Letters (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Letters
Type = Album
Artist = Butch Walker


Released = August 24 2004
Recorded = Ruby Red Productions (Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre = Rock, pop rock
Length = 51:12
Label = Epic Records
Producer = Jim Ebert, Butch Walker
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (89%) [http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=96397 link]
*Allmusic (4/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:66nsa9ige23s link]
Last album = "Heartwork EP"
(2004)
This album = "Letters"
(2004)
Next album = "This Is Me... Justified and Stripped" (2004)

"Letters" is the second full-length album by Butch Walker, released on August 24 2004 on Epic Records. It featured an enhanced CD portion with the music videos to "Mixtape" and "Don't Move".

Track listing

(all songs written by Butch Walker, except where noted otherwise)
#"Sunny Day Real Estate" – 0:28
#"Maybe It's Just Me" – 3:20
#"Mixtape" – 4:05
#"#1 Summer Jam" – 3:28
#"So at Last" (Danny Grady, Walker) – 5:28
#"Uncomfortably Numb" – 3:33
#"Joan" – 4:20
#"Don't Move" – 4:08
#"Lights Out" – 2:51
#"Best Thing You Never Had" – 5:29
#"Race Cars and Goth Rock" – 3:02
#"Promise" – 3:04
#"Thank-You Note" – 7:48
#*There is an acoustic hidden track titled "State Line" at the end of "Thank-You Note"

Bonus tracks

The Japanese release of the album contained the bonus tracks "Last Flight Out" and "My Best Friend's Magic Girlfriend", from Walker's previous "Heartwork" EP (2004).

Personnel

*Fran Capitinelli – electric guitar, B-Bender
*Kenny Cresswell – drums
*Dan Dixon – lapsteel
*Jim Ebert – synthesizer, backing vocals, percussion, Hammond organ, moog, organ
*Danny Grady – electric guitar, bass, backing vocals
*JT Hall – bass
*Joey Huffman – Wurlitzer, Hammond organ, organ, piano, Mellotron
*Sean Loughlin – turntables
*Rick Richards – electric guitar, slide guitar
*Morgan Rose – drums
*Joe Stark – electric guitar
*Mickey Wade – whistle, congas
*Butch Walker – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, percussion, slide guitar, vibes, piano, timpani
*Bobby Yang – strings, violin