- country
- 43 min
- 15 tracks
- Oh Boy Records
For Better, or Worse is the seventeenth studio album by John Prine. It consists of tracks in which the artist teams with an all-star contingent of female singers on a selection of vintage country songs as duets. It was his first studio album in nine years, preceded by 2007's Standard Songs for Average People.
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Classical in form, spare, intimate and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- 1Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out2:41
- 2Storms Never Last2:44
- 3Falling in Love Again2:32
- 4Color of the Blues2:55
- 5I'm Tellin' You1:51
- 6Remember Me (When Candlelights Are Gleaming)3:32
- 7Look at Us2:47
- 8Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Loud, Loud Music2:59
- 9Fifteen Years Ago3:07
- 10Cold, Cold Heart3:33
- 11Dreaming My Dreams With You3:12
- 12Mental Cruelty2:24
- 13Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be2:37
- 14My Happiness2:55
- 15Just Waitin'2:49
15 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- John Prine
- Label
- Oh Boy Records
- Released
- September 30, 2016
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- DE
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