From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith

by Nanci Griffith

Overview

MCA Nashville's 2002 release From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith is a 22-track collection that covers the singer/songwriter's popular -- and arguably creative -- peak at MCA Records during the late '80s and early '90s. During this time she released five albums, each getting ample space on this collection. Since it concentrates just on MCA tracks, the four songs from her early records on Philo -- "Once in a Very Blue Moon," "Lookin' for the Time (Workin' Girl)," "Love at the Five and Dime," and "The Wing and the Wheel" -- are all live versions, cut during her time at MCA, but they're all good renditions, and they help make this a nice summary of Griffith's '80s peak. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/25/2002
Label:	Mca Nashville / Mca
UPC:	0008817030128
Rank:	6969

Tracks

1. Lone Star State of Mind
2. Cold Hearts/Closed Minds
3. From a Distance
4. Ford Econoline
5. Trouble in the Fields
6. There's a Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)
7. Looking for the Time (Workin' Girl)
8. I Don't Want to Talk About Love
9. Drive-In Movies and Dashboard Lights
10. It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go
11. If Wishes Were Changes
12. Once in a Very Blue Moon
13. Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool
14. I Knew Love
15. Gulf Coast Highway
16. I Wish It Would Rain
17. Outbound Plane
18. Love at the Five and Dime
19. It's Just Another Morning Here
20. Late Night Grande Hotel
21. Hometown Streets
22. The Wing and the Wheel

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nanci Griffith   Primary Artist
Mac McAnally   Primary Artist,Guest Artist

Technical Credits

Gene Levine   Composer
Fred Koller   Composer
Mac McAnally   Performer
Julie Gold   Composer
Erick Labson   Mastering
Eugene Levine   Composer
Rod Argent   Producer
Nanci Griffith   Composer,Producer
Mike Ragogna   Compilation Producer
Tom Russell   Composer
Daniel Flowers   Composer
Danny Flowers   Composer
Robyn Flans   Liner Notes
Barry Korkin   Editorial Assistant
Roger Brown   Composer
Vartan   Art Direction
Peter Van Hooke   Producer
Mary Margaret   Composer
Glyn Johns   Producer
Tony Brown   Producer
Caroline Greyshock   Photography
Beth Stempel   Production Coordination
Sherry Ryan Barnett   Photography
Peter Nash   Photography
Pat Alger   Composer
Rick West   Composer
James Hooker   Composer
James H. Brown Jr.   Composer