Bruised Orange
by John Prine

Bruised Orange by John Prine
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 11,390th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 50 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (164th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,598th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,390th)

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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 1491 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,136.

John Prine album bestography « Higher ranked (10,932nd)
The Missing Years
This album (11,390th)
Bruised Orange
Lower ranked (17,823rd) »
Aimless Love

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Bruised Orange rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 11,390th | 1970s rank: 1,598th | 1978 rank: 164th

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74/100 (from 50 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.8.

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From 08/28/2022 18:20 | #288984
Brilliant song writer and great collection of Americana. Rest easy....
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From 01/07/2020 04:46 | #246496
Such fun songs on this record. Simple songs that blow your mind. All classic sing alongs.
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From 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.
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From 12/08/2009 01:44 | #4184
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.
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2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
4. This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
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