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Track Listings
| 1. I Don't Wanna Talk About Love |
| 2. Drive-In Movies And Dashboard Lights |
| 3. You Made This Love A Teardrop |
| 4. Brave Companion Of The Road |
| 5. Storms |
| 6. It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go |
| 7. If Wishes Were Changes |
| 8. Listen To The Radio |
| 9. Leaving The Harbor |
| 10. Radio Fragile |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
A restless departure from her country-folk sound, Nanci Griffith's sixth album pulls together an unlikely group of studio aces--Bernie Leadon, Albert Lee, Phil Everly and Fran Breen--to shape an electric folk-rock that somehow never swamps her original material. The title track was written by ex-husband Eric Taylor, but the rest of the album is vintage Griffith: message songs, small-town songs, redolent love songs. Producer Glyn Jones shows a debt to Daniel Lanois in the mysterious atmospherics of "Radio Fragile", and if the album as a whole never quite equals her best work, Storms is a unique experiment, a sonic milestone in Griffith's career.--Roy Kasten
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I was already a huge Nanci Griffith fan when I bought this album, but found it seriously disappointing when I first heard it. Where was the country sound of "Lone Star State of Mind" or "One Fair Summer's Evening"? Apparently replaced by synthesizers and drum machines.
But it grew on me. First of all there was the tough humanitarian lyric of "It's a hard life wherever you go". Then the gorgeous duet with Phil Everly on "You made this love a teardrop", the Wim Wenders inspired "If wishes were changes" and the lovely opening bars of "I don't wanna talk about love" - so warm and soothing they ought to be a soup commercial!
Buy this album, listen to it a few times, and if you don't love it you can sue me. I'm not worried!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I bought this album after Lone Star State Of Mind whetted my appetite for Nanci's music and at first I hated it, so much so that I left it aside for years until reviewing my music collection after acquiring an ipod, and now its become a favourite. Whilst not at her best here, there are some gems if you look past the purist view and accept Phil Everly's synthesiser contribution and the occasionally intrusive drum machine rythms. As an opening track, "I don't wana talk about love" disappoints, but "Drive In Movies and Dashboard Lights" is well crafted and pure Nanci family moralisation. Nanci's love affair with Ireland kicks off an otherwise interesting "It's a hard life..". (Why do Americans always sound like John Wayne in the Quiet Man whenever Ireland is mentioned...?)The middle of the album sags a little, but NG redeems herself with the last three tracks, particularly the haunting "Radio Fragile". As I said,not one for the purists, but compelling nonetheless, tracks one and seven notwithstanding.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Other reviewers seem to think this isn't near her best, but I disagree completely. You need to listen to it on its own terms, perhaps, rather than imposing a preconceived idea of a typical Nanci album. But it's sold gold throughout, without a single weak song in sight, and overall a beautiful balance that feeds heart, mind and the spirit. I'm particularly fond of it, as it was the only thing that got me through a lonely first year at university in 1989 & 1990. My all-time favourite album by anyone, in fact.
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Classic Nanci Griffith
I am a huge fan of Nanci Griffith, but this album is probably my favourite. The sound is more "radio friendly" than her earlier work but this shouldn't put off any folk/country... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Kate Barney
Nancy at her best especially with the Blue Moon Orchestra
The 100% analogue version (on vinyl)on the Alto label really brings this recording alive - especially when heard on high end Hi-Fi equipment. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2000 by peteryates@peteryates.screaming.net
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