''Poet in My Window'' is the second studio album by the singer-songwriter
Nanci Griffith
Nanci Caroline Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She appeared many times on the PBS music program ''Austin City Limits'' starting in 1985 (season 10). In 1994 she won a Grammy Award f ...
, released in 1982. A reissue of the album included a
bonus track
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, "Can't Love Wrong", in the unusual position as the album's lead-off track, preceding all of the original tracks.
Griffith wrote all but one of the album's tunes.
Critical reception
Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., for
AllMusic
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, 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''."
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Track listing
Personnel
*Nanci Griffith – acoustic guitar, lead vocals, harmony vocals
*Brian Wood – acoustic lead guitar, pedal steel, harmony vocals
*Wells Young – piano, synthesizer; bass on "October Reasons"
* Eric Taylor – bass
*Evelyne Taylor – harmony vocals
*John Hill – drums
*The Gulf Coasters – harmony vocals on "Wheels"
**Marlin Griffith – tenor
**Al Copp – bass
**John Grosnick – lead
**Dick Blatter – baritone
**Mo Rector – vocal arrangement
Production
*Nanci Griffith
Nanci Caroline Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She appeared many times on the PBS music program ''Austin City Limits'' starting in 1985 (season 10). In 1994 she won a Grammy Award f ...
– Producer
*John Hill – Producer, engineer
*Laurie Hill – Producer, engineer
*Brian Wood – Associate Producer
*Tom Southwick – Executive Producer
Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
References
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Nanci Griffith albums
1982 albums