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For Better, or Worse

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Released
  
2016 (2016)

Release date
  
30 September 2016

Genres
  
Country, Folk

Artist
  
John Prine

Label
  
Oh Boy Records

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For Better, or Worse is a 2016 album of John Prine. It consists of tracks in which Prine teams with an all-star array of female singers to tackle carefully chosen vintage country tunes in duets. The album was also released in vinyl format that also included a mp3 download pass for the album.

Contents

Background

The album is the second compilation album featuring duets with Prine. The first Prine's compilation of duets was in 1999 when he recorded the similarly styled In Spite of Ourselves.

The 15 tracks contain 14 duets with 11 female artists (with Iris DeMent, Lee Ann Womack and Kathy Mattea recording two duets and Alison Krauss, Susan Tedeschi, Holly Williams, Morgane Stapleton, Amanda Shires, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves and Prine's wife Fiona Prine recording one duet each. The last track is a solo recording, "Just Waitin'", by Prine.

Two of the artists, Iris DeMent and Fiona Prine had been featured in the 1999 album as well.

Commercial performance

The album was debuted at number 2 on Billboard US Country Albums Charts and number 30 on the Billboard Hot 200. It also reached number 7 on U.S. Indie Albums Chart and number 5 on U.S. Folk Albums chart. The album has sold 33,800 copies in the US as of December 2016.

Track listing

  1. "Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out" (feat. Iris DeMent) - 2:41
  2. "Storms Never Last" (feat. Lee Ann Womack) - 2:43
  3. "Falling in Love Again" (feat. Alison Krauss) - 2:31
  4. "Color of the Blues" (feat. Susan Tedeschi) - 2:54
  5. "I'm Tellin' You" (feat. Holly Williams) - 1:50
  6. "Remember Me (When Candlelights Are Gleaming)" [feat. Kathy Mattea) - 3:32
  7. "Look at Us" (feat. Morgane Stapleton) - 2:46
  8. "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Loud, Loud Music" (feat. Amanda Shires) - 2:58
  9. "Fifteen Years Ago" (feat. Lee Ann Womack) - 3:06
  10. "Cold, Cold Heart" (feat. Miranda Lambert) - 3:32
  11. "Dreaming My Dreams with You" (feat. Kathy Mattea) - 3:12
  12. "Mental Cruelty" (feat. Kacey Musgraves) - 2:23
  13. "Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be (feat. Iris DeMent) - 2:36
  14. "My Happiness" (feat. Fiona Prine) - 2:55
  15. "Just Waitin'"

Songs

1Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out (feat Iris DeMent)Iris DeMent2:41
2Storms Never Last (feat Lee Ann Womack)Lee Ann Womack2:44
3Falling in Love Again (feat Alison Krauss)Alison Krauss2:32

References

For Better, or Worse Wikipedia
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