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Great Days: The John Prine Anthology

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Illegal Smile
2 Spanish Pipedream
3 Hello In There
4 Sam Stone
5 Paradise
6 Donald And Lydia
7 The Late John Garfield Blues
8 Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You
9 The Great Compromise
10 Sweet Revenge
11 Please Don't Bury Me
12 Christmas In Prison
13 Dear Abby (Live)
14 Blue Umbrella
15 Common Sense
16 Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard
17 Saddle In The Rain
18 He Was In Heaven Before He Died
19 Fish And Whistle
20 That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round
21 Bruised Orange (Chain Of Sorrow)

Disc: 2

1 Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone
2 Automobile
3 Killing The Blues
4 Down By The Side Of The Road
5 Living In The Future
6 It's Happening To You
7 Storm Windows
8 One Red Rose
9 Souvenirs - Steve Goodman
10 Aimless Love
11 The Oldest Baby In The World
12 People Puttin' People Down
13 Unwed Fathers
14 Angel From Montgomery (Live)
15 Linda Goes To Mars
16 Bad Boy
17 Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness (Live)
18 It's A Big Old Goofy World (Live)
19 The Sins Of Memphisto
20 All The Best

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From Hello in There" and ""Sam Stone"" to ""Angel from Montgomery"

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If you buy Great Days: The John Prine Anthology, you may live to regret it. He's probably the best American folk-song lyricist of his generation, mixing low-key poignancy and deadpan humor in perfect proportions. His musical limitations serve to reinforce the understated nature of his art, and his short, plain-spoken lines (written in the offhand conversational style of his Midwestern and Appalachian characters) sneak through the back door of your imagination and won't leave. So where does the regret come in? Well, as you listen to the 41 songs arranged chronologically on these two CDs, you're going to ask yourself, "If someone can write 41 songs as good as these, isn't there a good chance he wrote more than 41?" After hearing the anthology's six songs from Prine's 1971 debut album, for example, you may decide to go out and buy that album itself. After you hear songs as delightful as "Pretty Good" and "Your Flag Decal," which didn't find their way into the collection, you may soon find yourself hunting down all 10 of Prine's original studio albums. Then you may regret having bought Great Days. --Geoffrey Himes

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 9.1 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Rhino Records
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ October 21, 2006
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Rhino Records
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000003329
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great cd , fantastic customer service
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5.0 out of 5 stars My Best JP Album Yet.
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5.0 out of 5 stars John Prines best album
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