Perfectly Good Guitar
Studio album by
John Hiatt
Released7 September 1993
StudioConway Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreRock
Length52:31 / 57:30
LabelA&M[1]
ProducerMatt Wallace
John Hiatt chronology
Stolen Moments
(1990) 		Perfectly Good Guitar
(1993) 		Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan?
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(choice cut)[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

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[5]
  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

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[6] 83

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Sentinel, Parry Gettelman, Orlando. "HARDER-EDGED JOHN HIATT IS READY FOR A THING CALLED FAME". chicagotribune.com.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Mason, Stewart. Perfectly Good Guitar at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Consumer Guide, John Hiatt reviews". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  4. ^ Cohen, Jason (28 October 1993). "John Hiatt: Perfectly Good Guitar: Music review". Rolling Stone (RS 668). Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  5. ^ Marin, Rick (31 October 1993). "The Ax Murders" – via NYTimes.com.
  6. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 128.



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