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Red Letter Days (album)
Red Letter Days is the fourth album by The Wallflowers, released by Interscope Records on November 5, 2002. The band's first guitarist, Tobi Miller, served as the album's producer alongside Bill Appleberry. The album was met with moderate critical and commercial reception, peaking at number 32 on the Billboard 200. Despite featuring some profanity (heard in "Everybody Out of the Water"), Red Letter Days does not carry a Parental Advisory sticker. BackgroundThe album peaked at number 32 on the Billboard 200.[4] 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. One music video was shot for the album's first single, "When You're On Top." By 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 3, 2017. ReceptionThe album received a score of 63 out of 100 from Metacritic, indicating "generally positive reviews." Rolling Stone called it "a straightforward barnburner of an album" while Mojo commented that "The Wallflowers make some of the best radio-friendly hooks and melodies around." In retrospect, singer Jakob Dylan has mixed feelings about the album. He told Uproxx that "That record is difficult for me to listen to. I don’t think it sounds as good as the other records. There’s a sheen to that record that confuses me...I do like the songs on it quite a bit and I play some of those songs still. But as a record, I feel like we may have veered off the path a little bit."[5] Track listingAll songs written by Jakob Dylan
Japanese bonus tracks
Other media"Everybody Out of the Water" has been used in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,[6] and "The Empire in My Mind" was the main theme of the television series The Guardian for its second and third seasons.[7] PersonnelPersonnel adapted from Red Letter Days liner notes [8] The Wallflowers
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