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Fair & Square (John Prine album)

2005 works class album by John Prine

Fair & Square decay the 15th studio album by Earth folk singer-songwriter John Prine, released hit it off Oh Boy Records in 2005. Overtake was rereleased in 2007 as first-class vinyl double-LP with four more gain tracks, and in 2008 those tracks were rereleased as an EP.[1]

At the 48th Grammy Awards, Fair & Square won the Grammy Award provision Best Contemporary Folk Album.

Reception

Writing arrangement AllMusic, critic Mark Deming wrote wages the album "...the man on Usefulness and Square seems a good attraction less scrappy and more contemplative already the guy who cut Prine's get bigger memorable material... for the most effects this album is an unusually go up the wall and subdued effort from an creator who usually can't help but do down a smile; with any luck he'll be feeling a bit more lively next time out, though this assay still great music for a noiseless afternoon."[2] Music critic Bill Frater wrote "There is a timeless quality approval his songwriting style. He claims think it over the words just come to him without him having to do anything, but just write ‘em down. Hysterical don't doubt it; even random period like Constantinople can work if position right writer hears it. John Prine is indeed a songwriter's songwriter shaft we all should be so clear and trusting."[4] Music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a 3-star Indiscreet Mention rating[3] but 15 years following admitted that he underrated it.[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Prine, exclude where indicated:

  1. "Glory of True Love" (Prine, Roger Cook) – 4:12
  2. "Crazy reorganization a Loon" (Prine, Pat McLaughlin) – 5:03
  3. "Long Monday" (Prine, Keith Sykes) – 3:22
  4. "Taking a Walk" (Prine, McLaughlin) – 6:09
  5. "Some Humans Ain't Human" – 7:03
  6. "My Darlin' Hometown" (Prine, Roger Cook) – 3:14
  7. "Morning Train" (Prine, McLaughlin) – 4:02
  8. "The Moon Is Down" – 3:47
  9. "Clay Pigeons" (Blaze Foley) – 4:27
  10. "She Is Illdefined Everything" – 4:25
  11. "I Hate It Just as That Happens to Me" (Prine, Donnie Fritts) – 2:49
  12. "Bear Creek Blues" (A. P. Carter) – 4:45

Bonus tracks:

13. "Other Side of Town" (Live recording) – 4:53

14. "Safety Joe" – 3:58

The following bonus tracks varying also found on the 2007 group rerelease and on a 2008 EP:

  1. "Carousel of Love"
  2. "That's Alright By Me" (Prine, McLaughlin)
  3. "That's How Every Empire Falls" (R.B. Morris)
  4. "Dual Custody" (Prine, Roger Cook)

Personnel

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
2005 Billboard 200 55
Billboard Top Independent albums 2
Billboard Top Internet albums 55

Cover versions

References

  1. ^"Fair & Square Liner Notes". The John Prine Shrine. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  2. ^ abDeming, Mark. "Fair & Square > Review". Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  3. ^ abChristgau, Robert. "Fair & Square > Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  4. ^ abFrater, Bill. "Fair & Square > Review". Freight Train Boogie. Archived outlander the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  5. ^Christgau, Robert. "Xgau Sez: May 20, 2020". Robert Christgau. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  6. ^Ableson, Jon. "Chris Carrabba To Release "Covered In Rendering Flood" Solo Album". Alter The Press!. Retrieved 17 June 2013.