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'''''For Better, or Worse''''' is a 2016 album of [[John Prine]]. It consists of tracks in which Prine teams with an all-star array of female singers to tackle carefully chosen vintage country tunes in duets. The album was also released in vinyl format that also included a mp3 download pass for the album. It is his first album release in 9 years since 2007's [[Standard Songs for Average People]] |
'''''For Better, or Worse''''' is a 2016 album of [[John Prine]]. It consists of tracks in which Prine teams with an all-star array of female singers to tackle carefully chosen vintage country tunes in duets. The album was also released in vinyl format that also included a mp3 download pass for the album. It is his first studio album release in 9 years since 2007's [[Standard Songs for Average People]] |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
Revision as of 22:32, 3 January 2019
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Released | April 1, 2016 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Oh Boy | |||
John Prine chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Robert Christgau | [1] |
For Better, or Worse is a 2016 album of John Prine. It consists of tracks in which Prine teams with an all-star array of female singers to tackle carefully chosen vintage country tunes in duets. The album was also released in vinyl format that also included a mp3 download pass for the album. It is his first studio album release in 9 years since 2007's Standard Songs for Average People
Background
The album is the second compilation album featuring duets with Prine. The first Prine's compilation of duets was in 1999 when he recorded the similarly styled In Spite of Ourselves.[2][3][4]
The 15 tracks contain 14 duets with 11 female artists (with Iris DeMent, Lee Ann Womack and Kathy Mattea recording two duets and Alison Krauss, Susan Tedeschi, Holly Williams, Morgane Stapleton, Amanda Shires, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves and Prine's wife Fiona Prine recording one duet each. The last track is a solo recording, "Just Waitin'", by Prine.
Two of the artists, Iris DeMent and Fiona Prine had been featured in the 1999 album as well.
Commercial performance
The album was debuted at number 2 on Billboard US Country Albums Charts and number 30 on the Billboard Hot 200. It also reached number 7 on U.S. Indie Albums Chart and number 5 on U.S. Folk Albums chart. The album has sold 43,700 copies in the US as of March 2017.[5]
Track listing
Personnel
- Kenneth Blevins - drums
- Shad Cobb - fiddle
- Iris DeMent - vocals on track 1 & 13
- Lloyd Green - pedal steel guitar
- Mark Howard - acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Dave Jacques - upright bass
- Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson - harmonica
- Alison Krauss - vocals on track 3
- Miranda Lambert - vocals on track 10
- Kathy Mattea - vocals on track 6 & 11
- Pat McLaughlin - mandolin
- Kacey Musgraves - vocals on track 12
- Tim O'Brien - fiddle, mandolin
- Al Perkins - pedal steel guitar, resonator guitar
- Fiona Prine - vocals on track 14
- John Prine -mlead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Amanda Shires - vocals on track 8
- Morgane Stapleton - vocals on track 7
- Susan Tedeschi - electric guitar, vocals on track 4
- Pete Wasner - piano, Wurlitzer piano
- Jason Wilber - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Holly Williams - vocals on track 5
- Lee Ann Womack - vocals on track 2 & 9
Charts
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] | 161 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] | 152 |
US Billboard 200[8] | 30 |
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[9] | 5 |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[10] | 2 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11] | 7 |
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[12] | 8 |
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[13] | 13 |
References
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "For Better, or Worse > Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
- ^ Richard Turner in The Wall Street Journal: John Prine Sings Duets in New Album, ‘For Better, or Worse’
- ^ Jim Allen review on npr.com: John Prine - 'For Better, Or Worse'
- ^ Neil Spencer in The Guardian: John Prine: For Better, Or Worse review – marriage duets, country-style
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (March 5, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: March 6, 2017". Roughstock.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – John Prine – For Better, or Worse" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – John Prine – For Better, or Worse" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ^ "John Prine Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- ^ "John Prine Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "John Prine Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "John Prine Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "John Prine Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "John Prine Chart History (Vinyl Albums)". Billboard.