Bustin' Out

Bustin' Out
Studio album by Pure Prairie League
Released	October 1972
Recorded	RCA Studios, Toronto
Genre	Country rock, folk rock
Length	34:36
Label	RCA
Producer	Robert Alan Ringe
Pure Prairie League chronology
Pure Prairie League (1972) Bustin' Out (1972) Two Lane Highway (1975)
Singles from Bustin' Out
"Amie" Released: 1973

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Bustin' Out is the second album by American country rock band Pure Prairie League, released by RCA Records in late 1972. The album ended up becoming far more popular almost 3 years after its release, during the height of the Country Rock and Southern Rock boom of the mid-1970s. By then, band leader Craig Fuller was no longer in the band due to draft board issues.

"Amie" was first released as a single in 1973, and went nowhere. In early 1975 it again began receiving airplay mostly on college radio stations and then on major U.S. radio stations. It hit #27 by May 1975. On the album, "Falling In and Out of Love" ends in a segue to "Amie", which then concludes with the main chorus of "Falling In and Out of Love." Because of this interrelationship, many American classic rock and AOR radio stations play the pair of songs as a single track.

The album features a guest appearance by Mick Ronson who provided string arrangements on the track "Boulder Skies" and "Call Me, Tell Me."

Track listing[]

All songs written by Craig Fuller, except where noted.

1. "Jazzman" (Ed Holstein) – 2:34
2. "Angel #9" – 4:55
3. "Leave My Heart Alone" (George Powell) – 4:24
4. "Early Morning Riser" – 5:05
5. "Falling In and Out of Love" – 2:12
6. "Amie" – 4:18
7. "Boulder Skies" – 4:01
8. "Angel" – 4:26
9. "Call Me, Tell Me" – 2:41

Personnel[]

Pure Prairie League

• Craig Fuller – bass guitar, electric guitar, vocals
• George Ed Powell – electric guitar, vocals
• William Frank Hinds – drums

Additional musicians

• Michael Connor – piano, keyboards
• James Rolleston – bass
• Al Brisco – steel guitar
• Mick Ronson – guitar, background vocals, string arrangements
• Dianne Brooks – background vocals on "Leave My Heart Alone"
• Little Bobby Ring[e] – marimba, shaker

Production

• Producer: Robert Alan Ringe
• Engineer: Mark Smith
• Recording Technician: Cub Richardson
• Digital Producer: Susan Ruskin
• Digital Series Executive Producer: Don Wardell
• Remastering: Rick Rowe
• Art direction: Acy Lehman
• Management: Roger Abramson

Charts[]

Album – Billboard (United States)

Singles - Billboard Hot 100

See also[]

• Bustin' Out of L Seven

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