California Years

California Years is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule,[1] released on April 14, 2009, on Sobule's own label, Pinko Records. The album was produced by Don Was and financed completely by fan donations to Sobule's website jillsnextrecord.com.[2]

California Years
Studio album by
Jill Sobule
ReleasedApril 14, 2009
Length49:58
LabelPinko Records
ProducerDon Was
Jill Sobule chronology
Underdog Victorious
(2004)		 California Years
(2009)		 A Day At The Pass
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Blurt(favorable) link
Entertainment WeeklyB+ link
PopMatters link
Robert Christgau(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention) link
Rolling Stone link
The Washington Post(favorable) link

Track listing

All songs written by Robin Eaton and Jill Sobule except where noted.

  1. "Palm Springs" – 4:42
  2. "San Francisco" – 4:50
  3. "Nothing to Prove" – 3:09
  4. "Where Is Bobbie Gentry?" – 3:11
  5. "A Good Life" – 3:05
  6. "Sweetheart" – 3:01
  7. "Empty Glass" (Sobule, Elise Thoron) – 3:10
  8. "League of Failures" – 4:47
  9. "Wendell Lee" – 4:42
  10. "Bloody Valentine" – 3:38
  11. "Mexican Pharmacy" – 2:59
  12. "While You Were Sleeping" (Bill Demain, Sobule) – 3:06
  13. "Spiderman" (Bill Demain, Sobule) – 3:20
  14. "The Donor Song" (Sobule) – 1:45

Three tracks recorded for prospective inclusion on California Years did not make the final cut: "Mom", "The Rapture" and "Gotta Get Me Some" (the latter track, like "Empty Glass", originally written for the musical Prozak and the Platypus).

Personnel

References
  1. OCLC 318462969, 316838379, 760096799
  2. "California Years". AllMusic.com. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
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