Bruised Orange
by John Prine
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John Prine bestography
Bruised Orange is ranked 5th best out of 22 albums by John Prine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Prine is John Prine which is ranked number 1456 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,181.
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Bruised Orange track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bruised Orange rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | John Prine: So Far.. | 2/10 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1978 | 90/100 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 71 Music Albums of 1978 | 40/71 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 74/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2025 | Daredevil42 | Top 84 Music Albums of 1978 | 33/84 | 3 |
| 2025 | amirmishali | Top 46 Music Albums of 1978 | 39/46 | 1 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  jhuik | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 62/100 | 8 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 26 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 96 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/21/2026 01:19 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2026 00:06 | bkogz | 938 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2026 21:17 |  wdputnamiii | 14 | 92/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.1.
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best singer-songwriter of the eighties? you might well arsk. seventies, too. how does some guy from southern illinois write songs this good, this layered? how does anybody do it? most don't. he does throw in one little rocker, iron ore betty, guaranteed to get you up and scrubbing your kitchen floor in no time.
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/29/2012 04:37 | #51422
John Prine was such a raw talent, too self-effacing and understated for his own good. What a solid collection of well written, memorable songs.
Droophus 01/07/2020 04:46 | #246496
Such fun songs on this record. Simple songs that blow your mind. All classic sing alongs.
imacgill 08/28/2022 18:20 | #288984
Brilliant song writer and great collection of Americana. Rest easy....
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