Bruised Orange

John Prine - Bruised Orange

Bruised Orange
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Artist: John Prine
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1989-08-08
Music Label: Oh Boy
Soundtracks:
  1. Fish And Whistle
  2. There She Goes
  3. If You Don't Want My Love
  4. That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round
  5. Bruised Orange (Chain Of Sorrow)
  6. Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone
  7. Aw Heck
  8. Crooked Piece Of Time
  9. Iron Ore Betty
  10. The Hobo Song

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Music Review: Prine at his warm and loopy best
Rating: 5 Stars

Bruised Orange stands alongside The Missing Years, Sweet Revenge and his eponymous debut album as John Prine's strongest collection of original songs. And, aside from In Spite Of Ourselves and the criminally underrated Sweet Revenge, it is also his best sounding record. All credit for the supple production values go to Steve Goodman, the albums' producer. Anyone reading this probably knows about what close friends they were and Bruised Orange goes a long way to show that, other than Jim Rooney, Prine has never had a better friend in the studio as well.

The album kicks off with a perfect Prine composition, Fish And Whistle. Everything that Prine fans love about the man can be found in this song. It praises the common man without ever stooping to cornpone, it is loaded with bittersweet, richly observed details "on my very first job I said 'Thank you and please'/they made me scrub a parking lot down on my knees/then I got fired for bein' scared of bees/they only gave me fifty-cents an hour" being an excellent example, and it swings with a gentle country-folk rhythm that makes you daydream about back porches and denim overalls.

Other Prine songs that have gone on to be staples in his cannon are the priceless title-track, Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone, Aw Heck and That's The Way That The World Goes Round. Bruised Orange is also packed with lesser-known gems such as The Hobo Song and There She Goes. The only misstep is, as the amazon.com reviewer pointed out, If You Don't Want My Love. The song is an unfortunate anomaly in Prine's career, a mean spirited and one sided number that he co-wrote with genius/unreliable madman Phil Spector.

One relatively weak track aside, this is a wonderful, wonderful album filled to the brim with catchy melodies and brilliant, "Only In John Prine Land" lyrics. It also serves as the high water mark of his many fruitful artistic collaborations with Steve Goodman, who also plays on several tracks. Prine & Goodman was a truly rare friendship of two quirky talents that could meld together so beautifully and still retain their individuality.

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