The Last of the True Believers

by Nanci Griffith

The Last of the True Believers cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1986
  • Label: Philo
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:36
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

With her distinctive, crystalline voice and meticulous songwriting, Griffith delivered a defining statement of the neo-traditionalist country movement. The warm, acoustic-driven production perfectly frames her deeply sentimental, literary narratives of American rural life before her pivot to mainstream pop-country.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, melodic, vehicles, female-vocals, storytelling, acoustic, folk

Tracklist

  1. The Last Of The True Believers (2:53)
  2. Love At The Five & Dime (4:39)
  3. St. Olav's Gate (3:11)
  4. More Than A Whisper (3:50)
  5. Banks Of The Pontchartrain (3:46)
  6. Lookin' For The Time (Workin' Girl) (2:47)
  7. Goin' Gone (4:29)
  8. One Of These Days (3:00)
  9. Love's Found A Shoulder (2:26)
  10. Fly By Night (2:42)
  11. The Wing & The Wheel (2:49)

Credits

  • B茅la Fleck - banjo
  • John Catchings - cello
  • Lloyd Green - dobro, pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar
  • Roy Huskey Jr. - double bass
  • Kenny Malone - drums, percussion, drums (drum set)
  • Philip Donnelly - electric guitar
  • Lyle Lovett - harmony vocals, task misc, background vocals vocal
  • Tim Leatherwood - lighting [front cover]

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