hypersongs

In Spite of Ourselves

Prine's thirteenth studio album, all duets with women singers.
John Prine & Iris DeMent, 1999

The album took in Connie Smith, Melba Montgomery, Lucinda Williams, Trisha Yearwood, Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless, Dolores Keane and Fiona Prine alongside DeMent. The only original is the title song. A 2019 20th anniversary pink vinyl edition benefited Gilda's Club NYC, with an EP, Sittin' On A Rainbow. The release date elsewhere appears as September 14; the album's own article and several retrospectives say September 28. Americana UK said it won no awards, despite Prine's wins elsewhere. No Depression's David Cantwell called the title song very funny but no mere joke.

Track listing

  1. (We're Not) The Jet Set2:34
  2. So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)2:28
  3. Wedding Bells / Let's Turn Back the Years3:45
  4. When Two Worlds Collide2:20
  5. Milwaukee Here I Come2:20
  6. I Know One2:39
  7. It's a Cheating Situation2:54
  8. Back Street Affair2:46
  9. Loose Talk2:43
  10. Let's Invite Them Over2:09
  11. 'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose2:48
  12. In a Town This Size3:30
  13. We Could2:16
  14. We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds2:15
  15. In Spite of Ourselves3:32
  16. Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)2:24

Sources

  1. In Spite of Ourselves, Wikipedia
  2. John Prine, In Spite of Ourselves, No Depression (1999-10-31)
  3. Really Glad to Be Here: John Prine, The Village Voice (1999-10-05)