The Complete MCA Studio Recordings

Infobox Album | Name = The Complete MCA Studio Recordings
Type = compilation
Artist = Nanci Griffith


Released = 2003
Genre = Folk / Country
Length = 157.37
Label = MCA Nashville
Producer = Mike Ragogna [compilation]
Reviews = *The Music Box Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.musicbox-online.com/ng-mca.html link] * popmatters.com [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/g/griffithnanci-completemca.shtml link]
Last album = "Winter Marquee"
(2002)
This album = "The Complete MCA Studio Recordings"
(2003)
Next album = "Hearts in Mind"
(2004)

The Complete MCA Studio Recordings is a compilation album spanning the five year period, from 1987 to 1991, that Nanci Griffith spent with MCA Records. The 46 track, two CD album features many of the songs from the four studio albums recorded on the label during these years - Lone Star State of Mind (1987) , Little Love Affairs (1988) , Storms (1989) and Late Night Grande Hotel (1991).

Track listing

Disc 1

#"Tumble And Fall" (Nanci Griffith) 2:41
#"Lone Star State Of Mind" (Fred Koller / Pat Alger / Gene Levine) 3:58
#"Cold Hearts/Closed Minds" (Nanci Griffith) 2:42
#"From A Distance" (Julie Gold) 4:12
#"Beacon Street" (Nanci Griffith) 2:52
#"Nickel Dreams" (Mac McAnally / Don Lowery) 2:50
#"Sing One For Sister" (Robert Earl Keen Jnr) 3:22
#"Ford Econoline" (Nanci Griffith) 2:13
#"Trouble In The Fields" (Nanci Griffith / Rick West) 3:20
#"Love In A Memory" (Nanci Griffith) 3:19
#"Let It Shine On Me" (Paul Kennerley) 3:01
#"There's A Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)" (Nanci Griffith) 4:23
#"Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool" (Nanci Griffith) 2:40
#"I Knew Love" (Roger Brown) 3:17
#"Never Mind" (Harlan Howard) 3:42
#"Love Wore A Halo (Back Before The War)" (Nanci Griffith) 3:23
#"So Long Ago" (Nanci Griffith) 4:09
#"Gulf Coast Highway" (Nanci Griffith / James Hooker / Danny Flowers) 3:06
#"Little Love Affairs" (Nanci Griffith / James Hooker) 3:09
#"I Wish It Would Rain" (Nanci Griffith) 2:39
#"Outbound Plane" (Nanci Griffith / Tom Russell) 2:40
#"I Would Change My Life" (Robert Earl Keen Jnr) 3:08
#"Sweet Dreams Will Come" (John Stewart) 4:26
#"Wooden Heart" (B.Kaempfert / K.Twomey / F.Wise / B.Wiseman) 2:28

Disc 2

#"I Don't Want To Talk About Love" (Nanci Griffith / James Hooker) 4:07
#"Drive-In Movies And Dashboard Lights" (Nanci Griffith) 3:13
#"You Made This Love A Teardrop" (Nanci Griffith) 3:11
#"Brave Companion Of The Road" (Nanci Griffith) 3:19
#"Storms" (Eric Taylor) 3:11
#"It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go" (Nanci Griffith) 4:01
#"If Wishes Were Changes" (Nanci Griffith / James Hooker) 3:44
#"Listen To The Radio" (Nanci Griffith) 3:48
#"Leaving The Harbor" (Nanci Griffith) 3:28
#"Radio Fragile" (Nanci Griffith / James Hooker) 5:34
#"It's Just Another Morning Here" (Nanci Griffith) 4:23
#"Late Night Grande Hotel" (Nanci Griffith) 3:35
#"It's Too Late" (Nanci Griffith) 2:18
#"Fields Of Summer" (Nanci Griffith) 4:19
#"Heaven" (Julie Gold) 3:29
#"The Power Lines" (Nanci Griffith / Pat Alger / James Hooker) 2:38
#"Hometown Streets" (Nanci Griffith / James Hooker) 4:11
#"Down 'N' Outer" (Nanci Griffith) 2:46
#"One Blade Shy Of A Sharp Edge" (Nanci Griffith) 2:59
#"The Sun, Moon, And Stars" (Vince Bell) 4:24
#"San Diego Serenade" (Tom Waits) 3:27
#"Stand Your Ground" (Nanci Griffith / James Hooker) 3:51

External links

[http://www.nancigriffith.com/discography_albums.php?album=36 The Complete MCA Studio Recordings] , Nanci Griffith.com Discography