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Classic Album Review: John Prine | In Spite Of Ourselves

The Nashville icon welcomes some female vocalists on a slate of country classics.

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


What could be better than a new John Prine album?

Well, how about a new Prine album featuring country classics by the likes of Roger Miller (When Two Worlds Collide), Felice Bryant (We Could) and Don Everly (So Sad). What could be better than that? Well, how about a Prine album of country classics that are almost all duets, with JP intertwining his warm, smoky rasp with the sweet dulcet tones of gals like Iris DeMent, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Trisha Yearwood and even Connie Smith. And what could be better than that? Well, nothing I can think of.