The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)

~ Recording by John Prine

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.9The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)3:23John PrineSweet RevengeJohn PrineAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)SD 7274
1.9The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)3:20John PrineSweet RevengeJohn PrineAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)K 40524
1.9The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)3:23John PrineSweet Revenge (Reissue)John PrineAlbum
  • US1990-01-24
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7274-2
1.9The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)3:23John PrineSweet RevengeJohn PrineAlbum
  • CA1990-02-05
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)CD 7274
2.11The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)3:21John PrineAngels From MontgomeryJohn PrineAlbum + Compilation
Raven Records (Australian mainly reissue)RVCD-383
1.31The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)3:20John PrineSweet Revenge: The Early YearsJohn PrineAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2018-05-19
X5 Music Group
1.9The Accident (Things could Be Worse)?:??John PrineSweet Revenge (180g vinyl)John PrineAlbum
  • XE2020-09-18
  • US2020-09-18
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)RD1 7274 / 603497846603
3.9The Accident (Things Could Be Worse) (2020 Remaster)3:24John PrineCrooked Piece of Time: The Atlantic & Asylum Albums (1971-1980)John PrineAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2020-10-23
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!), Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)603497846504, R2 643404

Relationships

recording engineer:Steve Ham
producer:Arif Mardin
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:John Prine
bass:Mike Leach
drums (drum set):Kenny Malone (American blues drummer Kenny Kimbrough)
fiddle:Dave Prine
guitar:John Christopher (British writer)
Reggie Young (guitarist and songwriter)
piano:David Briggs (US producer and musician)
resonator guitar [dobro]:Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist)
steel guitar:Doyle Grisham
vocals:Raun MacKinnon
recorded at:Quadrafonic Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)

The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)

lyricist and composer:John Prine
publisher:Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI)