FROM: Uncle Vernon
RATING: I LIKE IT
Like the reviewer below, I think "A Good Time" is one of John's best. "Mexican Home" ain't bad, neither.
FROM: Jimbo
RATING: ALL TIME FAVORITES
It's difficult (if not impossible) to pick a "favorite" Prine album -they're all so good and my favorite changes with my moods, etc. But if I HAD TO pick one, it would probably be Sweet Revenge. Not only are the songs great (as always), but it contains the wryest, cockiest vocal deliveries in JP's catalogue. This is Prine at his "shit-eating grin" best, with "The Accident," "Onomotopeia," "Please Don't Bury Me," and the title song leading that charge. On the softer side, I have always thought that "Good Time" was one of his best songs ever and has always been much underappreciated by everyone (including John himself). I first heard this album in 1973 and it was a very important album to me then. Today, it is a great nostalgia trip every time I listen to it but it also stands up over the years as a great great album. I couldn't live without any of my Prine albums, but I couldn't live without this one the most.
FROM: Nancy in southern indiana
RATING: ALL TIME FAVORITES
First bought this in vinyl when I was about 16 yrs old, and loved it then . Thought John was so handsome in the cover shot! Haven't heard it in years, then got in on CD yesterday. It sounds even better today. The funny "Dear Abby" and "The Accident" made
RATING: ALL TIME FAVORITES
REVIEW: 'Please Don't Bury Me' has become over the years our campfire song - anyone can sing it, anyone can identify with it. When I finally heard it live at Wolf Trap a few years ago, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Not to mention, the first Prine song I ever heard, way back in '82 when I was a whitewater river guide!
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