Letters (album)

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Letters
Studio album by 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
Professional reviews
AbsolutePunk.net (89%) link All Music Guide (4/5) link
Butch Walker chronology
Heartwork EP (2004) Letters (2004) 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".

[edit] Track listing

(all songs written by Butch Walker, except where noted otherwise)

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

[edit] 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).

[edit] 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