Red Letter Days (album)

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.

Red Letter Days
Studio album by The Wallflowers
Released	November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05)
Recorded	2001 to April, 4 2002
Studio	Groovemasters Studio in Santa Monica Sound City Studios in Van Nuys Record One in Sherman Oaks mixed at South Beach Studios in Miami Beach
Genre	Rock
Length	49:28
Label	Interscope
Producer	Tobias Miller & Bill Appleberry
The Wallflowers chronology
(Breach) (2000) Red Letter Days (2002) Rebel, Sweetheart (2005)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	63/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

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

After years of fetching hundreds of dollars for an original pressing on the open market, Red Letter Days was reissued on LP for its 15th anniversary on November 3rd, 2017.

Track listing

All songs written by Jakob Dylan

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

Japanese bonus tracks

14. "Empire in My Mind" (Original version)
15. "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" (Nick Lowe)

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.

Band

The Wallflowers

• Mario Calire – drums, backing vocals
• Jakob Dylan – guitars, lead and backing vocals
• Rami Jaffee – keyboards
• Greg Richling – bass guitar

Additional personnel

• Rusty Anderson – Guitar
• Jamie Caliri – Art direction, packaging, photography
• David Campbell – String arrangements
• Lenny Castro – Percussion
• Marina Chavez – Cover photo
• Ed Churney – Mixing
• Femio Hernández – Assistant engineer
• Courtney Kaiser – Background vocals
• Ken Kraus – Legal advisor
• Bill Lane – Engineer, engineering consultant
• Tom Lord-Alge – Mixing
• Stephen Marcussen – Mastering
• Val McCallum – Guitar
• Mike McCready – Guitar
• Moe Z M.D. – Background vocals
• Ben Peeler – Lap steel guitar
• Dave Reed – Engineer
• Bob Salcedo – Engineer
• Louie Teran – Editing
• Darrell Thorp – Assistant engineer
• Rich Tosi – Assistant engineer
• Robert Vosgien – Mastering
• Miles Wilson – Assistant engineer
• Ed Wong – Studio technician

References

1. "Red Letter Days by The Wallflowers". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
2. Allmusic review
3. "Rolling Stone : The Wallflowers: Red Letter Days : Music Reviews". 6 January 2007. Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)