- folk
- 39 min
- 13 tracks
- Craft Recordings
Once in a Very Blue Moon is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, released in 1985. The album had more of a country sound than her previous albums. Her first two albums were backed sparsely with instrumentation, but starting with this album, the whole complement of country-styled instrumentalists can be heard.
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Classical in form, spare, character-led and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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Tracks
- 1Ghost in the Music2:49
- 2Love Is a Hard Waltz3:11
- 3Roseville Fair2:59
- 4Mary & Omie4:28
- 5Friend Out in the Madness2:41
- 6I’m Not Drivin’ These Wheels (Bring the Prose to the Wheel)3:17
- 7Time Alone2:01
- 8Ballad of Robin Winter‐Smith3:16
- 9Daddy Said2:35
- 10Once in a Very Blue Moon2:35
- 11If I Were the Woman You Wanted3:57
- 12Year Down in New Orleans2:29
- 13Spin on a Red Brick Floor2:53
13 tracks, 39 minutes.
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- Artist
- Nanci Griffith
- Label
- Craft Recordings
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- US
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