Perfectly Good Guitar

Perfectly Good Guitar
Studio album by John Hiatt
Released September 7, 1993
Recorded Conway Studios
Genre Rock
Length 52:31 / 57:30
Label A&M
Producer Matt Wallace
John Hiatt chronology
Stolen Moments
(1990)		 Perfectly Good Guitar
(1993)		 Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan?
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau [2]
Rolling Stone [3]
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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".

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

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Mason, Stewart. Perfectly Good Guitar at Allmusic. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  2. ^ "Consumer Guide, John Hiatt reviews". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=John+Hiatt. Retrieved August 12, 2011. 
  3. ^ Cohen, Jason (October 28, 1993). "John Hiatt: Perfectly Good Guitar: Music review". Rolling Stone (RS 668). Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081010153152/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnhiatt/albums/album/260579/review/5940896/perfectly_good_guitar. Retrieved August 12, 2011.