I was thinking Brooklyn but you went to the source. Respect.

Yeah, I wondered which way it would go. Lemmy for me too, though it could also have been "bedtime"...

I was of the opposite opinion. I thought even though Nanci doesnt' have a very strong voice at least it was cute. She sings soft with a slight country twang but doesn't over do it. At time she glides her notes like Judee Sill. I thought the vocals were sweet. While I like a few of the musicians that appear on the album I was keen on the delivery. I thought they played it safe probably cause it was more orient toward Country Pop.

First time I tried listening to this, I was absolutely not in the mood and I gave up pretty quickly.

Turned out the album wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be and not as country leaning as I expected. The first track is a pretty good example of a style of country that I can't stand, though. I get calling most of this album folk, but the first track, with its instrumentation, its backing vocals, and even the vocal melody... it sounds like country. The kind of soft, radio oriented Nashville country that my parents have been boring me to tears with for the last 15 years, no less.

"Do Re Mi" is even worse. I hate that song. Maybe hard to understand, depending on where you're come at this from, but for me, that's one tremendously unappealing song and it exemplifies a lot of traits that are the very reason why I dodge and roll every time a country song is near.

Much of the rest of the album fares better. Nanci has a sweet voice, although nothing exciting. The music is well played, but designed to be inoffensive background filler. No substance, but it's nice enough. I can feel very, very engaged by something like Joan Baez's first few albums - much of the songs on which come from the same source as the songs on this album generally do. But where Baez is brimming with passion and the music is quiet but powerful, this Nanci Griffith album is just sort of flatlining.

In the abstract, I kind of get what people see in this, but it's a fact that it fails to light any sort of fire under yours truly. I can get along with "boring" singer/songwriter, folk and jazz of the "mild and inoffensive" variety in some cases, but most of any of those styles just bores me.

For me, this album sadly fits the "meh" category rather perfectly.

Sorry to crap on yet another album choice of yours, Troll! If it's any consolation, I guarantee you that everyone will hate my upcoming album. Feel free to punish me with 2-3 albums that you want to force me to listen to and review in my journal. I'll do it just as an apology for the rudeness, Trollheart :laughing:

That is a corny ass song. Worst on the album and Woody Guthrie’s worst as well.

Woody Guthrie is still an unassailable all time great and if you haven’t already learn it. His music is absolutely essential. You cannot live without it.

One particular Guthrie album that I should make sure to hear?

They’ve all been repackaged and rearranged it’s more a matter of what songs



Buffalo Skinners



I have a record where he sings Stewball with LeadBelly but I can’t find it on youtube.

@Shaz: hey don't worry. I'm used to people ****ting on my album picks by now. Actually surprised so many people are enjoying this, compared to the usual reaction I engender. It ain't for everyone, and it's far from my favourite Nanci album, but I felt there was more a chance of people giving her a chance with songs they might know. Mostly, it seems to have worked.

Her voice just didn't resonate with me for some reason I can't quite explain. Maybe it was the cuteness or the twang or her delivery or a combination of the three. Not bad, just not my style. They did seem to be playing it safe for the Country Pop crowd, though, and that just made it seem too watered-down for my taste.