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<h1>Fair & Square</h1>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Fair_and_Square_John_Prine.jpg" alt="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Fair_and_Square_John_Prine.jpg"> Fair & Square is the 15th studio album by American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">folk</a> singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Prine</a>, released on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Boy_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oh Boy Records</a> in 2005. It was rereleased in 2007 as a vinyl double-LP with four more bonus tracks, and in 2008 those four tracks were rereleased as an EP.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_%26_Square#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a>At the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_Grammy_Awards" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">48th Grammy Awards</a>, Fair & Square won the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Contemporary_Folk_Album" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album</a>.<h2>Reception</h2>Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRating<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllMusic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AllMusic</a><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" height="11" width="11"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_%26_Square#cite_note-AM-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Christgau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robert Christgau</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rating-Christgau-three-star-honorable-mention.png" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Rating-Christgau-three-star-honorable-mention.png/30px-Rating-Christgau-three-star-honorable-mention.png" alt="Rating-Christgau-three-star-honorable-mention.png" height="10" width="30"></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_%26_Square#cite_note-RC-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a>Freight Train Boogie<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" height="11" width="11"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_%26_Square#cite_note-FTB-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a>Writing for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllMusic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AllMusic</a>, critic Mark Deming wrote of the album "...the man on Fair and Square seems a good bit less scrappy and more contemplative than the guy who cut Prine's most memorable material... for the most part this album is an unusually spare and subdued effort from an artist who usually can't help but crack a smile; with any luck he'll be feeling a bit more hopeful next time out, though this is still great music for a quiet afternoon."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_%26_Square#cite_note-AM-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a> Music critic Bill Frater wrote "There is a timeless quality to his songwriting style. He claims that the words just come to him without him having to do anything, but just write ‘em down. I don't doubt it; even random words like Constantinople can work if the right writer hears it. John Prine is indeed a songwriter's songwriter and we all should be so honest and trusting."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_%26_Square#cite_note-FTB-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a> Music critic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Christgau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robert Christgau</a> gave the album a 3-star Honorable Mention rating<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_%26_Square#cite_note-RC-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a> but 15 years later admitted that he underrated it.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_%26_Square#cite_note-RC2-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[5]</a><h2>Track listing</h2>All tracks composed by John Prine, except where indicated:<ol><li>"Glory of True Love" (Prine, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Cook_(songwriter)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Roger Cook</a>) – 4:12</li><li>"Crazy as a Loon" (Prine, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McLaughlin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pat McLaughlin</a>) – 5:03</li><li>"Long Monday" (Prine, Keith Sykes) – 3:22</li><li>"Taking a Walk" (Prine, McLaughlin) – 6:09</li><li>"Some Humans Ain't Human" – 7:03</li><li>"My Darlin' Hometown" (Prine, Roger Cook) – 3:14</li><li>"Morning Train" (Prine, McLaughlin) – 4:02</li><li>"The Moon Is Down" – 3:47</li><li>"Clay Pigeons" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaze_Foley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blaze Foley</a>) – 4:27</li><li>"She Is My Everything" – 4:25</li><li>"I Hate It When That Happens to Me" (Prine, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Fritts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donnie Fritts</a>) – 2:49</li><li>"Bear Creek Blues" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._Carter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A. P. Carter</a>) – 4:45</li></ol>Bonus tracks:13. "Other Side of Town" (Live recording) – 4:5314. "Safety Joe" – 3:58The following bonus tracks are also found on the 2007 vinyl rerelease and on a 2008 EP:<ol><li>"Carousel of Love"</li><li>"That's Alright By Me" (Prine, McLaughlin)</li><li>"That's How Every Empire Falls" (R.B. Morris)</li><li>"Dual Custody" (Prine, Roger Cook)</li></ol><h2>Personnel</h2><ul><li>John Prine – vocals, guitar</li><li>John Wilkes Booth – mandolin</li><li>Shawn Camp – guitar</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Douglas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jerry Douglas</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weissenborn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Weissenborn</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Dugmore" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dan Dugmore</a> – pedal steel guitar</li><li>Paul Griffith – drums</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McLaughlin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pat McLaughlin</a> – guitar, mandolin, harmony vocals, Wurlitzer</li><li>Phil Parlapiano – accordion, piano, Hammond B3</li><li>Dave Jacques – bass</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Wilber" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jason Wilber</a> – guitar</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Malone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kenny Malone</a> – percussion</li><li>Roger Cook – ukulele, background vocals</li><li>David Gerguson – bass</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Krauss" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alison Krauss</a> – harmony vocals</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindy_Smith" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mindy Smith</a> – harmony vocals</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Tyminski" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dan Tyminski</a> – harmony vocals</li></ul>