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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends
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The album cover shows Nanci Griffith standing outside a Woolworth's, holding a book of poetry--a recurring motif in her album art--while lovers dance behind her. That combination of the most quotidian, small-town details and the most committed but rarely pretentious poetic ambition is the key to Griffith's art. Her fourth and final album for Philo, a quiet masterpiece of the Texas singer-songwriter's style, weaves together a spunky, newgrass sound (courtesy of Bela Fleck and Mark O'Connor) and songs of leaving home and leaving lovers. --Roy Kasten
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Manufacturer: Philo / Umgd
Release date: 25 October 1990
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0011671110929 UPC: 011671110929
Release date: 25 October 1990
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0011671110929 UPC: 011671110929
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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (1794 music items)
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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (1794 music items)