My Better Self

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My Better Self
Studio album by Dar Williams
Released September 13, 2005
Genre Folk
Label Razor & Tie
Professional reviews
Dar Williams chronology
The Beauty of the Rain
(2003)
My Better Self
(2005)
Live At Bearsville Theater
(2007)

My Better Self is a Dar Williams' album which was released on September 13, 2005 by Razor & Tie.

[edit] Track listing

All songs are by Dar Williams if not noted otherwise.

  1. "Teen for God" - 3:28
  2. "I'll Miss You Till I Meet You" - 4:27
  3. "Echoes" (Jules Shear, Rob Hyman, & Steward Lerman) - 3:59
  4. "Blue Light of the Flame" (Dar Williams & Rob Hyman) - 3:05
  5. "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" (Neil Young) - 4:28
  6. "Two Sides of the River" - 4:09
  7. "Empire" - 3:47
  8. "Comfortably Numb" (Roger Waters & David Gilmour) - 5:26
  9. "So Close to My Heart" - 3:11
  10. "Beautiful Enemy" - 3:10
  11. "Liar" - 2:58
  12. "You Rise and Meet the Day" - 3:06
  13. "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;" Barnes and Noble customers got a live rendition of "I Saw a Bird Fly Away."

[edit] Personnel

  • Dar Williams - Guitar, Vocals
  • Sammy Merendino - Percussion
  • Steuart Smith - Organ, Guitar (Acoustic), 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, 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, Producer
  • Patty Larkin - Vocals
  • Marshall Crenshaw - Guitar, Vocals, Soloist, Vocals (Background)

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