California Years | ||||
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Released | April 14, 2009 | |||
Length | 49:58 | |||
Label | Pinko Records | |||
Producer | Don Was | |||
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Blurt | (favorable) link |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ link |
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Robert Christgau | ![]() ![]() |
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The Washington Post | (favorable) link |
California Years is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule,[1] released on April 14, 2009, on Sobule's own label, Pinko Records. The album was produced by Don Was and financed completely by fan donations to Sobule's website jillsnextrecord.com.[2]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Robin Eaton and Jill Sobule except where noted.
- "Palm Springs" – 4:42
- "San Francisco" – 4:50
- "Nothing to Prove" – 3:09
- "Where Is Bobbie Gentry?" – 3:11
- "A Good Life" – 3:05
- "Sweetheart" – 3:01
- "Empty Glass" (Sobule, Elise Thoron) – 3:10
- "League of Failures" – 4:47
- "Wendell Lee" – 4:42
- "Bloody Valentine" – 3:38
- "Mexican Pharmacy" – 2:59
- "While You Were Sleeping" (Bill Demain, Sobule) – 3:06
- "Spiderman" (Bill Demain, Sobule) – 3:20
- "The Donor Song" (Sobule) – 1:45
Three tracks recorded for prospective inclusion on California Years did not make the final cut: "Mom", "The Rapture" and "Gotta Get Me Some" (the latter track, like "Empty Glass", originally written for the musical Prozak and the Platypus).
Personnel
[edit]- Dave Carpenter – vocals, piano
- Bill DeMain – guitar
- Robin Eaton – vocals
- Mark Goldenberg – vocals, guitar, slide guitar, piano
- Bryan Head – vocals
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Greg Leisz – vocals, dobro, mandolin
- Jamie Muhoberac – organ
- Geoff Pearlman – vocals
- Benmont Tench – organ
- Jill Sobule – vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, piano