Picture Perfect Morning
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Picture Perfect Morning is the solo debut album
Album
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 by the American
United States
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 singer/songwriter Edie Brickell
Edie Brickell
Edie Arlisa Brickell is an American singer-songwriter best known for 1988's Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, which went #4 on the US Albums Chart.-Life and career:...

, released in 1994 (see 1994 in music
1994 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.-January–February:*January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so....

). The video for Good Times was included as part of the multimedia samples included on Microsoft
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's Windows 95
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 Companion
CD-ROM.

Track listing

All songs written by Edie Brickell
Edie Brickell
Edie Arlisa Brickell is an American singer-songwriter best known for 1988's Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, which went #4 on the US Albums Chart.-Life and career:...

.
  1. "Tomorrow Comes" – 3:56
  2. "Green" – 3:21
  3. "When the Lights Go Down" – 3:48
  4. "Good Times" – 3:09
  5. "Another Woman's Dream" – 2:45
  6. "Stay Awhile" – 4:35
  7. "Hard Times" – 3:41
  8. "Olivia" – 3:43
  9. "In the Bath" – 2:43
  10. "Picture Perfect Morning" – 3:20
  11. "Lost in the Moment" – 6:03

Personnel

  • Edie Brickell
    Edie Brickell
    Edie Arlisa Brickell is an American singer-songwriter best known for 1988's Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, which went #4 on the US Albums Chart.-Life and career:...

     - acoustic guitar, guitar
    Guitar
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    , vocals
    Singing
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  • Butch Amiot - bass
    Bass guitar
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  • Mingo Araujo - percussion
    Percussion instrument
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  • Cyro Baptista
    Cyro Baptista
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     - percussion
  • Michael Bearden - synthesizer
    Synthesizer
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  • Crusher Bennett - percussion
  • Herb Besson - trombone
    Trombone
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  • Phyllis Bethel - background vocals
    Backing vocalist
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  • Michael Brecker - ewi
    EWI
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  • David Bromberg - guitar, slide guitar
    Slide guitar
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  • John Bush - triangle
    Triangle (instrument)
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  • Larry Campbell
    Larry Campbell (musician)
    Larry Campbell is a multi-instrumentalist who plays many stringed instruments in genres including country, folk, blues, and rock...

     - guitar, pedal steel, violin
    Violin
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  • Vivian Cherry - background vocals
  • Victor Cook - background vocals
  • Richard Crooks - drums
    Drum kit
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  • Michael Davis - trombone
    Trombone
    The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

  • Joel Diamond - organ
    Organ (music)
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  • Bill Dillon - guitar, electric guitar
    Electric guitar
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  • The Dixie Cups - background vocals
  • Dr. John
    Dr. John
    Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...

     - synthesizer, piano
    Piano
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  • Jerry Douglas - dobro
    Dobro
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  • Charles Elam III - background vocals
  • Steve Gadd - drums
  • Nelson Gonzalez - guitar
  • Willie Green - drums
  • Tony Hall - bass
  • Brad Houser
    Brad Houser
    John Bradley Houser is an American bass guitar, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet player, originally from Dallas, Texas. He was a co-founding member of the New Bohemians, later to become known as Edie Brickell & New Bohemians...

     - bass
  • Bashiri Johnson - percussion, conga
    Conga
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  • Bakithi Khumalo - bass
  • Dennis King - background vocals
  • Skip LaPlante - percussion
  • Maurice Lauchner - background vocals
  • John Leventhal - acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Terry Manuel - background vocals
  • Madeleine Yayodele Nelson - background vocals, chekere
  • Art Neville - organ
    Organ (music)
    The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

    , keyboard
    Keyboard instrument
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  • Cyril Neville - percussion
  • Keith O'Quinn - trombone
  • Shawn Pelton - drums
  • Leon Pendarvis - synthesizer
  • James Pugh - trombone
  • Steve Riley - accordion
    Accordion
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  • Dave Samuels - vibraphone
    Vibraphone
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  • Paul Simon
    Paul Simon
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     - acoustic guitar, guitar
  • Brian Stoltz - guitar, electric guitar
  • Barry White
    Barry White
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     - voices
  • Kenny Withrow - guitar, electric guitar

Production

  • Producers: David Bromberg, Roy Halee, Paul Simon
  • Engineers: David Bromberg, Malcolm Burn, Roy Halee, Andy Smith
  • Assistant engineer: Dave Wittman
  • Mastering: Greg Calbi
  • Session coordinators: Jimmy Corona, Marc Silag
  • Project coordinator: Dolores Lusitana
  • Horn arrangements: Shari Feder
  • Art direction: Tom Zutaut
  • Photography: Michael Halsband, Vaughn Hazell, Kevin Mazur

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1994 The Billboard 200 68


Singles - Billboard (North America)
Year Single Chart Position
1994 "Good Times" Adult Contemporary 22
1994 "Good Times" The Billboard Hot 100 60
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