CHUCK PROPHET : THE HURTING BUSINESS

1. Rise
2. The Hurting Business
3. Apology
4. Diamond Jim
5. It Won't Be Long
6. Lucky
7. God's Arms
8. I Couldn't Be Happier
9. Shore Patrol
10. Dyin' All Young
11. Statehouse (Burning In The Rain)
12. La Paloma

Label : Cooking Vinyl

Length : 47:53

Release Date : 1999

Review (AllMusic) : Singer/songwriter and cracking guitarist Chuck Prophet breaks the Americana mold on his fifth solo recording, and pops turntablism and noisy Tom Waits-style clanks into his formal songs as an experiment. It works: there's the bouncy Farfisa-toned title song, and "Lucky" is an absolute hit single right in the minimalist pocket with its guitar, drums, Hammond organ, and falsetto vocals (all certainly atypical on a Prophet-style production). "God's Arms" has a melodious Eastern hymn spin thanks to swirling Mellotron and mando guitar subbing for sitar. Though Homemade Blood was his high-water mark, new listeners may want to connect with this so-called departure before digging deeper into Prophet's wealthy storehouse of songcraft.