Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)

Nanci Griffith

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: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (76 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #65,783 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com's Best of 1998
Some find the Texas thrush a bit precious. (Maybe it's the way she sings "When I woke up this mawwwwwnin'" on this album's "You Were on My Mind"). Still, the sequel to her popular Other Voices, Other Rooms provides an easy-to-take introduction to some classic folk songs and performers. The likes of Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and John Prine add depth and range to the good-natured song swap. --Steven Stolder

Amazon.com
Few performers these days take the time to pay tribute to the artists whose work shaped their sensibilities. Fewer still make the effort to track down those artists and include them in a project that calls attention to their greatness. Nanci Griffith, on the other hand, has done it twice. Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) is the sequel to Other Voices, Other Rooms, Griffith's first such collection, which was a triumph on almost every level. The new album is nearly its equal, featuring performances from more than two dozen guest artists, including luminaries such as Ian Tyson, Guy Clark, Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, John Prine, Rodney Crowell, and Dave Von Ronk. The effect is not unlike that of an old-fashioned (albeit unusually large) guitar pull, with traded vocals, inspired musicianship, well-selected material, and genuine camaraderie. --Daniel Durchholz

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Between 3 and 4 stars, February 15, 2003

By	www.MoisBenarroch.com "www.MoisBenarroch.com" (Israel) - See all my reviews

There are 73 minutes in this cd, but it could have been a much better cd at 50 minutes, some songs are great, others just are not so good, not enough to be in a CD. But this cd will always be important for collectors, in it you'll find the best version of Guy Clark's Desperadoes waiting for a train, with a cast including JJ Walker, JD Guilmore, S Earle, Guy Clark,
other in this cd include Lucinda williams, Tom Russell, Richard Thomspon, Ian Tyson, a great cast of songwriters and singers.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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!