My Better Self
# My Better Self

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | link |
| Paste | 09/11/2005 |

My Better Self is the sixth album by singer/songwriter Dar Williams. It was released on September 13, 2005, by Razor & Tie.

## Track listing

All songs written by Dar Williams, except where noted.

* "Teen for God" – 3:28
* "I'll Miss You Till I Meet You" – 4:27
* "Echoes" (Jules Shear, Rob Hyman, Stewart Lerman) – 3:59
* "Blue Light of the Flame" (Williams, Hyman) – 3:05
* "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" (Neil Young) – 4:28
* "Two Sides of the River" – 4:09
* "Empire" – 3:47
* "Comfortably Numb" (Roger Waters, David Gilmour) – 5:26
* "So Close to My Heart" – 3:11
* "Beautiful Enemy" – 3:10
* "Liar" – 2:58
* "You Rise and Meet the Day" – 3:06
* "The Hudson" – 4:38

The album was released with different bonus tracks depending on the vendor. Copies bought at Borders bookstores included a live recording of "And a God Descended" and Barnes & Noble customers got a live rendition of "I Saw a Bird Fly Away".

## Personnel

* Dar Williams – guitar, vocals
* Sammy Merendino – percussion
* Steuart Smith – organ, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, guitar
* Michael Visceglia – bass, bass pedals
* Julie Wolf – organ, melodica, vox organ, Fender Rhodes, Mellotron, piano, accordion, glockenspiel, clavinet
* Neal Evans – organ, bass guitar, piano
* Alan Evans – drums
* Eric Krasno – guitar
* Ben Butler – guitar
* Ani DiFranco – guitar, vocals
* Eric Bazilian – vocals
* Steve Holley – drums, glockenspiel
* Rob Hyman – organ, Cordovox, piano, Wurlitzer
* Stewart Lerman – guitar, keyboards, production
* Patty Larkin – vocals
* Marshall Crenshaw – guitar, vocals, backing vocals
