Poet in My Window is the second studio album by the singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, released in 1982. A reissue of the album included a bonus track, "Can't Love Wrong", in the unusual position as the album's lead-off track, preceding all of the original tracks. Griffith wrote all but one of the album's tunes.
Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., for AllMusic, wrote that "While Poet in My Window is only a small step up from Nanci Griffith's debut, the album finds her inching toward the mature art of Once in a Very Blue Moon."
Track listing
All tracks are written by Nanci Griffith, except "Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown" by Jimmie Gilmore and John Reed.
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Marilyn Monroe/Neon and Waltzes"
2:42
2.
"Heart of a Miner"
3:37
3.
"Julie Anne"
3:09
4.
"You Can't Go Home Again"
3:58
5.
"October Reasons"
3:20
6.
"Wheels"
2:45
7.
"Workin' in Corners"
4:03
8.
"Waltzing with the Angels"
3:04
9.
"Trouble with Roses"
2:27
10.
"Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown"
2:33
11.
"Poet in My Window"
2:19
Total length:
33:57
2002 Reissue bonus track
No.
Title
Note
Length
1.
"Can't Love Wrong"
Inserted as first track on reissue.
2:57
Personnel
Nanci Griffith – acoustic guitar, lead vocals, harmony vocals
Brian Wood – acoustic lead guitar, pedal steel, harmony vocals
Wells Young – piano, synthesizer; bass on "October Reasons"
↑MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p.330.
↑"Recordings". Ottawa Citizen. Arts. January 26, 2002. p.14.
↑The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp.291–292.
↑Poet in My Window (liner notes). Nanci Griffith. Philo. 1982. Philo CD 1098.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
