Prime Prine: The Best of John Prine

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Prime Prine
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Compilation album by
Released1976
Genre Folk
Length43:41
Label Atlantic
John Prine chronology
Common Sense
(1975)
Prime Prine
(1976)
Bruised Orange
(1978)

Prime Prine is a compilation album by American folk singer John Prine, released in 1976. It concluded Prine's run with Atlantic Records. No one associated with Prine had anything to do with the release, with the singer telling Goldmine in 1992, "A friend of ours in the art department called us one night and snuck us into the place...so we could at least look at the cover before it came out." [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B− [3]

Writing retrospectively for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman commented of the album, "Atlantic Records' compilation of John Prine's first four albums was good for its time...but was later superseded by Rhino's Great Days anthology." [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Prine.

CD
No.TitleLength
1."Sam Stone"4:14
2."Saddle in the Rain"3:30
3."Please Don't Bury Me"2:47
4."The Great Compromise"4:57
5."Grandpa Was a Carpenter"2:11
6."Donald and Lydia"4:27
7."Illegal Smile"3:10
8."Sweet Revenge"2:58
9."Dear Abby"4:10
10."Souvenirs"3:32
11."Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard"3:16
12."Hello in There"4:29
Total length:43:41

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
1977Billboard Pop Albums196

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References

  1. Huffman, Eddie (2015). John Prine: In Spite of Himself. University of Texas Press. p. 41. ISBN   9780292748224.
  2. 1 2 Ruhlman, William. "Prime Prine: The Best of John Prine > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 10, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.