From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith

Performer: Nanci Griffith
Artist: Mac McAnally
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Producers: Nanci Griffith, Tony Brown, Glyn Johns, Peter Van Hooke, Rod Argent. Compilation producer: Mike Ragogna. Includes liner notes by Robyn Flans. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Liner Note Author: Robyn Flans. Photographers: Peter Nash; Sherry Ryan Barnett; Caroline Greyshock. 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

Uncut (9/02, p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A Best Of which, for once, lives up to the billing." Mojo (Publisher) (11/02, p.118) - "...An ideal starter for those not already familiar with the Texas roots maverick's highly personalised imagery."

Nanci Griffith has been a shining light in the American roots music community since the 1980s. Considered the female equivalent of maverick singer-songwriters such as Lyle Lovett and Dwight Yoakam, Griffith made several stellar albums that blended country, folk, and twangy rockabilly (she's an avowed Buddy Holly & the Crickets fan) into a sound distinctly her own. The Texas native recorded two albums of cover songs that made clear her influences extended well beyond the Lone Star state, and in 2007 she released RUBY'S TORCH, an album of pop standards and ballads that further extended her grasp on vintage American music.

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