Best Days (Matt White album)

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Best Days
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2007
Label Geffen
Matt White chronology
Bleecker Street Stories
(2006)
Best Days
(2007)
It's the Good Crazy
(2010)

Best Days is the debut studio album by American songwriter-singer Matt White. The album follows up his 2006 debut EP Bleecker Street Stories. The album was released on September 18, 2007, in the United States. [1] The song "Best Days" was used in the soundtracks to Shrek the Third (as Shrek and Fiona's song) and Hotel for Dogs .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Play"
  2. "Best Days"
  3. "I'll Be There"
  4. "Moment of Weakness"
  5. "Love"
  6. "New York Girls"
  7. "Miracles"
  8. "Wait for Love"
  9. "Anyone Else"
  10. "Just What I'm Looking For"
  11. "Paradise"

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers Chart4

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References

  1. "Matt White - Best Days CD Album". Cduniverse.com. 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2012-01-16.