Perfectly Good Guitar was singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 John Hiatt

John Hiatt

John Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Hiatt has been nominated for several Grammy Awards - although he has never won- and has been awarded a variety of other...

's eleventh album, released in 1993. It was his last studio album with A&M Records

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. It was Hiatt's highest charting album ever, peaking in the top 50 of the Billboard 200

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 (#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
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   )
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

• John Hiatt - Guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
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  , Piano
  Piano
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  , Organ
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• Brian MacLeod
  Brian MacLeod
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   - drums
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  , percussion
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• John Pierce
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   - Bass guitar
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• Dennis Locorriere
  Dennis Locorriere
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   - Harmony vocals
• Michael Ward
  Michael Ward (musician)
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   - Guitar
• Ravi Oli
  David Immerglück
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   - Electric sitar
  Electric sitar
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  [Ravi Oli is a pseudonym of stringed instrument wizard, David Immerglück]