End of the Summer explained

End of the Summer
Type:	studio
Artist:	Dar Williams
Cover:	End of the Summer.jpg
Genre:	Folk, Pop
Length:	43:45
Label:	Razor & Tie
Producer:	Steven Miller
Prev Title:	Mortal City
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Cry Cry Cry
Next Year:	1998

End of the Summer is Dar Williams's third album, released on July 15, 1997 by Razor & Tie.

The album ends with a cover version of "Better Things," a song originally performed by The Kinks on their 1981 album Give the People What They Want.

Joan Baez covered the song "If I Wrote You" on the album Gone from Danger.

Track listing

All songs written by Dar Williams, except where noted.

1. "Are You Out There" – 3:04
2. "Party Generation" – 5:09
3. "If I Wrote You" – 3:52
4. "What Do You Hear in These Sounds" – 4:30
5. "The End of the Summer" – 4:12
6. "Teenagers, Kick Our Butts" – 3:36
7. "My Friends" – 4:07
8. "Bought and Sold" – 4:35
9. "Road Buddy" – 4:20
10. "It's a War in There" – 2:55
11. "Better Things" (Ray Davies) – 3:25

Personnel

• Dar Williams – Guitar, Vocals
• Larry Campbell – Guitar (Acoustic), Dobro, Guitar, Pedal Steel, Bouzouki
• Bill Dillon – Guitar, Vocals, Guitar (Electric)
• Mark Egan – Bass, Guitar
• Shane Fontayne – Guitar (Electric)
• Erik Friedlander – Cello
• William Galison – Harmonica
• Lincoln Goines – Bass (Acoustic)
• Charlie Giordano – Accordion
• Jeff Golub – Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Slide Guitar
• Steven Miller – Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Engineer
• Shawn Pelton – Cymbals, Drums (Snare), Hi Hat
• Roger Squitero – Conga, Tambourine
• Carol Steele – Timbales
• Glen Velez – Tambourine, Bodhran, Pandeiro

Backing vocals byDee Carstensen,Amy Fairchild,Lorraine Ferro,Justina Golden,Lucy Kaplansky,Katryna Nields,Nerissa Nields,Richard Shindell,Kaz Silver, andJoyce Zymeck.