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In Spite of Ourselves is the 13th studio album of John Prine, featuring duets of classic country songs with various well-known female folk and alt-country vocalists, released in 1999. The album was Prine's first release since successfully battling throat cancer.
John Edward Prine [2] (/ p r aɪ n /; October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music.Widely cited as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, Prine was known for his signature blend of humorous lyrics about love, life, and current events, often with elements of social commentary and satire, as well as sweet songs and melancholy ...
[8] The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette called it "a gem," writing that the songs exist "in their spare, acoustic glory with only the rough edges of Prine’s voice to guide you." [ 9 ] The Irish Times called it "a stunning reminder" of "Prine's consistently intelligent take on how to tell a story."
This is the second album featuring duets with Prine. His first album of duets was released in 1999 with the similarly styled In Spite of Ourselves. [7] [8] [9]The 15 tracks include 14 duets and feature 11 female artists, (with Iris DeMent, Lee Ann Womack and Kathy Mattea recording two duets each and Alison Krauss, Susan Tedeschi, Holly Williams, Morgane Stapleton, Amanda Shires, Miranda ...
The song was later covered by Keith Whitley as a duet with his wife Lorrie Morgan. Posthumously released in July 1990, it was the only single from his Greatest Hits album. This version peaked at number 13 on the country singles charts and won the Vocal Event of the Year at the Country Music Association awards.
Epic released the song as a single in 1974 and it climbed to #15 on the Billboard country charts. In July 2013 Uncut singled out the performance as a "grand romance." John Prine covered the song with Iris Dement and it became the opening track on his 1999 LP In Spite of Ourselves.
The third single "In Spite of Ourselves" was released on 16 December 2020. The single is a cover of American country folk musician John Prine's song of the same name, and features Australian musician Amy Taylor of Amyl and the Sniffers. [13] The fourth single "Girls & Boys" was released on 6 January 2021. [14]
According to Eddie Huffman's book John Prine: In Spite of Himself, the singer was “perfectly content with the record he cut in Memphis. But Cropper was moving into the rock ‘n’ roll big leagues as a producer, working on Rod Stewart's next record around the same time. He decided Prine's album needed fleshing out.