My Better Self Explained
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, Rob Hyman, Stewart Lerman) – 3:59
- "Blue Light of the Flame" (Williams, Hyman) – 3:05
- "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" (Neil Young) – 4:28
- "Two Sides of the River" – 4:09
- "Empire" – 3:47
- "Comfortably Numb" (Roger Waters, 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, piano, accordion, glockenspiel, 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, Wurlitzer
- Stewart Lerman – guitar, keyboards, production
- Patty Larkin – vocals
- Marshall Crenshaw – guitar, vocals, backing vocals
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