There's a Light Beyond These Woods

There's a Light Beyond These Woods
Studio album by Nanci Griffith
Released 1978
Recorded December 1977 - January 1978
Studio Pecan Street Studios, Austin, Texas
Genre Folk
Length 37:03
Label
Producer Mike Williams and Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith chronology
There's a Light Beyond These Woods
(1978)		 Poet in My Window
(1982)Poet in My Window1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[2]

There's a Light Beyond These Woods is singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith's debut album. It was recorded live to two-track over four days, December 9 to 11, 1977 and January 3, 1978 in Austin, Texas. Griffith wrote most of its songs, as she would on almost all of her subsequent albums.

The album cover features a photograph of Griffith taken in the Autumn of 1978, tinted by Frank Golden, as well as lettering by Eric Taylor. The cover was designed by Pat Alger and Griffith's father, Marlin Griffith.

LP track listing

All songs written by Nanci Griffith except as indicated.

Side one

  1. "I Remember Joe" - 4:23
  2. "Alabama Soft Spoken Blues" (Nanci Griffith, Maggie Graham) - 3:47
  3. "Michael's Song" - 4:01
  4. "Song for Remembered Heroes" - 3:23
  5. "West Texas Sun" - 3:43

Side two

  1. "There's a Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)" - 4:35
  2. "Dollar Matinee" (Eric Taylor) - 4:51
  3. "Montana Backroads" (Bruce Carlson) - 4:59
  4. "John Philip Griffith" - 4:06

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ There's A Light Beyond These Woods. nanci-griffith.com
  2. ↑ AllMusic review
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