German Afternoons

German Afternoons
Studio album by John Prine
Released 1986
Recorded Jack Clement’s Cowboy Arms Hotel & Recording Spa, and Jack’s Tracks, Nashville, TN
Genre Folk, Alt-country, Americana
Label Oh Boy
Producer John Prine, Jim Rooney
John Prine chronology
Aimless Love
(1984)		 German Afternoons
(1986)		 John Prine Live
(1986)

German Afternoons is the ninth album by American folk singer and songwriter John Prine, released in 1986. It features the progressive bluegrass band, New Grass Revival.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (B+) [2]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Jim Smith wrote of the album "...this is a sleepy-town stroll, featuring snappy accompaniment by the New Grass Revival."[1] Music critic Robert Christgau wrote "... this relaxed, confident album is where Prine comes out and admits he's a folkie... The songs are straightforward and homemade..."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Lulu Walls" – 2:37
  2. "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" – 3:29
  3. "Out of Love" – 3:17
  4. "Sailin' Around" – 3:25
  5. "If She Were You" – 3:35
  6. "Linda Goes to Mars" – 3:06
  7. "Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian" (CD version only) – 3:13
  8. "I Just Want to Dance With You" – 3:28
  9. "Love, Love, Love" – 3:00
  10. "Bad Boy" – 3:28
  11. "They'll Never Take Her Love From Me" – 3:07
  12. "Paradise" – 3:28

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Smith, Jim. "German Afternoons > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r15827. Retrieved July 9, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "German Afternoons > Review". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=John+Prine. Retrieved July 9, 2011. 
John Prine
Studio albums
John Prine (1971) · Diamonds in the Rough (1972) · Sweet Revenge (1973) · Common Sense (1975) · Bruised Orange (1978) · Pink Cadillac (1979) · Storm Windows (1980) · Aimless Love (1984) · German Afternoons (1986) · The Missing Years (1991) · A John Prine Christmas (1994) · Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings (1995) · In Spite of Ourselves (1999) · Souvenirs (2000) · Fair & Square (2005) · Standard Songs for Average People (with Mac Wiseman) (2007)
Live albums
John Prine Live (1988) · Live on Tour (1997) In Person & On Stage (2010)
Compilation albums
Songs
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