Bruised Orange is the fifth album by American

United States

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 folk

Folk music

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 singer and songwriter John Prine

John Prine

John Prine is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a recording artist and live performer since the early 1970s.-Biography:...

, released in 1978.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote of the album "Despite some brilliant songs, Prine's followup albums to his stunning debut were uneven until this... "Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone," perhaps the best depiction ever written of life on the road in the entertainment business." Music critic Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau

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 wrote "Here Prine sounds like he's singing us bedtime stories, and while the gently humorous mood is attractive, at times it makes this "crooked piece of time that we live in" seem as harmless and corny as producer Steve Goodman's background moves; no accident that the closer.. and just to prove he's still got the stuff he collaborates with Phil Spector on a surefile standard: "If You Don't Want My Love," with lyrics worthy of its title."

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Prine; except where indicated.

1. "Fish And Whistle" – 3:14
2. "There She Goes" – 3:24
3. "If You Don't Want My Love" (Prine, Phil Spector
   Phil Spector
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   ) – 3:05
4. "That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round" – 3:20
5. "Bruised Orange (Chain Of Sorrow)" – 5:21
6. "Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone" – 2:53
7. "Aw Heck" – 2:20
8. "Crooked Piece of Time" – 2:52
9. "Iron Ore Betty" – 2:42
10. "The Hobo Song" – 3:31

Personnel

• John Prine
  John Prine
  John Prine is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a recording artist and live performer since the early 1970s.-Biography:...
  
   – vocals, background vocals, guitar
• Jethro Burns – mandolin
• John Burns – guitar, background vocals
• Sam Bush
  Sam Bush
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   – guitar, background vocals
• Bob Hoban – piano
• Bob Horne – keyboards, background vocals
• Leo LeBlanc – dobro, guitar, pedal steel guitar
• Howard Levy – piano, accordion, keyboards, saxophone
• Steve Goodman
  Steve Goodman
  Steve Goodman was an American folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. The writer of "City of New Orleans", made popular by Arlo Guthrie, Goodman won two Grammy Awards.-Personal life:...
  
   – guitar, background vocals, harmony vocals
• Tom Radtke – drums, percussion
• Steve Rodby – bass
• Jim Rothermel – clarinet, saxophone, recorder, penny whistle
• Corky Siegel – harmonica, piano
• Mike Utley
  Michael Utley
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   – organ, piano
• Don Shelton – background vocals
• Diane Holmes – background vocals
• Len Dresslar – background vocals
• Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  Ramblin' Jack Elliott is an American folk singer and performer.-Life and career:Elliot Charles Adnopoz was born in Brooklyn, New York to Jewish parents in 1931. Elliott grew up inspired by the rodeos at Madison Square Garden, and wanted to be a cowboy...
  
   – background vocals
• Bob Bowker – background vocals
• Jackson Browne
  Jackson Browne
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  – background vocals
• Kitty Haywood – background vocals
• Bonnie Herman – background vocals
• Vicki Hubley – background vocals
• Bonnie Koloc – background vocals

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard Pop Albums	116