Picture Perfect Morning

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Picture Perfect Morning
Edie Brickell - Picture Perfect Morning.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 16, 1994
Genre Rock
Length41:04
Label Geffen
Producer David Bromberg, Roy Halee, Paul Simon
Edie Brickell chronology
Picture Perfect Morning
(1994)
Volcano
(2003)

Picture Perfect Morning is the solo debut album by American singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, released in 1994. [1] [2] The video for "Good Times" was included as part of the multimedia samples included on Microsoft's Windows 95 Companion CD-ROM.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Washington Post concluded that "the music is severely compromised ... by Brickell's singsong delivery and her apparent inability to convey anything more compelling than a pervasive sense of ennui... Though she sings of good times and hard times, pleasure and pain, her emotional input is every bit as modest as her vocal range." [4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Edie Brickell.

  1. "Tomorrow Comes" – 3:56
  2. "Green" – 3:21
  3. "When the Lights Go Down" – 3:48
  4. "Good Times" – 3:09
  5. "Another Woman's Dream" – 2:45
  6. "Stay Awhile" – 4:35
  7. "Hard Times" – 3:41
  8. "Olivia" – 3:43
  9. "In the Bath" – 2:43
  10. "Picture Perfect Morning" – 3:20
  11. "Lost in the Moment" – 6:03

Personnel

Production

Studios

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) [5] 59
The Billboard 200 [6] 68

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  3. Picture Perfect Morning at AllMusic
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