Fair & Square

Fair & Square is the 15th studio album by American folk singer-songwriter John Prine, released on Oh Boy Records in 2005. Three versions were released: a standard CD, an Extended Play (EP) CD with four bonus tracks, and a vinyl version with the same four bonus tracks.

At the 48th Grammy Awards, Fair & Square won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Mark Deming wrote of the album "...the man on Fair and Square seems a good bit less scrappy and more contemplative than the guy who cut Prine's most memorable material... for the most part this album is an unusually spare and subdued effort from an artist who usually can't help but crack a smile; with any luck he'll be feeling a bit more hopeful next time out, though this is still great music for a quiet afternoon." Music critic Bill Frater wrote "There is a timeless quality to his songwriting style. He claims that the words just come to him without him having to do anything, but just write ‘em down. I don't doubt it; even random words like Constantinople can work if the right writer hears it. John Prine is indeed a songwriter's songwriter and we all should be so honest and trusting." Music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a 3-star Honorable Mention rating.

Fair & Square (TV show)

Fair and Square (Hebrew: יצאת צדיק‎ - "yatzata tzadiq", lit. It turned out that you are righteous) is an Israeli consumer affairs and investigative reporting TV show on Channel 2. It premiered in 2004 on Channel 2. Since 2004 the show has been presented by its editor and producer, Haim Hecht.

Haim Hecht is examine in every episode the reliability of technicians and professionals in some areas, like electricians and mechanisians.

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