Bruised Orange

by John Prine

Bruised Orange cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Asylum
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 32:45
  • Community rating: 3.94/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by longtime friend Steve Goodman, 'Bruised Orange' features a noticeably lighter, more acoustic-oriented production than Prine's preceding electric efforts. The record contains some of his most finely observed, tragicomic character studies, including the beloved title track.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, melodic, male-vocals, acoustic, storytelling, witty, ballad

Tracklist

  1. Fish and Whistle (3:14)
  2. There She Goes (3:24)
  3. If You Don't Want My Love (3:05)
  4. That's the Way That the World Goes 'Round (3:20)
  5. Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow) (5:21)
  6. Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone (2:53)
  7. Aw Heck (2:20)
  8. Crooked Piece of Time (2:52)
  9. Iron Ore Betty (2:42)
  10. The Hobo Song (3:31)

Credits

  • John Prine - primary artist, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, illustration [innersleeve], written-by
  • Sid Sims - bass
  • Tom Radtke - drums, tambourine, percussion, finger cymbals
  • John Burns - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Corky Siegel - harmonica, piano
  • Michael Utley - organ, piano
  • Leo LeBlanc - pedal steel guitar, dobro
  • Jim Rothermel - whistle [penny], alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet

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