Perfectly Good Guitar

Infobox Album |
Name = Perfectly Good Guitar
Type = Album
Artist = John Hiatt

Released = September 7, 1993
Recorded = Conway Studios
Genre = Rock
Length = 52:31 / 57:30
Label = A&M Records
Producer = Matt Wallace
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:21420rjar48i link] '
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnhiatt/albums/album/260579/review/5940896/perfectly_good_guitar link] '
Last album = "Stolen Moments"
(1990)
This album = "Perfectly Good Guitar"
(1993)
Next album = "Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan?"
(1994)

"Perfectly Good Guitar" was singer-songwriter John Hiatt's eleventh album, released in 1993. It was his last studio album with A&M Records. It was Hiatt's highest charting album ever, peaking in the top 50 of the Billboard 200 (#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
#Something Wild – 4:31
#Straight Outta Time – 4:30
#Perfectly Good Guitar – 4:38
#Buffalo River Home – 5:11
#Angel – 3:18
#Blue Telescope – 4:21
#Cross My Fingers – 4:02
#Old Habits Are Hard To Break – 4:42 (Hiatt, Marshall Chapman)
#The Wreck Of a Barbie Ferrari – 4:35
#When You Hold Me Tight – 5:23
#Permanent Hurt – 3:22
#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