Pretty Little Stranger Explained

Pretty Little Stranger
Type:studio
Artist:Joan Osborne
Cover:Joan Osborne - Pretty Little Stranger.jpg
Recorded:
  • OmniSound (Nashville)
  • The Doghouse (Nashville)
  • Electric Comoland (Lafayette)[1]
Genre:Country, pop
Length:51:09
Label:Vanguard, Capitol
Producer:Steve Buckingham
Prev Title:Christmas Means Love
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:Breakfast in Bed
Next Year:2007

Pretty Little Stranger is the fourth studio album by Joan Osborne. The album is her first release on the independent Vanguard Records label, and has been her only album incorporating significant country influences.[2] The record was released in the UK on November 13, 2006 and in the US on November 14.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Pretty Little Stranger" (Osborne)
  2. "Brokedown Palace" (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter)
  3. "Who Divided" (Osborne)
  4. "Holy Waters" (Andreas Uetz, Osborne)
  5. "What You Are" (Patty Griffin, Craig Ross)
  6. "Shake That Devil" (Osborne)
  7. "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" (Kris Kristofferson)
  8. "Time Won't Tell" (Beth Nielsen Chapman, Harlan Howard)
  9. "Dead Roses" (Osborne, Gary Nicholson)
  10. "After Jane" (Osborne)
  11. "'Til I Get It Right" (Red Lane, Larry Henley)
  12. "When the Blue Hour Comes" (Rodney Crowell, Roy Orbison, Will Jennings)
  13. "Losing You All Over Again" (Bonus Track)

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.

Musicians
Technical

Chart performance

Chart (2006)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums58
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums34

Notes and References

  1. Pretty Little Stranger . Joan Osborne . 2006 . CD liner notes . Vanguard Records . 79810-2 . USA. . Accessed 25 December 2022 at Discogs.
  2. Web site: Joan Osborne: Pretty Little Stranger . PopMatters . November 26, 2006 . September 6, 2018 . Gilstrap, Andrew.