John Prine
moved to his own independent label,
Oh Boy
, after stints at
Atlantic
and
Asylum
(later, he acquired his
albums and reissued them on
). On this label debut, he is under no commercial pressures, and that seems to make him more low-key.
"The Oldest Baby in the World,"
"Somewhere Someone's Falling in Love,"
"Unwed Fathers"
are good examples of his new sweetness, which is as winning as his wit in his older songs. ~ William Ruhlmann