- folk
- 42 min
- 11 tracks
- Rounder Europe
Ruby's Torch is a 2006 Nanci Griffith album on Rounder Records. It is a collection of torch songs penned by Griffith and various other artists, including Tom Waits, Jimmy Webb and Donal MacDonagh Long. All the songs are produced with lush backing arrangements from a string orchestra.
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Classical in form, spare, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- 1When I Dream3:29
- 2If These Walls Could Speak3:40
- 3Ruby’s Arms5:28
- 4Never Be the Sun3:57
- 5Bluer Than Blue3:18
- 6Brave Companion of the Road3:29
- 7Grapefruit Moon4:20
- 8Please Call Me, Baby4:11
- 9Late Night Grande Hotel2:53
- 10In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning2:51
- 11Drops From the Faucet4:07
11 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Nanci Griffith
- Label
- Rounder Europe
- Released
- 2006
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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