John Prine – Bruised Orange

Among the English language's premier phrase-turners with music relevant to any age, the late great John Prine was part of the Atlantic Records family for four albums before he jumped over to Asylum for another three records and eventually his own label Oh Boy. 1978's Bruised Orange served as Prine's fifth album and first with Asylum. Produced by friend and fellow Chicagoan Steve Goodman of which Prine noted, "I totally put it in his hands and he handed me back a beautiful record," the acoustic-driven pop-folk rock affair is warm, imaginative and humorous in all the right places with "Fish and Whistle" and "Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)" among the finest songs of his brilliant career.