Poet in My Window

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Poet in My Window
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Studio album by
Released1982
RecordedLoma Ranch Studio, Fredericksburg, Texas
Genre Folk
Length33:57
Label Featherbed (original) [1]
Philo Records
Producer Nanci Griffith, John Hill, Laurie Hill
Nanci Griffith chronology
There's a Light Beyond These Woods
(1978)
Poet in My Window
(1982)
Once in a Very Blue Moon
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
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Poet in My Window is the second studio album by the singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, released in 1982. [6] [7] A reissue of the album included a bonus track, "Can't Love Wrong", in the unusual position as the album's lead-off track, preceding all of the original tracks. [8] Griffith wrote all but one of the album's tunes.

Contents

Critical reception

Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., for AllMusic, wrote that "While Poet in My Window is only a small step up from Nanci Griffith's debut, the album finds her inching toward the mature art of Once in a Very Blue Moon." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nanci Griffith, except "Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown" by Jimmie Gilmore and John Reed

No.TitleLength
1."Marilyn Monroe/Neon and Waltzes"2:42
2."Heart of a Miner"3:37
3."Julie Anne"3:09
4."You Can't Go Home Again"3:58
5."October Reasons"3:20
6."Wheels"2:45
7."Workin' in Corners"4:03
8."Waltzing with the Angels"3:04
9."Trouble with Roses"2:27
10."Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown"2:33
11."Poet in My Window"2:19
Total length:33:57
2002 Reissue bonus track
No.TitleNoteLength
1."Can't Love Wrong"Inserted as first track on reissue.2:57

Personnel

Production

Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [9]

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