Bruised Orange

Bruised Orange is the fifth album by American folk singer and songwriter John Prine, released in 1978. Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote of the album "Despite some brilliant songs, Prine's followup albums to his stunning debut were uneven until this... "Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone," perhaps the best depiction ever written of life on the road in the entertainment business." Music critic Robert Christgau wrote "Here Prine sounds like he's singing us bedtime stories, and while the gently humorous mood is attractive, at times it makes this "crooked piece of time that we live in" seem as harmless and corny as producer Steve Goodman's background moves; no accident that the closer.. and just to prove he's still got the...