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<h2><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/BruisedOrangePrine.jpg" alt="undefined"></h2><h2><br></h2><p><strong><em>Bruised Orange</em></strong> is the fifth album by American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">folk</a> singer and songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Prine</a>, released on May 16, 1978.</p><h2><br></h2><h2>(Recording)</h2><h2>After the tepid reviews for his 1975 album <em>Common Sense</em>, Prine was disillusioned with his label, Atlantic Records, who he felt had not promoted the LP as much as they could have. Prine remained deeply respected within the industry, and even appeared on the new hit show <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Saturday Night Live</em></a> as a substitute for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Boys" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beach Boys</a> in 1976, performing "Hello in There" and "The Bottomless Lake" (Prine fan and fellow Chicago native <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belushi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Belushi</a> had lobbied for the singer).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruised_Orange#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHuffman201598–100-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> Prine signed with the singer-songwriter friendly Asylum Records for a three-album deal in 1977 and turned to his friend and fellow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chicago</a> songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Steve Goodman</a> to produce <em>Bruised Orange</em>, which was recorded and mixed at the Chicago Recording Company between January and March 1978. Prine had done work on the new album with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Clement" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jack Clement</a> but, as he explained to Paul Zollo of <em>Bluerailroad</em> magazine, "I had made the record already but I didn’t have it. I worked with Cowboy Jack Clement, who was a huge mentor to me and the reason why I moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nashville</a>. I moved there and we worked for three to four months, solid. And through all kinds of outside forces and things that shouldn’t have been going on in the studio, we didn’t get the record that we were playing every day. We really enjoyed making the record, but we didn’t get it on tape the way we were hearing it in the studio." Frustrated, Prine went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Los Angeles</a> and spoke with several "big-time producers" but admitted to Zollo that had lost his enthusiasm for the project: "I talked to, Christ, twenty different producers, really great guys, great producers. Big-time producers. And I just didn’t want to do it. I just didn’t have the heart to do the record again. And Goodman said he would do it." The album features "If You Don't Want My Love" which Prine co-wrote with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Phil Spector</a>.</h2><h2><br></h2><h2>Track listing</h2><p>All tracks composed by John Prine, except where indicated.</p><ol><li>"Fish and Whistle" – 3:14</li><li>"There She Goes" – 3:24</li><li>"If You Don't Want My Love" (Prine, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Phil Spector</a>) – 3:05</li><li>"That's the Way That the World Goes 'Round" – 3:20</li><li>"Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)" – 5:21</li><li>"Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone" – 2:53</li><li>"Aw Heck" – 2:20</li><li>"Crooked Piece of Time" – 2:52</li><li>"Iron Ore Betty" – 2:42</li><li>"The Hobo Song" – 3:31</li></ol><h2>Personnel</h2><ul><li>John Prine – vocals, backing vocals, guitar</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jethro_Burns" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jethro Burns</a> – mandolin</li><li>John Burns – guitar, backing vocals</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bush" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sam Bush</a> – guitar, backing vocals</li><li>Bob Hoban – piano</li><li>Bob Horne – keyboards, backing vocals</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_LeBlanc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Leo LeBlanc</a> – dobro, guitar, pedal steel guitar</li><li>Howard Levy – piano, accordion, keyboards, saxophone</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Steve Goodman</a> – guitar, backing vocals, harmony vocals</li><li>Tom Radtke – drums, percussion</li><li>Steve Rodby – bass</li><li>Jim Rothermel – clarinet, saxophone, recorder, penny whistle</li><li>Corky Siegel – harmonica, piano</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Utley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mike Utley</a> – organ, piano</li><li>Don Shelton – backing vocals</li><li>Diane Holmes – backing vocals</li><li>Len Dresslar – backing vocals</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramblin%27_Jack_Elliott" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ramblin' Jack Elliott</a> – backing vocals</li><li>Bob Bowker – backing vocals</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Browne" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jackson Browne</a> – backing vocals</li><li>John Cowan — backing vocals</li><li>Kitty Haywood – backing vocals</li><li>Bonnie Herman – backing vocals</li><li>Vicki Hubley – backing vocals</li><li>Bonnie Koloc – backing vocals</li></ul><p><br></p>