Released March 1997 | Length 49:01 Release date March 1997 | |
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Blue Roses from the Moons(1997) Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)(1998) Similar Clock Without Hands, The Dust Bowl Symphony, Poet in My Window, There's a Light Beyond T, Other Voices - Too | ||
Blue Roses from the Moons is a studio album by Nanci Griffith, released in March 1997. The album was recorded from live takes in the studio, with her band The Blue Moon Orchestra and Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis and Joe B. Mauldin of The Crickets. Darius Rucker duets with Griffith on "Gulf Coast Highway". The song "Waiting for Love", written by Griffiths, and commencing "Life is full of finer things / They're lost and found in the dark" was later re-recorded with symphony orchestra for the 1999 album The Dust Bowl Symphony.
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Reception
For AllMusic, the critic Thom Owens wrote, "Though the slick sound is a little disarming for longtime fans, Griffith's songwriting remains skilled and assured, and while there aren't as many as standout numbers as before, her graceful melodicism and lyricism and the professional production makes Blue Roses From the Moons a very pleasant listen."
Track listing
All tracks composed by Nanci Griffith except where indicated.
- "Everything's Comin' Up Roses" (Griffith, Matthew Ryan) – 2:55
- "Two For the Road" – 3:04
- "Wouldn't That Be Fine" – 4:06
- "Battlefield" (Nick Lowe, Paul Carrack) – 3:34
- "Saint Teresa of Avila" (Griffith, Margaret Mary Graham, Mikki Griffith) – 5:20
- "Gulf Coast Highway" (Griffith, James Hooker, Danny Flowers) – 3:30
- "I Fought the Law" (Sonny Curtis) – 2:37
- "Not My Way Home" – 3:54
- "Is This All There Is?" (Griffith, Tom Littlefield) – 3:48
- "Maybe Tomorrow" (Griffith, Harlan Howard) – 2:20
- "Waiting For Love" – 4:11
- "I'll Move Along" (Griffith, Tom Littlefield) – 2:39
- "Morning Train" (Suzy Elkins, Robert Field) – 3:09
- "She Ain't Goin' Nowhere" (Guy Clark) – 3:41
Songs
1Everything's Comin' Up Roses2:55
2Two for the Road3:04
3Wouldn't That Be Fine4:06