The Last of the True Believers

The Last of the True Believers
Studio album by
Nanci Griffith
Released1986
RecordedOctober 7–9, 1985
StudioCowboy Arms (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length35:16
LabelPhilo
ProducerJim Rooney and Nanci Griffith[1]
Nanci Griffith chronology
Once in a Very Blue Moon
(1985) 		The Last of the True Believers
(1986) 		Lone Star State of Mind
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauB−[3]

The Last of the True Believers is the fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter Nanci Griffith, released in 1986 by Philo Records. The acclaim accorded her from her previous album, Once in a Very Blue Moon, and this album earned her a contract with a major recording company. Here, Griffith continued her turn toward a more country-oriented work than her first two albums, which were primarily folk-sounding. It also includes two songs which were later hits for Kathy Mattea, "Love at the Five and Dime" from Walk the Way the Wind Blows (1986) and "Goin' Gone", her first number one, from Untasted Honey (1987).

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  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide