Poet in My Window explained

Poet in My Window
Type:	Album
Artist:	Nanci Griffith
Cover:	NanciGriffithPoetinMyWindow.jpg
Released:	1982
Recorded:	Loma Ranch Studio, Fredericksburg, Texas
Genre:	Folk
Length:	33:57
Label:	Featherbed (original) Philo Records
Producer:	Nanci Griffith, John Hill, Laurie Hill
Prev Title:	There's a Light Beyond These Woods
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Once in a Very Blue Moon
Next Year:	1985

Poet in My Window is the second studio album by the singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, released in 1982.^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3] Griffith wrote all but one of the album's tunes.

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."

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 – 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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nanci Griffith | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Nanci Griffith. https://web.archive.org/web/20180720195304/http://www.mtv.com/news/515678/nanci-griffith/. dead. July 20, 2018. MTV News.
3. Web site: Nanci Griffith - Poet In My Window. www.countrystandardtime.com.
4. Poet in My Window . Nanci Griffith . liner notes . 1982 . . Philo CD 1098.