| Bare as Bone, Bright as Blood | ||||
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| Released | 25 September 2020 | |||
| Studio | 811 Studios, Horsham | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Madfish | |||
| Producer | Mark St. John | |||
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Bare as Bone, Bright as Blood is the thirteenth and final studio album by the English rock band Pretty Things. It was released in September 2020, a few months after the death of lead singer Phil May.
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| Source | Rating |
| Classic Rock |   [1] |
| Uncut | [2] |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Can't Be Satisfied" | McKinley Morganfield | 3:04 |
| 2. | "Come into My Kitchen" | Robert Johnson; arranged by Dick Taylor and Phil May | 4:17 |
| 3. | "Ain't No Grave" | Claude Ely | 3:58 |
| 4. | "Faultline" | Peter Hayes, Robert Levon Been | 4:22 |
| 5. | "Redemption Day" | Sheryl Crow | 5:22 |
| 6. | "The Devil Had a Hold on Me" | Gillian Welch, David Rawlings | 4:16 |
| 7. | "Bright as Blood" | George Woosey | 4:44 |
| 8. | "Love in Vain" | Robert Johnson | 4:17 |
| 9. | "Black Girl" | Traditional; arranged by Dick Taylor and Phil May | 2:37 |
| 10. | "To Build a Wall" | Will Varley | 4:25 |
| 11. | "Another World" | Pete Harlen | 3:56 |
| 12. | "I'm Ready" | Willie Dixon | 3:43 |
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