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Great Days: The John Prine Anthology | 
 enlarge | Artist: John Prine
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $31.98
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 3466
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 1.1
MPN: 71400
UPC: 081227140021
EAN: 0081227140021
ASIN: B000003329
Release Date: August 17, 1993
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Illegal Smile | | • | Spanish Pipedream | | • | Hello in There | | • | Sam Stone | | • | Paradise | | • | Donald and Lydia | | • | The Late John Garfield Blues | | • | Yes I Guess They Oughta Name a Drink After You | | • | The Great Compromise | | • | Sweet Revenge | | • | Please Don't Bury Me | | • | Christmas in Prison | | • | Dear Abby | | • | Blue Umbrella | | • | Common Sense | | • | Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard | | • | Saddle in the Rain | | • | He Was in Heaven Before He Died | | • | Fish and Whistle | | • | That's the Way That the World Goes 'Round | | • | Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow) |
Disc 2
| • | Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone | | • | Automobile | | • | Killing the Blues - John Prine, Salley, Roly | | • | Down by the Side of the Road | | • | Living in the Future | | • | It's Happening to You | | • | Storm Windows | | • | One Red Rose | | • | Souvenirs | | • | Aimless Love | | • | The Oldest Baby in the World | | • | People Puttin' People Down | | • | Unwed Fathers | | • | Angel from Montgomery | | • | Linda Goes to Mars | | • | Bad Boy | | • | Speed of the Sound of Loneliness | | • | It's a Big Old Goofy World | | • | The Sins of Memphisto | | • | All the Best |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
If you buy Great Days: The John Prine Anthology, you may live to regret it. He's probably the best American folk-song lyricist of his generation, mixing low-key poignancy and deadpan humor in perfect proportions. His musical limitations serve to reinforce the understated nature of his art, and his short, plain-spoken lines (written in the offhand conversational style of his Midwestern and Appalachian characters) sneak through the back door of your imagination and won't leave. So where does the regret come in? Well, as you listen to the 41 songs arranged chronologically on these two CDs, you're going to ask yourself, "If someone can write 41 songs as good as these, isn't there a good chance he wrote more than 41?" After hearing the anthology's six songs from Prine's 1971 debut album, for example, you may decide to go out and buy that album itself. After you hear songs as delightful as "Pretty Good" and "Your Flag Decal," which didn't find their way into the collection, you may soon find yourself hunting down all 10 of Prine's original studio albums. Then you may regret having bought Great Days. --Geoffrey Himes
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| Customer Reviews: Read 42 more reviews...
Great Days September 9, 2008
D. Erickson
Excellent !!! Lost my John Prine albums long ago, its so great to have the music back again.
Folksy music with a dark vision July 29, 2008
Peter C. Simpson (Clarksburg, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
John Prine has created some of the most masterful songs that look at the dark side of humanity. Drug addiction, senior grief and other afflictions are compelling sung. There are some themes of hope, as people have courage while in difficulty and a couple of fun songs like "Illegal Smile". Don't look for happy hootenanny music, this guy had the heavy metal lyrics a lifetime before that music came along. The Greek playwrights treasured tragedy for it's catharsis, Prine's music offers the same thing. Cry a little and then feel good. You're a lot better off than many of his characters.
Ch##st, I love John Prine April 17, 2008
R. Nall (Denver, CO United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was exposed to Prine when I was about 19 years-old, but never really paid him much mind. At 37 I purchased this little box set and fell in love. It had all the stuff I loved. I was specifically looking for Lake Marie (A majestic ballad not on this set. . . .) But I found so much gold here I couldn't pass it up.
I saw John in concert in Denver recently. He said his guitar was sick and needed some work. He had the guitar tech send out another one. This instrument, he said, was Steve Goodman's guitar. "Man I miss Steve," he said. Then he began to play Souvenirs.
I can listen to the Steve Goodman/John Prine duet on Souvenirs captured on this set over and over and over again.
Angel From Montgomery is also precious. There is not a bad song from the set.
There is a hit out by Robert Plant and Allison Krause that contains Killing the Blues. Listen to John's version - I am torn which I prefer.
Regardless, buy this set. It is so comprehensive you will come back and purchase the whole catalog.
Why John isn't more of an American institution, I will never know.
 not so much February 13, 2008
Greg Mayer (reno,nv)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got introduced to JP with his Fair and Square cd. Brilliant! So I read the reviews on this one and went for it. I like some of the songs but not as much as I anticipated. It is hard to listen to much because the mix is awful. His vocals are buried so deep in the music to the point of being hard to hear. The live cuts work the best. Must of had a different engineer.
Great album! August 30, 2007
Ken (McKinney, TX USA)
I have had this CD set for about 6 years, and remains one of my favorites. If you aren't familiar with his work, take a moment to listen to a couple of clips.
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