Late Night Grande Hotel is an album by Nanci Griffith

Nanci Griffith

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 released in September 1991 on MCA

Music Corporation of America

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. It was produced by Peter Van Hooke

Peter Van Hooke

Peter Van Hooke was drummer in the English band Mike + The Mechanics as well as having drummed for Cliff Richard, Van Morrison's band, Headstone, and Ezio. During the 1980s he successfully co-produced many of Tanita Tikaram's hits.Van Hooke grew up in Stanmore, Middlesex and attended Mill Hill...

 and Rod Argent

Rod Argent

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, with a slightly more pop-orientated sound than previous albums. It also features vocal contributions from Phil Everly and Tanita Tikaram

Tanita Tikaram

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.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Lindsay Planer wrote of the album "While not her best disc during the late '80s/early '90s, Late Night Grande Hotel is a solid effort with some of her most mature material to date."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Nanci Griffith; except where indicated

1. "It's Just Another Morning here" – 4:23
2. "Late Night Grande Hotel" – 3:35
3. "It's Too Late" – 2:17
4. "Fields Of Summer" – 4:19
5. "Heaven" (Julie Gold
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   ) – 3:28
6. "The Power Lines" (Griffith, Patrick Alger, James Hooker) – 2:38
7. "Hometown Streets" (Griffith, James Hooker) – 4:11
8. "Down 'N' Outer" – 2:45
9. "One Blade Shy Of A Sharp Edge" – 2:58
10. "The Sun, Moon, And Stars" (Vince Bell
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    ) – 4:24
11. "San Diego Serenade" (Tom Waits
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    ) – 3:27