The Evening of My Best Day

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The Evening of My Best Day
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 7, 2003
Recorded The Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Genre Singer-songwriter, folk pop
Length55:18
Label V2
Producer Rickie Lee Jones and David Kalish; Steve Berlin (tracks 3, 4, 7), Jason Wormer (6)
Rickie Lee Jones chronology
Live at Red Rocks
(2001)
The Evening of My Best Day
(2003)
Rickie Lee Jones: Duchess of Coolsville
(2005)
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The Evening of My Best Day is an album by American singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, released in 2003.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Rickie Lee Jones; except "Sailor Song" co-written by David Kalish

  1. "Ugly Man" – 4:20
  2. "Second Chance" – 4:53
  3. "Bitchenostrophy" – 4:38
  4. "Little Mysteries" – 5:01
  5. "Lap Dog" – 3:58
  6. "Tell Somebody (Repeal the Patriot Act)" – 4:04
  7. "Sailor Song" – 5:00
  8. "A Tree on Allenford" – 5:13
  9. "It Takes You There" – 5:17
  10. "Mink Coat at the Bus Stop" – 4:50
  11. "The Evening of My Best Day" – 4:15
  12. "A Face in the Crowd" – 3:43

Personnel

Additional vocals
Horns

Horn arrangements by Rickie Lee Jones, transcribed by Jerry Hey and Dan Higgins; orchestration for "A Tree on Allenford" by Blair Aaronson

Technical

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
2003Billboard 200189

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