Clock Without Hands
by Nanci Griffith
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Nanci Griffith bestography
Clock Without Hands is ranked 10th best out of 23 albums by Nanci Griffith on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nanci Griffith is Little Love Affairs which is ranked number 6271 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 212.
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(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 9/100 | 18 |
| 2025 | henrygreen0203 | Top 31 Music Albums of 2001 | 8/31 | 4 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 77 Music Albums of 2001 | 47/77 | 2 |
| 2021 | henrygreen0203 | Nanci Griffith Studio Albums Ranked | 11/18 | - |
| 2021 | henrygreen0203 | Mickey, Nanci, Bruce and Mary - Complete Discography | 44/68 | - |
| 2001 | BigO | Best Albums 2001 | 9/40 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 28 | |||
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| ! | 06/03/2025 12:48 | cicadelic | 13,484 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2022 05:02 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2021 23:48 | henrygreen0203 | 873 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2021 07:37 | LosWochos | 47,359 | 75/100 |
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Clock Without Hands is Nanci Griffith's fourteenth studio album and her last for Elektra.
Fans looking for a follow-up to the supurb Flyer album first got the rockabilly roots of Blue Moons for the Roses, then a nice Other Voices sequel, then a set of re-recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra. Finally, in 2001 Griffith released another pop-oriented album of material called Clock Without Hands, after the novel by Carson McCullers.
After surviving two bouts of cancer, Griffith had been through a lot, and her voice was sadly affected. She gets by fairly well, but Shaking Out the Snow is sadly one of Griffith's worst vocal performances.
There are a lot of great tracks here. On Traveling Through This Part of You, Griffith cites her travels to Vietnam to trace the tracks of a loved one who had been in the war. Where Would I Be and Truly Something Fine are tender ballads and Pearls Eye View and Armstrong review important figures in history.
Where the vocals and songwriting fall short, the production is really supportive of Griffith. This was her last album on a major label and a decent entry in her mid-career phase.
Track Pick: Traveling Through This Part of You
Gems: Where Would I Be, Armstrong, Truly Something Fine, Midnight in Missoula
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