Good introduction ... in 1973
5
By Donny C.
I'd been hearing about and reading about this guy for awhile when I came across this album and bought it without much thought. It wasn't long before I was going backward, buying his first two. While I would have to say that Prine's first album is still my favorite after all these years, this one ranks second, and all the rest fall into a distant third, fourth, etc. Diamonds in the Rough is good, Common Sense is pretty good -- I lost contact after that. and later realized he did too. But one can't go wrong with Prine's first album and this more humorous collection. He also started to put covers in his albums at this point (Nine Pound Hammer), but that's OK. As the iTunes review pointed out, this more of a rocker than his earlier work, and as far a cynicism, I think he peaked with this album. Definitely worth owning.
