Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful)

Nanci Griffith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 21, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 21, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000007SBD
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (72 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,634 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not her best, but....., July 14, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful) (Audio CD)

After reading the other reviews, how did we Nanci lovers react to "Other Voices, Other Rooms, Too"? Various ways. Some loved it. Why? Well because it is better than 99% of music released these days. Others were appalled because it isn't one of her masterpieces (Ms. Griffith has always been a risk taker--sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't). So they express their chagrin with low ratings.

"Too" is not her greatest album, but it does grow on you. Any album that has such a stunning version of Sandy Denny's "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?"(the high point of the album for me) and the beautiful "Dress of Laces", not to mention Richard Thompson's rocking "Wall of Death", and her versions of "Yarrington Town," and Stephen Foster's "Hard Times, Come Again No More," belongs in any folk music lover's library.

No it's not her best but....I just talked myself into giving it four stars instead of three.

I told you it would grow on you!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic covers album that compliments the first instalment, April 24, 2005

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Mr N Forbes-warren "author of RESURGENCE and ... (Newport, South Wales, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful) (Audio CD)

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!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Compilation, August 5, 2003

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Mad Dog "maddog6969" (TimbuckThree, Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful) (Audio CD)

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.