Perfectly Good Guitar

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Perfectly Good Guitar
Studio album by John Hiatt
Released	September 7, 1993
Recorded	?
Genre	Rock
Length	52:31 / 57:30
Label	A&M Records
Producer	Matt Wallace
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link' Rolling Stone link'
John Hiatt chronology
Stolen Moments (1990) Perfectly Good Guitar (1993) Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan? (1994)

Perfectly Good Guitar was singer-songwriter John Hiatt's eleventh album, released in 1993. It was his last studio album with A&M Records. It was Hiatt's highest charting album ever, peaking in the top 50 of the Billboard 200 (#47). The European edition of the album contains the bonus track "I'll Never Get Over You".

[edit] Track listing

• All tracks written by John Hiatt except where noted

1. Something Wild – 4:31
2. Straight Outta Time – 4:30
3. Perfectly Good Guitar – 4:38
4. Buffalo River Home – 5:11
5. Angel – 3:18
6. Blue Telescope – 4:21
7. Cross My Fingers – 4:02
8. Old Habits Are Hard To Break – 4:42 (Hiatt, Marshall Chapman)
9. The Wreck Of a Barbie Ferrari – 4:35
10. When You Hold Me Tight – 5:23
11. Permanent Hurt – 3:22
12. Loving A Hurricane – 3:58

[edit] Personnel

• John Hiatt - Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Organ
• Brian MacLeod - Drums, Percussion
• John Pierce - Bass guitar
• Michael Ward - Guitar
• Ravi Oli - Electric sitar