of delivery for this style of music that makes everyone's voice sound put on.

I don't really like country music.

Starts off pretty solid, but overstays its welcome. Starts to sound awfully samey and could really benefit from a little oomph.

Undeniably pleasant.

Boring. I can appreciate she has a nice voice and the music is ok but it sounds like generic country music to me. Even the album cover is boring.

This was good and up my alley but I didn’t find any standout songs but I’m sure Nanci has some. 3.5/5

Pleasant but a little too country for me.

More country! As always with stuff like this I like lively songs more than slow, sad ones, and songs with interesting stories over love songs. So I didn't love the whole thing, but a couple of them got me thinking. "Banks of the Pontchartrain" was one that stood out; I'm a sucker for a train-riding travel song. Her cousin Libby's going to be standing by the tracks when she arrives, so obviously we're in the country now, since doing that at Penn Station would be a little more complicated. "Love at the Five and Dime" reminds me of when I worked at a Woolworth's in the 70s and the attached luncheonette was going to be shut down by the health department, so everyone on the restaurant staff had to work overtime all night long cleaning it up. My heart goes out to those workers now, though at the time I just thanked the fates that I was in the music department and didn't have to deal with that. And "Looking for the Time (Workin' Girl) had a good attitude - yeah, you leave that working girl alone if you're just going to waste her time, ok? I can see why this is good and has been included in the book, though for me a whole record of it took a bit of patience. I wish there were a couple instrumental songs on here, since it sounded like the backing musicians were really good (Béla Fleck is on banjo!). But it's a vocal album, so I shouldn't complain that there are too many vocals. 3 stars

Listened Before? N Wow, this is a very good country album. I haven't heard of her (that I remember), and that's a bit sad. I really enjoyed the whole thing beginning to end. Added to Library? Y Songs added to playlist: Love At The Five & Dime

Is this entire list just white people with acoustic guitars??????? Guy who wrote this had a record collection so un-eclectic it could give Swifties a run for their money. Anyway, this album, for as boring as I find this type of music, is actually not bad, for what it is. But what it is is still dull

This is as good as country music gets. Unfortunately not for me but her singing is really nice.

Love her voice.

Pretty sweet. Better than most country I’ve heard.

beter dan verwacht, country maar niet super country

Got to listen to this one while driving through the countryside. It was pretty great, just really calming tunes with great melodies and a great voice behind them.

Pretty enough, and a far different sound than most of the music on the 1001 albums. Still, largely forgettable, I'm afraid. If you like songs that are beautifully sung in a simple, heart-breaking country style, you should definitely like this. If that doesn't sound like your style, the entire album is just a little over half an hour, so it won't be that much time wasted.

This album was better than expected. Of course, that was hurdling a bit of a low bar. Nothing on here is spectacular. Griffith has a nice voice, pretty. The songs just weren't amazing. Average album.

Pretty voice. Like a Dolly Parton. Little too twangy and country for me, but not hard to listen to. singer songwriting, very classic feeling 3/5

It was fine. Not what I'm looking for though. Another lovely voice but mostly the songs just seem to be there.

Pretty good