Red Letter Days (album)

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Released November 5, 2002 Artist The Wallflowers		Length 49:28 Release date 5 November 2002

Recorded 2001 to April, 04 2002;recorded atGroovemasters Studio in Santa Monica,Sound City Studios in Van Nuys,Record One in Sherman Oaksmixed atSouth Beach Studios in Miami Beach Producer Tobias Miller & Bill Appleberry Red Letter Days(2002) Rebel, Sweetheart(2005) Label Insomniac/Interscope Records Genres Rock music, Alternative rock, Roots rock Similar The Wallflowers albums, Rock music albums

Red Letter Days is the fourth album by The Wallflowers, released in 2002. The album peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200. Red Letter Days was the first Wallflowers record that featured Jakob Dylan playing a majority of the lead guitar parts. The album had a much more aggressive sound than any of their previous releases, especially the song "Everybody Out of the Water," which they performed on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn. The first single and only music video shot was for "When You're On Top." Although the album contains some profanity (in "Everybody Out of the Water"), it does not carry the Parental Advisory sticker. It was produced by the band's first guitarist Tobi Miller.

Up to May 2005, Red Letter Days had sold 208,000 copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Track listing

All songs written by Jakob Dylan.

"When You're on Top" – 3:54
"How Good It Can Get" – 4:11
"Closer to You" – 3:17
"Everybody Out of the Water" – 3:42
"Three Ways" – 4:19
"Too Late to Quit" – 3:54
"If You Never Got Sick" – 3:44
"Health and Happiness" – 4:03
"See You When I Get There" – 3:09
"Feels Like Summer Again" – 3:48
"Everything I Need" – 3:37
"Here in Pleasantville" (includes 30 seconds of silence at end of track) – 4:10
"Empire in My Mind" (hidden track) – 3:32

The Japanese edition of the album included two bonus tracks, the original "Empire in My Mind", and a cover of Nick Lowe’s (and Elvis Costello’s) "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding".

Other media

"Everybody Out of the Water" has been used in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and "The Empire in My Mind" was the main theme of the television series The Guardian for its second and third seasons.