Days in Avalon

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Days In Avalon

Released

October 24, 2000

Recorded

Renegade Studio, Chicago Recording Company, Hinge, Music Grinder, Capitol Studios, The Treehouse, Andira, CocoButt Studio, Woodland Studios, Ocean Way (Nashville, Tennessee), Soundstage, and The Sound Kitchen

Genre

Adult contemporary, pop rock, country

Length

52:34

Label

Signal 21

Producer

Richard Marx, David Cole

Richard Marx chronology

Singles from Days In Avalon
The Essential Richard Marx (2000)	Days In Avalon (2000)	Timeline (2000)
"Days In Avalon" Released: October 2000 "Straight From My Heart" Released: May 2001

Days In Avalon is the sixth studio album by singer/songwriter Richard Marx, released independently in 2000 on the now defunct label Signal 21. This was the only release on the label created by Marx and Blood, Sweat, and Tears drummer Bobby Colomby. The title track, "Days In Avalon", was the only song within the album to appear on any charts. The song spent twelve weeks on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart,^[1] peaking at #25. "Straight From My Heart" was later released to country radio but failed to appear on any chart.

Track listing

"Days In Avalon" (Marx) - 4:54
"Shine" (Marx) - 4:35
"Someone Special" (Marx) - 4:13
"Almost Everything" (Marx, Bruce Gaitsch) 4:47
"The Edge of Forever" (Duet with Chely Wright) (Marx, Wright) - 4:21
"Power of You and Me" (Marx) - 3:42
"One More Time" (Marx) - 4:26
"Waiting on Your Love" (Marx, Fee Waybill) - 4:27
"More Than a Mystery" (Marx) - 4:19
"Boy Next Door" (Marx) - 4:44
"Too Early to Be Over" (Marx, Waybill) - 3:54
"Straight From My Heart" (Marx) - 4:42

Singles/Chart History

Year	Song	US A.C.
2000	"Days In Avalon"	25

Album credits

Personnel

Tim Akers - Keyboards, Loops
Eddie Bayers - Drums
David Cole - Producer
Cliff Colnot - Arranged and conducted Strings
J.T. Cornflos - Electric Guitar
Eric Darkin - Percussion
Paul Franklin - Slide Guitar, Sleet Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar
Bruce Gaitsch - Writer, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Classical Guitar, Other Guitars
George Hawkins - Bass Guitar
Randy Jackson - Arranger, Bass Guitar
Don Kirkpatrick - Arranger, Slide Guitar
Michael Landau - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Richard Marx - Producer, Arranger, Writer, Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, 12 String Guitar, Synth Guitar, Acoustic Piano, Synth Strings
Herman Matthews - Arranger, Drums
Blue Miller - Acoustic Guitar
Duncan Mullins - Bass Guitar
Greg Phillinganes - Wurlitzer
Michael Rhoades - Bass Guitar
Matt Rollings - Arranger, B3
Gary Smith - Keyboards
Michael Thompson - Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Other Guitars
Jeffery "C.J." Vanston - Arranger, Keyboards, Programming, Drum Programming, Keyboard Programming
Fee Waybill - Writer
Chely Wright - Writer, Lead Vocals

Background Vocals

Anne Brent
Shannon Brown
Joan Collaso
Constance Conway
Yvonne Gage
Peggy Hopkins
Julie Lyons
Alison Krauss
Richard Marx
Robin E. Robinson
Fee Waybill

Engineers

Craig Bauer
Butch Carr
David Cole
Bill Drescher
Mat Prock
Luke Wooten

Guest Stars

Miscellaneous

The Japanese version of the album contained the following bonus tracks, "This I Promise You", "Until You Come Back To Me", "High" and "I Can't Help It".

Album was dedicated to Dick Marx.

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Studio albums	Richard Marx Repeat Offender Rush Street Paid Vacation Flesh and Bone Days in Avalon My Own Best Enemy Emotional Remains Sundown Christmas Spirit

Compilations	Ballads Greatest Hits The Best of Richard Marx The Essential Richard Marx Timeline Duo Stories to Tell Hits & Ballads Inside My Head Seven & Seven

Promo compilations	Marx Greatest Hits (1993) The Music of Richard Marx: 1987–2009

Live albums	Live in USA 1988/92 Live Music Hall Koln 1992 Channel V at the Hard Rock Live Duo Live A Night Out With Friends

Singles	"Don't Mean Nothing" "Should've Known Better" "Endless Summer Nights" "Hold On to the Nights" "Have Mercy" "Satisfied" "Right Here Waiting" "Angelia" "Nothin' You Can Do About It" "Too Late to Say Goodbye" "Children of the Night" "Keep Coming Back" "Hazard" "Take This Heart" "Chains Around My Heart" "Playing With Fire" "Now and Forever" "Silent Scream" "The Way She Loves Me" "Nothing Left Behind Us" "Until I Find You Again" "At the Beginning" "Days in Avalon" "Straight from My Heart" "When You're Gone" "Ready to Fly" "Everybody" "When You Loved Me" "When Love Is All You've Got" "Christmas Spirit" "Wouldn't Let Me Love You" "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" "The Little Drummer Boy" "Christmas Mornings" "O Holy Night" "Just Go"

Singles composed	"What About Me" (Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Kim Carnes/1984) "Crazy" (Kenny Rogers/1985) "Somebody Took My Love" (Durell Coleman)/1985 "Edge of a Broken Heart" (Vixen/1989) "Nothing to Hide" (Poco/1989) "The Best of Me" (Cliff Richard/1989) "Heart in Pieces" (Tim Feehan/1990) "The Reason Why" (John Farnham/1993) "Every Year, Every Christmas" (Luther Vandross/1995) "If You Ever Leave Me" (Barbra Streisand, Vince Gill/1999) "One More Time (Laura Pausini/1999) "Angel on My Shoulder" (Natalie Cole/2000) "This I Promise You" ('N Sync/2000) "Still Holding Out For You" (SHeDAISY/2001) "To Where You Are" (Josh Groban/2002) "Dance with My Father" (Luther Vandross/2003) "Life Got in the Way" (Sister Hazel/2003) "Someday" (Vince Gill/2003) "With This Ring (Kenny Loggins/2003) "I Miss Us (Kenny Loggins/2004) "Last One Standing" (Emerson Drive/2004) "World Inside My Head" (Sister Hazel/2004) "Better Life" (Keith Urban/2005) "If You Were My Girl" (Emerson Drive/2005) "Everybody" (Keith Urban/2007) "You Never Take Me Dancing" (Travis Tritt/2007) "Just Like You" (George Canyon/2008) "One Little Miracle" (Hawk Nelson/2008) "All Over Me" (Default/2009) "All or Nothing" (George Canyon/2009) "In Your Arms Again" (George Canyon, Crystal Shawanda/2009) "Long Hot Summer" (Keith Urban/2010) "Surrender" (George Canyon/2011)

Musicals	Beauty and the Beast

Related articles	Discography Songwriting/Production Sessions WikiProject

References

↑ "Richard Marx Chart History". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-06-07.

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