Bustin' Out

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{{Infobox album
| name = Bustin' Out
| type = [[Album]]
| artist = [[Pure Prairie League]]
| cover = Pure Prairie League - Bustin' Out (album).png
| alt =
| released = October 1972
| recorded = RCA Studios, Toronto
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Country rock]], [[folk rock]]
| length = 34:36
| label = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| producer = Robert Alan Ringe
| prev_title = [[Pure Prairie League (album)|Pure Prairie League]]
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = [[Two Lane Highway]]
| next_year = 1975
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Bustin' Out
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Amie (song)|Amie]]
| single1date = 1973
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r15920|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
}}
'''''Bustin' Out''''' is the second studio album by American [[country rock]] band [[Pure Prairie League]]. Originally released by [[RCA Records]] in late 1972, the album garnered renewed interest almost three years after its release. 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 failed to chart. 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, the pair of songs are sometimes played as a single track.<ref>{{cite web |title=Song of the Day: Falling In and Out of Love/Amie |url=https://www.thesportschief.com/new-blog/2020/3/30/song-of-the-day-falling-in-and-out-of-loveamie |website=The Sports Chief |date=March 30, 2020 |access-date=April 23, 2022}}</ref>

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

==Track listing==
All songs written by Craig Fuller, except where noted.
#"Jazzman" (Ed Holstein) – 2:34
#"Angel #9" – 4:55
#"Leave My Heart Alone" (George Powell) – 4:24
#"Early Morning Riser" – 5:05
#"Falling In and Out of Love" – 2:12
#"[[Amie (song)|Amie]]" – 4:18
#"Boulder Skies" – 4:01
#"Angel" – 4:26
#"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 – [[Drum kit|drums]]

;Additional musicians
*Michael Connor – [[piano]], [[keyboard instrument|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 (musical instrument)|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'''
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1975)
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Canada|24|chartid=3974a|accessdate=24 September 2025}}
|-
|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpee.jp/album/Bustin%20Out/Pure%20Prairie%20League/|title=ALBUM / Pure Prairie League / Bustin Out|website=Billboard Database|accessdate=24 September 2025}}</ref>
|align="center"| 34
|}

'''Singles''' - [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Song
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1975
|align="left"|Amie
|align="left"|27
|-
|}

==See also==
*''[[Bustin' Out of L Seven]]''

==References==
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{{Pure Prairie League}}

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[[Category:Pure Prairie League albums]]
[[Category:1972 albums]]
[[Category:RCA Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums with cover art by Norman Rockwell]]

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