Lone Star State of Mind
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Lone Star State of Mind
- Artist: Nanci Griffith
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- Release Date: 1987
- Total Time: 35:48
- Genre: Country
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Lone Star State of Mind was Nanci Griffith's commercial breakthrough, largely because it was her first step directly toward mainstream contemporary country. Instead of diluting her introspective folk songs, the full-fledged production actually enhances her music, as the steel guitars and dobros add body to her songs. Griffith responds in kind, delivering the most textured and nuanced vocal performance of her career, as evidenced by her version of "From A Distance." Of course, her songwriting is as good as it ever was; "Ford Econoline," "Sing One for Sister," "Beacon Street" and a revamped version of "Mary Margaret" called "There's A Light Beyond These Woods," are all terrific, ranking among her best songs. Lone Star State of Mind is one of the rare commercial moves that actually improves and artist's music instead of compromising it. ~ Thom Owens, Rovi| Lone Star Song (1995 Album by Grant Lee Buffalo) | |
| Lone Star State of Mind (2008 Album by Lou Watson) |
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| Studio album by Nanci Griffith | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | July 1986, Soundstage/The Back Stage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 35:48 | |||
| Label | MCA Records | |||
| Producer | Tony Brown and Nanci Griffith | |||
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Lone Star State of Mind is Nanci Griffith's fifth album, and her first with a major recording label. Griffith's music had seen a turn from her original folk music base into more commercially viable country music in her previous two albums. On the current album she enlists the hit-making talents of veteran country producer Tony Brown. While this album would garner her first appearance on the Billboard Country charts, Griffith would never become a major country star. The album rose to #23 on the Country Albums chart, but that would be as high as any of her albums would ever climb. The title track, "Lone Star State of Mind," would become the first of only two singles ever to enter the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart; it topped out at #36, while two other singles from the album could only gain much lower positions: "Cold Hearts/Closed Minds" at #64, and "Trouble in the Fields" at #57.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Nanci Griffith; except where indicated
- "Lone Star State of Mind" (Fred Koller, Patrick Alger, Gene Levine) - 3:56
- "Cold Hearts/Closed Minds" - 2:40
- "From a Distance" (Julie Gold) - 4:10
- "Beacon Street" - 2:49
- "Nickel Dreams" (Mac McAnally, Don Lowery) - 2:48
- "Sing One for Sister" (Robert Earl Keen, Jr.) - 3:20
- "Ford Econoline" - 2:10
- "Trouble in the Fields" (Griffith, Rick West) - 3:18
- "Love in a Memory" - 3:17
- "Let It Shine on Me" (Paul Kennerley) - 2:59
- "There's a Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)" - 4:21
Chart performance
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 23 |
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