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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: PRINE,JOHN
EAN: 0007567815412
Item Dimensions: 22
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
MPN: 19156
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Atlantic / Wea
Release Date: January 24, 1990
Studio: Atlantic / Wea


 


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Product Description:
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Media Type: CD
Artist: PRINE,JOHN
Title: JOHN PRINE
Street Release Date: 02/06/1990
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

Amazon.com essential recording:
Prine's 1971 self-titled debut set the tone for the rest of his career. A critical smash and a commercial disappointment, the record contains many of his best known compositions. Proving himself capable of tackling folk balladry, country, and rock with ease, Prine seems to spring into being as a fully formed singer-songwriter at age 24. Lyrically diverse, Prine offers topical songs such as "Sam Stone," the tale of a drug addicted Vietnam vet, achingly sad songs, such as the oft-covered "Angel from Montgomery," and, of course, his trademark wit gets ample time in the spotlight. Produced by the legendary Arif Mardin (Aretha Franklin, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Hall and Oates), the record is understated, letting Prine's comfy voice drive things. When needed, the famous house band at American Recording Studios in Memphis kicks in tasteful backing. --Ian Landau


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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Nam
Yep. John nailed a few scenes didn't he? I was in Fairhill North Philly when this came out and it was at the height of Nam and the total and complete collapse of the neighborhood from drugs and plant closings. Friends of mine came back with Purple hearts and bruised arms. Thorazine for the brain and Darvon for the pain. Tag and bag and do the shot. From the jungle to the jungle back to the jungle. Couldn't get out of Dodge WITH a ride.
John nailed a scene or two.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Back to simpler times
Hearing these great tunes again by John Prine takes me back to happier and simpler times. Even though the Vietnam abomination was still going, it was winding down. Here we go again, no matter what the pundits say. But listening to John Prine takes me back - wishing I had an Illegal Smile, blew up my TV, and went to the country... You'll enjoy it, too.



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - John Prine
Great song writer and an interesting voice. Two really good songs and a few ok. ones.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Haunting verse brings me back
I was trying to remember whether I bought this album before or after I heard him at Willie's 1st picnic in '73. I haven't heard the whole album in ages but the songs keep coming back to me.
In the news today, the Obama administration halted mountain-top mining, for a while, I guess. Sadly, what the coal trains haven't hauled off has been just pushed over the side, devastating the environment for miles around. Another Paradise lost.
Illegal Smile, Sam Stone, Angel... Can't forget them, ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Stunning Debut
After several years as a postman and a stint in the Army, John Prine emerged from the Chicago folk scene with the best debut album of 1971. It contained 13 all-original compositions that were unusually thoughtful and compassionate. Prine wrote with great empathy for such a young man (he was only 24 at the time).

Maybe it's because I've been handling the affairs of my ailing parents for a few years, but Prine's assertion that "old people just grow lonesome/waiting for someone to say 'hello ... Read More




 
 

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