Perfectly Good Guitar Explained

Perfectly Good Guitar
Type:	Album
Artist:	John Hiatt
Cover:	Hiatt Guitar.jpg
Released:	7 September 1993
Studio:	Conway Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre:	Rock
Length:	52:31 / 57:30
Label:	A&M^[1]
Producer:	Matt Wallace
Prev Title:	Stolen Moments
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan?
Next Year:	1994

Perfectly Good Guitar is singer-songwriter John Hiatt's eleventh album, released in 1993. It was his last studio album with A&M Records, despite it being Hiatt's highest charting album in the US (#47), Canada (#34), the UK (#67), the Netherlands (#13), and Sweden (#11). The European edition of the album contains the bonus track "I'll Never Get Over You." Iggy Pop first issued the song "Something Wild" on his 1990 album Brick By Brick.

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^[2]
4. "Buffalo River Home" – 5:11
5. "Angel" – 3:18
6. "Blue Telescope" – 4:21
7. "Cross My Fingers" – 4:02
8. "Old Habits" – 4:42 (Hiatt, Marshall Chapman)
9. "The Wreck of the Barbie Ferrari" – 4:35
10. "When You Hold Me Tight" – 5:23
11. "Permanent Hurt" – 3:22
12. "Loving a Hurricane" – 3:58

Personnel

• John Hiatt – Guitar, vocals, Piano, Organ
• Brian MacLeod – drums, percussion
• John Pierce – Bass guitar
• Dennis Locorriere – Harmony vocals
• Michael Ward – Guitar
• Ravi Oli – Electric sitar [Ravi Oli is a pseudonym of David Immerglück]

Notes and References

1. Web site: HARDER-EDGED JOHN HIATT IS READY FOR A THING CALLED FAME. Parry Gettelman, Orlando. Sentinel. chicagotribune.com.
2. Web site: The Ax Murders. Rick. Marin. 31 October 1993. NYTimes.com.
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