Tracks
- Illegal Smile
- Spanish Pipedream
- Hello in There
- Sam Stone
- Paradise
- Pretty Good
- Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
- Far from Me
- Angel from Montgomery
- Quiet Man
- Donald and Lydia
- Six O'Clock News
- Flashback Blues
John Prine is a smart album. The music is folk, but that classification seems incorrect. I'd say this is a country album. Everything about this album screams country, especially John Prine's twang.
If anything suggests folk music, it's the lyrics. Many of the songs are critical or sarcastic social commentaries. War and drugs seem to be the two major themes. If it weren't for John Prine's smart and witty lyrics this album might have been too preachy.
The album is excellent. Country music gets a bad rap from lots of Americans who don't grow up on it, but that just seems unfair. All musical styles have their share of crap. I was certainly convinced that country was crap, but I glad I have been disabused of that notion.
There is a lot of good country music and this album is one of the best I've heard so far. It's worth listening to and should be a part of any serious collector's collection. I think it should be on the 1001 Albums list. Although there haven't been many country music albums on the list, this one is clearly different from the previous one. It certainly has more to say about society than the others, except for maybe Johnny Cash's songs.
All the songs on this album are excellent. The stand outs are Illegal Smile, Spanish Pipedream, Hello in There, Sam Stone, Paradise, Pretty Good, Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore, Angel from Montgomery and Quiet Man.
★★★★★★★★★★
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