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Track Listing
1. When You're on Top
2. How Good It Can Get
3. Closer to You
4. Everybody Out of the Water
5. Three Ways
6. Too Late to Quit
7. If You Never Got Sick
8. Health and Hapiness
9. See You When I Get There
10. Feels Like Summer Again
11. Everything I Need
12. Here in Pleasantville
13. Empire of My Mind - (Hidden Track)
Album Notes
This is a Hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
The Wallflowers: Jakob Dylan (vocals, guitar); Rami Jaffe (keyboards, vibraphone); Greg Richling (mini-Moog synthesizer, bass guitar); Mario Colire (drums, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Mike McCready, Rusty Anderson, Val McCallum (guitar); Ben Peeler (lap steel guitar); David Campbell (strings); Lenny Castro (percussion); Bill Appleberry (programming); Courtney Kaiser, Moe Z M.D. (background vocals).
Recording information: Groovemasters, Los Angeles, California; Sound City, Los Angeles, California; Record One, Los Angeles, California.
On the surface, RED LETTER DAYS bears some sonic similarities to the previous couple of Wallflowers albums (rich, Byrdsy guitar tones, Tom Petty-ish roots-rock production, and of course Jakob Dylan's husky, engaging vocals). Closer listening, however, reveals a number of advances. For one thing, Dylan's lyrics are sharper than ever, especially on the darkly poetic verses of "When You're on Top," which nicely counterbalance an almost too-catchy chorus that smacks of chart envy. Similarly, "Three Ways" and "If You Never Got Sick" achieve a moody poignancy that's simultaneously visceral and evocative (no mean feat). There are new sonic developments as well; Rami Jaffee's keyboard arsenal sounds somewhat expanded beyond his trademark B-3 organ, and is utilized accordingly, to give many of the songs a more modern edge than the band has evinced in the past. One small step for man...well, you know the rest.
Industry Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - ...Dylan and company make some damn fine music....It seems that they have finally loosened up enough to enjoy themselves and make music they want to hear...
Mojo (03/01/2003)
...Pure, sunny pop....Cheery... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (11/08/2002)
3 stars out of 5 - ...The album overflows with catchy melodies, propelled by Dylan's urgent vocals....It adds up to a straightforward barnburner of an album...
Rolling Stone (11/28/2002)
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