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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park"...

's ninth album, released in 1996. It consists of re-recorded versions of Webb's own compositions.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jimmy Webb
  1. "Galveston
    Galveston (song)
    "Galveston" is the title of a song written by Jimmy Webb and popularized by American country music singer Glen Campbell. In 2003, this song ranked #8 in CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. Glen Campbell's version of the song also made #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the country music...

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  2. "Highwayman
    Highwayman (song)
    "Highwayman" is the title of a song written by American songwriter Jimmy Webb, about a soul with incarnations in four different places in time and history, a highwayman, a sailor, a construction worker on the Hoover Dam, and finally as a star ship captain....

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  3. "Wichita Lineman
    Wichita Lineman
    "Wichita Lineman" is a popular song written by Jimmy Webb in 1968, first recorded by Glen Campbell and widely covered by other artists. Campbell's version, which appeared on his 1968 album of the same name, reached #3 on the U.S. pop chart, remaining in the Top 100 for 15 weeks...

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  4. "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress"
  5. "By the Time I Get to Phoenix
    By the Time I Get to Phoenix
    "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" is the title of a song written by Jimmy Webb. Originally recorded by Johnny Rivers in 1965, it was made famous by American country music singer Glen Campbell, appearing as the opening track on the latter's 1967 album of the same name. Campbell's version reached #2 on...

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  6. "If These Walls Could Speak"
  7. "Didn't We"
  8. "The Worst That Could Happen
    The Worst That Could Happen
    "The Worst That Could Happen" is a song with lyrics and music written by singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb. Originally recorded by The 5th Dimension on their 1967 album of nearly all-Jimmy Webb songs, The Magic Garden, "The Worst That Could Happen" was later recorded by Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn...

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  9. "All I Know"
  10. "MacArthur Park
    MacArthur Park (song)
    "MacArthur Park" is a song by Jimmy Webb, originally composed as part of an intended cantata. The song was initially rejected by The Association. Richard Harris was the first to record it, in 1968; the song was subsequently covered by numerous artists. Among the best-known covers are Donna Summer's...

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Personnel

  • Jimmy Webb
    Jimmy Webb
    Jimmy Webb is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He wrote numerous platinum selling classics, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park"...

     – vocals, piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, liner notes
  • Dean Parks
    Dean Parks
    Dean Parks is an American session guitarist and record producer from Ft. Worth, TX.-Albums:Dean was member of The North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher in 1970. Dean is best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan...

     – guitar
  • Fred Mollin – autoharp, acoustic guitar, producer, background vocals
  • Steve Smith – pedal steel
  • Lesley Young – oboe
  • Paul Widner – cello
  • Steven MacKinnon – accordion
  • Pat Perez – soprano saxophone
  • Oliver Schroer – fiddle
  • Audrey King – cello
  • David Hetherington – cello
  • Matthew McCauley
    Matthew McCauley (producer)
    Matthew McCauley is an Emmy award winning composer and record producer, based in Los Angeles.Matthew McCauley is active in several sciences and is the cofounder of Ancient Egypt Research Associates which is based at the Harvard Semitic Museum.Established in 1985, AERA carries out excavations and...

     – string arrangements, background vocals
  • Michael McDonald
    Michael McDonald (singer)
    Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...

     – background vocals
  • Shawn Colvin
    Shawn Colvin
    Shawn Colvin is an American singer-songwriter and musician.-Childhood and early career:Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Her formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age...

     – background vocals
  • Susan Webb – background vocals
  • Marc Cohn
    Marc Cohn
    Marc Craig Cohn is an American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician.- Personal life :Cohn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Beachwood High School in Beachwood, a Cleveland suburb. He then attended Oberlin College....

    – background vocals
  • Jay Landers – Executive Producer
  • Jeff Wolpert – engineer, mixing
  • Glen Marchese – engineer
  • Bill Harwell – engineer
  • Brian Nevin – engineer
  • Greg Robertson – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
  • Denis Tougas – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Robert Abriola – art direction
  • Carolyn Jones – photography
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