Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith album)

Other Voices, Other Rooms is Nanci Griffith's tenth album, released on March 2, 1993. It was her first album for Elektra Records after leaving MCA Records. It consists entirely of cover songs, in tribute to songwriters who influenced her own songwriting.[5] Guest artists who appear in their own compositions include Frank Christian playing guitar on "Three Flights Up", Bob Dylan playing harmonica on "Boots of Spanish Leather", and John Prine lending harmony vocals on "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness". The album get its name from the Truman Capote novel of the same name.

Other Voices, Other Rooms
Studio album by
Nanci Griffith
Released2 March 1993 (US)
RecordedNashville, Tennessee, Dublin, Ireland, Los Angeles, California
GenreCountry folk
Length1:02:08
LabelElektra
ProducerJim Rooney
Nanci Griffith chronology
Late Night Grande Hotel
(1991)		 Other Voices, Other Rooms
(1993)		 Flyer
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
NME(7/10) [2]
Robert Christgau [3]
Rolling Stone [4]

The album rose to the No. 54 position on the Billboard Pop Albums chart in 1993, although it had no charting singles. The album concept was inspired by the 1990 album True Voices, which was also made up of cover songs including one that Griffith recorded on Other Voices, Other Rooms – "Across The Great Divide", written by Kate Wolf. Other Voices, Other Rooms was certified gold by the RIAA on January 30, 2005,[6] signifying shipments of 500,000 units in the United States.

In 1998, Griffith released a sequel album titled Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful).

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Across the Great Divide" (with Emmylou Harris)Kate Wolf3:57
2."Woman of the Phoenix" (with James Hooker)Vince Bell2:41
3."Tecumseh Valley" (with Arlo Guthrie)Townes Van Zandt4:29
4."Three Flights Up"Frank Christian3:31
5."Boots of Spanish Leather"Bob Dylan5:17
6."Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (with John Prine)John Prine4:20
7."From Clare to Here" (with Pete Cummins)Ralph McTell5:11
8."Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" (with Carolyn Hester)Tom Paxton3:16
9."Do-Re-Mi" (with Guy Clark)Woody Guthrie2:52
10."This Old Town"Janis Ian, Jon Vezner3:00
11."Comin' Down in the Rain" (with Lee Satterfield)Buddy Mondlock3:45
12."Ten Degrees and Getting Colder" (with Iris DeMent)Gordon Lightfoot2:40
13."Morning Song for Sally"Jerry Jeff Walker4:55
14."Night Rider's Lament" (with Don Edwards)Michael Burton3:57
15."Are You Tired of Me Darling?" (with Iris DeMent and Emmylou Harris)G.P. Cook, Ralph Rolan3:11
16."Turn Around"Malvina Reynolds/Harry Belafonte/Alan Greene3:19
17."Wimoweh" (with Odetta, Indigo Girls, Kennedy Rose, John Prine, James Hooker, Holly & Barry Tashian, John Gorka, Dave Mallett, Marlin Griffith (Nanci's father), Jim Rooney)Solomon Linda1:47

Awards and recognition

Griffith won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and producer Jim Rooney won a Grammy Award for production.

Personnel

References
  1. Johnny Loftus. "Other Voices, Other Rooms - Nanci Griffith | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  2. "Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms CD Album". Cduniverse.com. March 2, 1993. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. "CG: nanci griffith". Robert Christgau. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  4. "Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Web.archive.org. April 15, 1993. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved June 20, 2016.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. http://www.brisbin.net/Nanci/nancimwlart.html
  6. "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". Riaa.com. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
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