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Track listing

All tracks written by

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

Personnel

* Edie Brickell – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11) *

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– organ (1), keyboards (4), electric piano (5) *

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– synthesizers (2) *

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– acoustic piano (6), synthesizers (10) * Joel Diamond – organ (6) * Michael Bearden – synthesizers (7) * Steve Riley – accordion (10) * Bill Dillon – electric guitar (1-5, 7, 8, 9, 11) * Brian Stoltz – electric guitar (1, 4, 5) *

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– acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (7, 11) * Paul Simon – acoustic guitar (2, 3, 10) * Kenny Withrow – electric guitar (3, 7, 8, 9) *

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– slide guitar (6) *

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– pedal steel guitar (2, 6), violin (2) *

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– dobro (6) * Nelson González –

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(8) * Tony Hall – bass (1, 4, 5) * Butch Amiot – bass (2, 6) *

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– bass (3, 9) *

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– bass (7, 8, 10, 11) * Willie Green – drums (1, 4, 5) *

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– drums (3, 7-11) * Richard Crooks – drums (6) *

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– percussion (1) *

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– percussion (2) * Mingo Araújo – percussion (3) * Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion (5) * Madeleine Yayodele Nelson – chakeire (5), backing vocals (5) *

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– congas (7), percussion (9, 11) *

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–

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(7) * John Bush –

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(9) * Skip La Plante – percussion (10) * Herb Besson – trombone (6) * Michael Davis – trombone (6) * Keith O'Quinn – trombone (6) * James Pugh – trombone (6) *

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– EWI (9) *

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– backing vocals (1) * Charles Elam III – backing vocals (4) * Terrance Manuel – backing vocals (4) * Earl Smith Jr. – backing vocals (4) *

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– spoken voice (4) * Phyllis Bethel – backing vocals (5) * Victor Cook – backing vocals (7) * Dennis King – backing vocals (7) * Maurice Lauchner – backing vocals (7) * Vivian Cherry – backing vocals (11)

Production

* Paul Simon – producer * Roy Halee – producer, engineer * Andy Smith – second engineer * Malcolm Burn – recording (1, 4, 5) * Roger Branch – recording assistant (1, 4, 5) * David Bromberg – bass and violin recording (2), co-producer (6) * Dave Wittman – bass and violin recording assistant (2) *

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– mastering * Tom Zutaut – A&R * Jimmy Corona – session coordinator * Marc Silag – session coordinator * Dolores Lusitana – project coordinator * Leslie Horan Smith – painting * Michael Halsband – photography * Vaughn Hazell – back cover photography * Kevin Mazur – photography (Edie and Roy Halee) * Jeff Kramer – management * Chris Scott – management Studios * Engineered at

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(New York City, New York). * Recorded at

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(New York City, New York) and Sea-Saint Studio (New Orleans, Louisiana). * Mastered at Masterdisk (New York City, New York).

Charts

Notes

{{Authority control Edie Brickell albums 1994 debut albums Albums produced by Roy Halee Albums produced by Paul Simon Geffen Records albums Albums produced by David Bromberg