My Better Self
| My Better Self | ||||
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| Studio album by Dar Williams | ||||
| Released | September 13, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Razor & Tie | |||
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| Allmusic |   link |
| Paste |  09/11/2005 |
My Better Self is a Dar Williams' album which was released on September 13, 2005 by Razor & Tie.
Track listing
All songs are by Dar Williams if not noted otherwise.
- "Teen for God" – 3:28
- "I'll Miss You Till I Meet You" – 4:27
- "Echoes" (Jules Shear, Rob Hyman, & Steward Lerman) – 3:59
- "Blue Light of the Flame" (Dar Williams & Rob 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 (Pink Floyd cover)
- "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;" 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, 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)