A big breakthrough here. Nanci's songwriting is at its peak on this Grammy-nominated record -- it includes "Love at the Five and Dime," "Lookin' for the Time (Workin' Girl)," "Banks of the Pontchartrain," "The Wing and the Wheel," and many other gems. Her rendition of Pat Alger's "Goin' Gone" is simply gorgeous. Stylewise, the album has that trad-country feel with lots of fiddle, banjo, and pedal steel supplied by the first-rate backup musicians. Many fans consider this to be Nanci's very best record -- it's truly excellent from start to finish, despite the beginnings of a tendency to get a bit too, um, precious (there I said it). Something magical seems to happen when Nanci and Jim Rooney get together.

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