Welcome to My Party

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Welcome to My Party
Rusted Root Welcome to My Party album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 9, 2002
Genre Rock
Length47:14
Label Island
Producer Bill Bottrell
Rusted Root chronology
Rusted Root
(1998)
Welcome to My Party
(2002)
Rusted Root Live
(2004)
Singles from Welcome to My Party
  1. "Welcome to My Party"
    Released: 2002
  2. "Blue Diamonds"
    Released: 2002

Welcome to My Party is Rusted Root's fifth studio album. It marked a departure from the tribal grooves of the group's previous work to a poppier sound. Both "Welcome to My Party" and "Blue Diamonds" were released as singles. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Michael Glabicki except where noted.

  1. "Union 7" (Glabicki, Jenn Wertz) – 4:39
  2. "Welcome to My Party" – 3:49
  3. "Women Got My Money" – 4:38
  4. "Blue Diamonds" – 4:56
  5. "Weave" (Wertz) – 3:59
  6. "Artificial Winter" – 4:17
  7. "Too Much" (Liz Berlin) – 4:24
  8. "Sweet Mary" – 3:43
  9. "Hands are Law" – 4:18
  10. "Cry" (Patrick Norman, Glabicki) – 2:52
  11. "People of My Village" (Jim Donovan, Glabicki) – 5:39

Personnel

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