My Own Best Enemy

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My Own Best Enemy
My Own Best Enemy.jpg
Studio album by
Richard Marx
ReleasedAugust 10, 2004
Studio
Genre Rock
Length50:29
Label Manhattan
Producer Richard Marx and David Cole
Richard Marx chronology
Timeline
(2000)		My Own Best Enemy
(2004)		 Duo
(2008)
Singles from My Own Best Enemy
  1. "When You're Gone"
    Released: July 2004
  2. "Ready to Fly"
    Released: May 2005

My Own Best Enemy is the seventh studio album by soft rock singer-songwriter Richard Marx. The album hit No. 126 on the Billboard album chart in 2004. [1] The album produced two singles, "When You're Gone" and "Ready to Fly." Both of them reached the 'Hot Adult Top 40' chart. "Ready To Fly" also hit No. 22 on the adult contemporary chart. [2]

Contents

The album marked a return to the microphone for Marx, who had spent the early-2000s as a successful songwriter and producer, after the comparatively weak commercial reception of his last album in 2000. [2]

As of January 2018, the album had sold a total of 56,958 copies in America per Nielsen SoundScan.

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Marx, except "Suspicion" co-written by Fee Waybill.

  1. "Nothing Left to Say" – 3:57
  2. "When You're Gone" – 4:24
  3. "One Thing Left" – 3:55
  4. "Loves Goes On" – 3:35
  5. "Ready to Fly" – 4:39
  6. "Again" – 6:17
  7. "Colder" – 3:09
  8. "Everything Good" – 3:18
  9. "The Other Side" – 4:56
  10. "Someone Special" – 4:15
  11. "Suspicion" – 3:56
  12. "Falling" – 5:13

Bonus tracks on Japanese release
• "Endless Summer Nights (Live version)" – 4:30

Bonus tracks on U.S. Target exclusive release
7243 4 73450 2 9

  1. "Should've Known Better" (Acoustic) – 3:46
  2. "Don't Mean Nothing" (Acoustic) – 3:57
  3. "When You're Gone" (Acoustic) – 3:44
  4. "Hazard" (Acoustic) – 4:10
  5. "Endless Summer Nights" (Live performance) – 4:25

Personnel

The Amazing Nashville String Players

Production

Charts

Singles

YearSong US A.C. US Adult Top 40 Germany
2004"When You're Gone"-20-
2005"Ready To Fly"222948

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References

  1. ↑ "My Own Best Enemy Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "My Own Best Enemy". AllMusic. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
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