Better Days (Guy Clark album)
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| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Rodney Crowell | |||
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| Allmusic |   link |
Better Days is the fifth studio album by Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark, released in 1983.
The LP contains one hit single, "Homegrown Tomatoes," which reached No. 42 on the U.S. Billboard Country chart.[1] The song was covered by John Denver in 1988 on his LP Higher Ground.
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Guy Clark except as noted.
- "Blowin' Like a Bandit" – 2:40
- "Better Days" – 3:05
- "Homegrown Tomatoes" – 2:58
- "Supply & Demand" – 3:16
- "The Randall Knife" – 4:13
- "The Carpenter" – 3:08
- "Uncertain Texas" (Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell) – 2:29
- "No Deal" (Townes Van Zandt) – 3:19
- "Tears" – 2:49
- "Fool in the Mirror" – 3:35
Personnel
[edit]- Guy Clark – vocals, guitar
- Glen D. Hardin – keyboards
- Tony Brown – keyboards
- Rodney Crowell – background vocals
- Paul Kennerley – bass, background vocals
- Hank DeVito – guitar, pedal steel guitar
- Vince Gill – guitar, background vocals
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
- Emory Gordy – guitar, bass
- Larrie Londin – drums
- Gary Nicholson – guitar
- Reggie Young – guitar
Production notes
[edit]- Rodney Crowell – producer
- Bradley Hartman – engineer
- Tim Farmer – assistant engineer
- Glenn Meadows – original mastering
- Danny Mundhenk – assistant engineer
- Paul Brookside – liner notes
Chart performance
[edit]| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 48 |
References
[edit]- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 213.
