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I've never tried managing one of these threads, but to me if ever a great artist was deserving to have the 'good news' spread around, it's John Prine. By the way, he's recovered from surgery and back on the road - playing Madison, Wisconsin TONIGHT. Released in 1971, Prine's self-titled debut album is considered by many to be his best (Rolling Stone named it one of the 500 greatest albums of all time, for whatever that's worth). In my opinion it benefits from years of songwriting backlog (one great song just follows another with essentially nothing you could call 'filler'), and suffers (at times anyway) from some overwrought and inappropriate production.
0011 Khj John Prine Diamonds In The Rough. 04 John Prine - Thats The Way That The World Goes Round.mp3 6.14. The Colbert Report (2013) 09 05 John Prine 720p HDTV x264. Genre: Rock Rate: 320 kbps CBR / 44100 Time: 00:56:41 Size: 123,19 MB review by Vincent Jeffries This follow-up to Cry of Love's successful debut Brother is.
Side one. 'Illegal Smile' – 3:10. 'Spanish Pipedream' – 2:37. 'Hello in There' – 4:29. ' – 4:14. ' – 3:10.
'Pretty Good' – 3:36 Side two. ' – 2:51. 'Far from Me' – 3:38. ' – 3:43. 'Quiet Man' – 2:50. 'Donald and Lydia' – 4:27. 'Six O'Clock News' – 2:49.
'Flashback Blues' – 2:33 Your thoughts on 'John Prine'? I first heard it in the summer of 1993, when I was halfway through college and staying in a group house with a revolving door membership. One night a few guys were in the living room smoking up while I hid out in my bedroom, as that wasn't my thing. I was playing some folk music - can't recall what exactly - and the guys in the living room heard it.
The next afternoon, one of them came by my room and said he had a record I was sure to love, and it was John Prine. He was right, I did love it. I'll go against the grain somewhat and say it's not my favorite Prine album - mainly it's just a bit too relentlessly depressing - but it is a fantastic debut to be sure.
The production is a bit overwrought here and there, something I utterly forgot after that one time I heard it that summer. For reasons that aren't important here, I didn't hear it again for about three years, and during those three years I did get to know and love his next two albums. The second one especially has a very rootsy, acoustic sound, and when I did finally hear this one again I was expecting that, and for the most part that's not quite what it is.
But for all that, definitely a five star album. I think my favorite is 'Far From Me'. I don't think there's a better description of the moment a true love dies than 'ain't it funny how an old broken bottle looks just like a diamond ring'. That said, there's not a weak track on the album. I first heard it in the summer of 1993, when I was halfway through college and staying in a group house with a revolving door membership.
One night a few guys were in the living room smoking up while I hid out in my bedroom, as that wasn't my thing. I was playing some folk music - can't recall what exactly - and the guys in the living room heard it. The next afternoon, one of them came by my room and said he had a record I was sure to love, and it was John Prine.
He was right, I did love it. I'll go against the grain somewhat and say it's not my favorite Prine album - mainly it's just a bit too relentlessly depressing - but it is a fantastic debut to be sure. Vampire theorem prover. The production is a bit overwrought here and there, something I utterly forgot after that one time I heard it that summer. For reasons that aren't important here, I didn't hear it again for about three years, and during those three years I did get to know and love his next two albums.
The second one especially has a very rootsy, acoustic sound, and when I did finally hear this one again I was expecting that, and for the most part that's not quite what it is. But for all that, definitely a five star album. I think my favorite is 'Far From Me'.
I don't think there's a better description of the moment a true love dies than 'ain't it funny how an old broken bottle looks just like a diamond ring'. That said, there's not a weak track on the album. Click to expand.I definitely agree with your point that the first album sticks out (way out) in the Atlantic catalog because of the production. It seems like the production got much more sympathetic to the songs and Prine's unique style after the first album, where (one would guess) he simply did what he was told. Nearly impossible to pick a favorite song or a favorite line from this album, but 'The past is running faster, singing harmony' might be it for me.
As far as I know there are only two songs in the world about 'illegal smiles' and they're both great - 'Illegal Smile' and 'The Other One' by The Grateful Dead ('The heat came 'round and busted me for smiling on a cloudy day.' I've never tried managing one of these threads, but to me if ever a great artist was deserving to have the 'good news' spread around, it's John Prine. By the way, he's recovered from surgery and back on the road - playing Madison, Wisconsin TONIGHT. Released in 1971, Prine's self-titled debut album is considered by many to be his best (Rolling Stone named it one of the 500 greatest albums of all time, for whatever that's worth).
In my opinion it benefits from years of songwriting backlog (one great song just follows another with essentially nothing you could call 'filler'), and suffers (at times anyway) from some overwrought and inappropriate production. Side one. 'Illegal Smile' – 3:10. 'Spanish Pipedream' – 2:37. 'Hello in There' – 4:29. ' – 4:14.
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' – 3:10. 'Pretty Good' – 3:36 Side two. ' – 2:51. 'Far from Me' – 3:38. ' – 3:43. 'Quiet Man' – 2:50. 'Donald and Lydia' – 4:27.
'Six O'Clock News' – 2:49. 'Flashback Blues' – 2:33 Your thoughts on 'John Prine'? During the better part of 1971 thru 1973 I was stationed at Grand Forks A.F.B. In North Dakota. I worked night shift most of that time (midnight to eight) and one of the things that got me through those nights was listening to one of the local radio stations. During the day the station played mostly current rock/pop songs mixed in with local news and features.
No music at all unusual with pretty much a predictable play list. At night however, the DJ seemed to have the freedom to play whatever he wanted and I heard a lot of new and great music like John Prine for the first time on that radio show. He also gave me my first taste of Steve Goodman. I've been a fan of John's ever since then and have seen him live many times. The first concert my (soon to be) wife and I went see to together was John Prine in 1975 and we saw him there thirty years later in the same theater in Seattle.
This first album is a true masterpiece. Onwards to 1972, and Prine's second album, 'Diamonds in the Rough'. 'Everybody' – 2:43. 'The Torch Singer' – 2:52. 'Souvenirs' – 3:32.
'The Late Blues' – 3:02. 'Sour Grapes' – 2:00. 'Billy the Bum' – 4:41. 'The Frying Pan' – 1:47.
'Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You' – 2:08. 'Take the Star Out of the Window' – 2:06. ' – 4:57. 'Clocks and Spoons' – 3:10.
'Rocky Mountain Time' – 3:03. 'Diamonds in the Rough' – 1:49 In terms of arrangement and production, this is a big departure from the debut album. Prine works with Steve Goodman and David Bromberg, very successfully.