Intersection (album)

2012 studio album by Nanci Griffith

Intersection

Studio album by

Nanci Griffith

Released| February 20, 2012 (2012-02-20)
Recorded| July – November 2011
Label| Proper Records/Hell No
Producer| Nanci Griffith, Maura Kennedy, Pat McInerney, Pete Kennedy
Nanci Griffith chronology
| The Loving Kind
(2009)  | Intersection
(2012)  |

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| (67/100)[1]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
The Austin Chronicle| [3]
BBC Music| (positive)[4]
Mojo| [1]
Paste| (8/10)[5]
PopMatters| [6]
Q| [1]
Record Collector| [7]
Uncut| [1]

Intersection is the 20th and final album by singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith. It was released on 20 February 2012 on Proper Records/Hell No label. The album was recorded in her own home studio in Nashville and includes 12 tracks including five covers. This was Griffith’s last studio album before her retirement from the music business in 2013 and her death in 2021.

## Track listing

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All tracks composed by Nanci Griffith; except where indicated

1. "Bethlehem Steel"
2. "Never Going Back" (Mark Selinger)
3. "Intersection"
4. "Waiting on a Dark Eyed Gal" (Ron Davies)
5. "Hell No (I'm Not Alright)" (Nanci Griffith, Maura Kennedy)
6. "Stranded in the High Ground" (Nanci Griffith, Maura Kennedy, Pat McInerney, Pete Kennedy)
7. "If I Could Only Fly" (Blaze Foley)
8. "Just Another Morning Here"
9. "Bad Seed" (Nanci Griffith, Maura Kennedy)
10. "Davey's Last Picture" (Betty Reeves, Robbin Bach)
11. "Come on Up Mississippi"
12. "High on a Mountain Top" (Loretta Lynn)

## Personnel

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* Nanci Griffith - vocals, acoustic guitar
* Pete Kennedy - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, classical guitar, slide guitar, bass, organ, mandolin, ukulele
* Maura Kennedy - acoustic guitar, tambourine, backing vocals, vocal arrangements, lead guitar on "Hell No (I'm Not Alright)"
* Pat McInerney - percussion, backing vocals
* Eric Brace, Peter Cooper - backing vocals on "Just Another Morning Here"
* Robbin Bach - backing vocals on "Davey's Last Picture"
* Aden Barton, Bailey Shelton, Bruce MacKay, Burt Stein, Nancy Lipsitz, Phil Kaufman, Robbin Bach, Talia Barton - choir on "Come On Up Mississippi"
* Richard Bailey - 5-string banjo on "High on a Mountain Top"

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Critic reviews at Metacritic
2. ^ Nanci Griffith Intersection. AllMusic. Reviewed by Thom Jurek
3. ^ Nanci Griffith Intersection (Hell No). The Austin Chronicle. Reviewed by Jim Caligiuri, Fri., June 22, 2012
4. ^ Intersection Nanci Griffith, BBC Music. Reviewed by Ninian Dunnett. 2012
5. ^ Paste review
6. ^ PopMatters review
7. ^ Record Collector review

## External links

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* Lydia Hutchinson: Nanci Griffith: Intersection, performingsongwriter.com
* Jo Cox: Nanci Griffith: Intersection, mttm.uk
* Intersection at Metacritic

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Nanci Griffith

Studio albums|

* There's a Light Beyond These Woods (1978)
* Poet in My Window (1982)
* Once in a Very Blue Moon (1985)
* The Last of the True Believers (1986)
* Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
* Little Love Affairs (1988)
* Storms (1989)
* Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)
* Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
* Flyer (1994)
* Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)
* Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
* The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
* Clock Without Hands (2001)
* Hearts in Mind (2004)
* Ruby's Torch (2006)
* The Loving Kind (2009)
* Intersection (2012)

Compilation albums|

* The MCA Years: A Retrospective (1993)
* The Best of Nanci Griffith (1993)
* Country Gold (1997)
* From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith (2002)
* The Complete MCA Studio Recordings (2003)

Live albums|

* One Fair Summer Evening (1988)
* Winter Marquee (2002)

Other|

* More than a Whisper (2023)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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