Lone Star State of Mind

Lone Star State of Mind
Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedJuly 1986
StudioSoundstage/The Back Stage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length35:38
LabelMCA
ProducerTony Brown, Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith chronology
The Last of the True Believers
(1986)
Lone Star State of Mind
(1987)
Little Love Affairs
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB[2]

Lone Star State of Mind is the fifth studio album released by American musician Nanci Griffith, and her first album for MCA Records. With the album, Griffith's music took a turn from her original folk music base into more commercially viable country music. For this album, she enlisted the talents of veteran country producer Tony Brown. The album garnered her first appearance on the Billboard Country charts, rising to No. 23 on the Country Albums chart, and was her highest-charting album on the chart. It was also a massive success in the United Kingdom, where it topped the country albums chart and spent over a year in the top 20. The title track, "Lone Star State of Mind," became the first of only three Griffith singles to enter the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It peaked at No. 36, while two other singles from the album, "Cold Hearts/Closed Minds" and "Trouble in the Fields", reached No. 64 and No. 57 respectively. The song "From a Distance" would go on to become a major pop hit when covered by Bette Midler in 1990.

  1. ^ Thom Owens. "Lone Star State of Mind - Nanci Griffith". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  2. ^ "CG: nanci griffith". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2016-06-20.