The Kindest Days

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The Kindest Days
The Kindest Days cover
Studio album by Aaron Sprinkle
Released July 25, 2000
Recorded At home, Spectre and The Sound Kitchen
Genre Alternative Rock
Length 37:55
Label Organic Records
Producer Aaron Sprinkle
Professional reviews

The Phantom Tollbooth 4/5 stars

Aaron Sprinkle chronology
Moontraveler
(1999)
The Kindest Days
(2000)
Really Something EP
(2001)

The Kindest Days is the second solo album by singer/songwriter/producer Aaron Sprinkle; it was his last release on Organic Records. A reworked version of "Not About To" along with "The Kindest Days" and "Genevieve" were eventually going to end up on Aaron's last solo album, Lackluster.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "So Discreet" – 3:41
  2. "The Kindest Days" – 5:21
  3. "Not About To" – 2:47
  4. "Sick Inside" – 3:15
  5. "Signing My Name" – 3:21
  6. "My Own Chapter" – 2:27
  7. "Genevieve" – 3:34
  8. "Based On A True Story" – 4:10
  9. "Useless" – 4:52
  10. "In The Meantime" – 4:27

[edit] Album credits

  • Produced by Aaron Sprinkle
  • Mixed by J.R. McNeely at The Sound Kitchen (Franklin, TN)
  • Drums recorded by Aaron Sprinkle at Spectre (Issaquah, WA)
  • Everything else recorded by Aaron Sprinkle at home except "Based On a True Story" and piano on "So Discreet" recorded by J.R. McNeely at The Sound Kitchen
  • Mastered by Troy Glessner at Spectre
  • Mixes assisted by Tony Palacios, Tom Perkins, and Drew Bollman
  • Drum Technician: Aaron Mlasko
  • ProTools transfers by Fred Paragano
  • Art direction and design by Aaron Sprinkle
  • Aaron photos by Bootsy Strick
  • Hotel photos by Dana Strick
  • Drums by Paul Mumaw except "Based On A True Story" by Danny Woods
  • Bass on "Based On A True Story" by J.R. McNeely
  • A&R: Todd White
  • Executive producers: Dr. Rober B. Pamplin, Jr. and Gary Randall.

[edit] Trivia

Aaron recorded a demo of "Based On A True Story" with his band, Rose Blossom Punch, that was put on the compilation album Music For Meals: Take Time To Listen Vol. III (1997, SaraBellum Records).