Other Voices, Other Rooms (Nanci Griffith album)

Other Voices, Other Rooms is Nanci Griffith's tenth album, released in 1993. It consists of songs written by other songwriters who have influenced her own career. Guest artists who appear in their own compositions include Frank Christian playing guitar on "Three Flights Up", Bob Dylan playing harmonica on "Boots of Spanish Leather", and John Prine lending harmony vocals on "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness". The album get its name from the Truman Capote novel of the same name.

Other Voices, Other Rooms
Studio album by Nanci Griffith
Released	2 March 1993 (US)
Recorded	Nashville, Tennessee, Dublin, Ireland, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Country Folk
Length	1:02:08
Label	Elektra
Producer	Jim Rooney
Nanci Griffith chronology
Late Night Grande Hotel (1991) Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993) Flyer (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
NME	(7/10) [2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

The album rose into the #54 position on the Billboard Pop Albums chart in 1993, although it had no charting singles. The album concept was inspired by the 1990 album True Voices which was also made up of cover songs including one that Griffith recorded on Other Voices, Other Rooms - Across The Great Divide, written by Kate Wolf. "Other Voices, Other Rooms" was certified gold by the RIAA on January 30, 2005,[5] signifying shipments of 500,000 units in the U.S.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Across the Great Divide" (with Emmylou Harris)	Kate Wolf	3:57
2.	"Woman of the Phoenix" (with James Hooker)	Vince Bell	2:41
3.	"Tecumseh Valley" (with Arlo Guthrie)	Townes Van Zandt	4:29
4.	"Three Flights Up"	Frank Christian	3:31
5.	"Boots of Spanish Leather"	Bob Dylan	5:17
6.	"Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (with John Prine)	John Prine	4:20
7.	"From Clare to Here" (with Pete Cummins)	Ralph McTell	5:11
8.	"Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" (with Carolyn Hester)	Tom Paxton	3:16
9.	"Do-Re-Mi" (with Guy Clark)	Woody Guthrie	2:52
10.	"This Old Town"	Janis Ian, Jon Vezner	3:00
11.	"Comin' Down in the Rain" (with Lee Satterfield)	Buddy Mondlock	3:45
12.	"Ten Degrees and Getting Colder" (with Iris DeMent)	Gordon Lightfoot	2:40
13.	"Morning Song for Sally"	Jerry Jeff Walker	4:55
14.	"Night Rider's Lament" (with Don Edwards)	Michael Burton	3:57
15.	"Are You Tired of Me Darling?" (with Iris DeMent and Emmylou Harris)	G.P. Cook, Ralph Rolan	3:11
16.	"Turn Around"	Malvina Reynolds/Harry Belafonte/Alan Greene	3:19
17.	"Wimoweh" (with Odetta, Indigo Girls, Kennedy Rose, John Prine, James Hooker, Holly & Barry Tashian, John Gorka, Dave Mallett, Marlin Griffith (Nanci's father), Jim Rooney)	Solomon Linda	1:47

Awards and recognition

Griffith won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and producer Jim Rooney won a Grammy Award for production.

Personnel

• Nanci Griffith – vocals, guitar harmony vocals
• Chet Atkins – guitar
• Fran Breen – drums, percussion
• John Catchings – cello
• Frank Christian – guitar
• Guy Clark – guitar, vocals
• Pete Cummins – harmony vocals, guitar
• Iris DeMent – vocals, harmony vocals, guitar
• Philip Donnelly – guitar
• Stuart Duncan – mandolin, violin
• Bob Dylan – harmonica
• Béla Fleck – banjo
• Pat Flynn – guitar
• Arlo Guthrie – harmony vocals, guitar
• Emmylou Harris – harmony vocals, guitar
• John Hartford – banjo, vocals
• Carolyn Hester – harmony vocals, guitar
• James Hooker – harmony vocal, organ, piano, keyboards
• Roy M. "Junior" Husky – bass
• Lee Satterfield – guitar, harmony vocals
• Mary Ann Kennedy – percussion, vocals
• Pete Kennedy – guitar
• Leo Kottke – guitar
• Alison Krauss – violin
• Pat McInerney – percussion
• Edgar Meyer – bass
• David Mallett – vocals
• Odetta – vocals
• John Gorka – vocals
• Don Edwards – yodeling
• Marlin Griffith – vocals
• John Prine – vocals, harmony vocals
• Amy Ray – vocals
• Jim Rooney – vocals
• Pamela Rose – vocals
• Emily Saliers – vocals
• Holly Tashian – vocals
• Barry Tashian – vocals
• Andrea Zonn – viola

References

1. Johnny Loftus. "Other Voices, Other Rooms - Nanci Griffith | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
2. "Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms CD Album". Cduniverse.com. 1993-03-02. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
3. "CG: nanci griffith". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
4. "Nanci Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Web.archive.org. 1993-04-15. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved 2016-06-20.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
5. "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". Riaa.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.