The Last of the True Believers

NOW THIS IS SOME GOOD COUNTRY YEEHAW

perfect album, and incredulous that I've never heard of her before. incredible songwriting, beautiful voice. immediate classic.

Even the prostitute song is boring.

White, sweet, yet surprisingly soulful, Nanci Griffith is like the female John Denver: her heart's clearly in the right place, she knows what she's doing, but there's a level of embarrassment that comes w/ listening to her. I think the best country, e'en at its most festive, has a great deal of pain behind it - it's tragedy that funds its humane language & melodies. I don't hear a lot of pain in Griffith's voice, just as I don't hear much in Denver's. That has to be a considerable drawback. & yet, Griffith, like Denver, can surely sing, & she has good songs to her name. Is The Last Of The True Believers an all-out mess of sentimentality & whiteness? I don't think so. Is it ultimately a record that is yet too white & too sentimental? I think it must be. WHITE!

there's a gem in here somewhere behind all the fiddle and steel guitar

Decently written and recorded country/americana music, but no real hard-hitting tracks.

Ок, кантрі\американа альбом. Душевно, добре таке влітку ввечері слухати.

Very run-of-the-mill country songs. I thought Fly By Night was alright.

I revisited this once I wasn't so tired and was in a better mood. It's pretty much what I thought it would be. It's good and I can hear it pulling from Joni. I would never complain if someone else threw this one but I can't see me ever spinning it myself.

I'm not in a super open minded place today listening to this. I think there's something going on here that's good but my tired ears just can't hear it.

Decent country, but nothing I feel compelled to revisit

Her voice is very mellowing and there is a great range of instrumentation. The album is a solid old country record, but nothing too extraordinary all the same.

7/10 [KEEP]

Not in the mood for storytelling and retro country unfortunately. My ears have gotten used to modern country-rap/rock that older music feels like being in a time I could never comprehend. A time where folk instruments did not have the hard hitting rock elements I prefer.

The harmonies are nice though. Though I guess I was expecting something like Kacey Musgraves (2.5)

An album that's here for its songwriting. It's a nice album. Struggle to see this in context of the time since I feel like I've heard this sort of thing a million times by now but this supposedly help paved the way for Americana. Can't confirm. 3/5.

My review for "a rush of blood to the head" by coldplay got lost, so here that goes for posterity: That was a 5/5 for me because I love early coldplay and there are so many iconic songs in this album. I loved how layered their songs get based on simple riffs. A melancholy album. Highlights: clocks, the scientist, in my place, warning sign

The last of the true believers is, however, a country album. I deeply dislike country, and this album is not the exception.

Somewhere between early Taylor Swift and Emilliu Harris is Nanci Griffiths . Traditional girl country meets modern girl indie.

Her voice carries the album through some slightly repetitive song structures . It combines so well with a steel guitar I find my self enchanted- sort of the opposite that Donald Fegan keyboard combo from steely Dan that leaves me so cold .

I do find jaunty honky tonk style country to be very novelty song in vibes - the first bars on banks of Pontchartrain for example .

Surprised how much I liked this. Overly sweet, but everything works. Short an well executed.

No need to go into great depth here. I do not like the warbly voice that every now and again hits the yodel note. The compositions I feel like I have heard a million times already just with better singers and more interesting lyrics.
This isn't terrible by any means, I just don't care for it.
2 stars.

People who dislike country music are just plain wrong.

Lo amé. Es muy tierno, la voz de Griffith se siente como una caricia. A su vez es tan confesional que logra conquistarte.
Amo a las mujeres del folk.

County fair bandstand filler. Awful.