Poet In My Window
by Nanci Griffith

Poet In My Window by Nanci Griffith
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 15,686th   Overall chart history
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Award Top albums of 1982 (234th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,114th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,686th)

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Nanci Griffith bestography

Poet In My Window is ranked 7th best out of 23 albums by Nanci Griffith on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nanci Griffith is The Last Of The True Believers which is ranked number 4677 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 299.

Nanci Griffith album bestography « Higher ranked (15,641st)
Late Night Grande Hotel
This album (15,686th)
Poet In My Window
Lower ranked (16,733rd) »
Storms

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Overall rank: 15,686th | 1980s rank: 2,114th | 1982 rank: 234th

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Poet In My Window is Nanci Griffith's second album. Four years is a long time for an emerging artist, so it is surprising that little has changed in that time. Poet sounds like Nanci aspiring to be Joni Mitchell. Fortunately the first album made her a name in the folk scene across the country, but with no major label interested, Griffith again released the record independently on Featherbed Records, the same label that released Eric Taylor's "Shameless Love." Taylor and Griffith were married at the time and Griffith contributed vocals to Taylor's magnificent debut. Griffith would divorce Taylor, but she would continue to record Taylor's songs throughout her career. Thankfully, Poet in My Window earned a record deal from Philo, a small label for folk songwriters, but a good offer nonetheless, and concurrently her career started to really take off.

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Best Albums of 1982
1. Thriller by Michael Jackson
2. The Dreaming by Kate Bush
3. The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
4. Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
5. Pornography by The Cure
6. 1999 by Prince
7. Avalon by Roxy Music
8. Rio by Duran Duran
9. Love Over Gold by Dire Straits
10. The Nightfly by Donald Fagen
11. New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) by Simple Minds
12. Combat Rock by The Clash
13. Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
14. Peter Gabriel (1982) by Peter Gabriel
15. Big Science by Laurie Anderson
16. English Settlement by XTC
17. Screaming For Vengeance by Judas Priest
18. Hex Enduction Hour by The Fall
19. Bad Brains by Bad Brains
20. The Lexicon Of Love by ABC
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