''My Better Self'' is the sixth album by singer/songwriter
Dar Williams. It was released on September 13, 2005, by
Razor & Tie.
Track listing
All songs written by
Dar Williams, except where noted.
#"Teen for God" – 3:28
#"I'll Miss You Till I Meet You" – 4:27
#"Echoes" (
Jules Shear
Jules Mark Shear (born March 7, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He wrote the Cyndi Lauper hit single " All Through the Night" and The Bangles' hit "If She Knew What She Wants", and charted a hit as a performer with "Stead ...
,
Rob Hyman,
Stewart Lerman
Stewart Lerman is a Bronx born, New York-based, 2x Grammy winning music producer(3x nominated), recording engineer, who has worked with The Roches, Elvis Costello, Neko Case, Patti Smith, Antony and the Johnsons, Angelique Kidjo, Shawn Colv ...
) – 3:59
#"Blue Light of the Flame" (Williams, Hyman) – 3:05
#"
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" (
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Fu ...
) – 4:28
#"Two Sides of the River" – 4:09
#"Empire" – 3:47
#"
Comfortably Numb" (
Roger Waters
George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. Waters initially served as the bassist, but following the departure of singer-so ...
,
David Gilmour) – 5:26
#"So Close to My Heart" – 3:11
#"Beautiful Enemy" – 3:10
#"Liar" – 2:58
#"You Rise and Meet the Day" – 3:06
#"The Hudson" – 4:38
The album was released with different
bonus tracks depending on the vendor. Copies bought at
Borders bookstores included a live recording of "And a God Descended" and
Barnes & Noble customers got a live rendition of "I Saw a Bird Fly Away".
Personnel
*Dar Williams – guitar, vocals
*Sammy Merendino – percussion
*
Steuart Smith – organ, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, guitar
*Michael Visceglia – bass, bass pedals
*Julie Wolf – organ, melodica, vox organ,
Fender Rhodes,
Mellotron
The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. ...
, piano, accordion,
glockenspiel
The glockenspiel ( or , : bells and : set) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout. This makes the glockenspiel a type of metallophone, similar to the vibraphone.
The ...
,
clavinet
*Neal Evans – organ, bass guitar, piano
*Alan Evans – drums
*Eric Krasno – guitar
*Ben Butler – guitar
*
Ani DiFranco – guitar, vocals
*
Eric Bazilian – vocals
*
Steve Holley – drums, glockenspiel
*
Rob Hyman – organ,
Cordovox, piano,
WurlitzerStewart Lermannbsp;– guitar, keyboards,
production
*
Patty Larkin – vocals
*
Marshall Crenshaw – guitar, vocals, backing vocals
External links
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Fan site with clipsDownload of "Echoes"Listen to ''My Better Self''
2005 albums
Dar Williams albums
Razor & Tie albums
Albums produced by Stewart Lerman
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