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Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World
Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World
Studio album by the Warren Brothers
Released	October 27, 1998
Genre	Country
Length	45:46
Label	BNA
Producer	Chris Farren
The Warren Brothers chronology
Singles from O What a Crying Shame
	"Guilty"; Released: August 29, 1998; "Better Man"; Released: January 16, 1999; "She Wants to Rock"; Released: May 29, 1999;

Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World is the debut studio album by American country music duo the Warren Brothers. It was released on October 27, 1998, via BNA Records. It includes the singles "Guilty," "Better Man" and "She Wants to Rock," all of which charted in the top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.^[1]

Pemberton Roach of AllMusic compared the album's sound to that of "slick, roots-influenced pop artists like Bruce Hornsby, Toad the Wet Sprocket and Glenn Frey" and said that it "avoid[s] any trace of Nashville clichés in favor of honest, straightforward lyrics and energetic, polished playing."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Guilty"	Dave Berg, Brad Warren, Brett Warren	3:57
2.	"Surviving Emily"	Tom Douglas, Marty McIntosh, Brad Warren, Brett Warren	3:33
3.	"Better Man"	Gary Nicholson, Brad Warren, Brett Warren	4:12
4.	"Greyhound Bus"	Douglas, Brad Warren, Brett Warren	3:52
5.	"The Enemy"	Berg, Brad Warren, Brett Warren	3:14
6.	"Loneliest Girl in the World"	Douglas, Brad Warren, Brett Warren	3:31
7.	"Cold Cruel World"	Douglas, Brad Warren, Brett Warren	4:33
8.	"She Wants to Rock"	Rob Stoney, Brad Warren, Brett Warren	2:52
9.	"I Tried"	James House, Brad Warren, Brett Warren	3:37
10.	"The One I Can't Live Without"	Brad Warren, Brett Warren	4:01
11.	"Just Another Sad Song"	Brad Warren, Brett Warren	3:44
12.	"Nowhere Fast"	Douglas, Brad Warren, Brett Warren	4:40

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[3]

The Warren Brothers

Brad Warren — harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Brett Warren — lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, mandolin

Additional musicians

Dave Berg, Georgia Middleman, Marty McIntosh, and LeAnn Phelan — gang vocals on "Guilty"
Bruce Bouton — pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
Chris Farren — mandolin on "The Enemy" and "Just Another Sad Song"; keyboards on "Greyhound Bus" and "The Loneliest Girl in the World"
Larry Franklin — fiddle
John Hobbs — piano on "Greyhound Bus", "The One I Can't Live Without", and "Nowhere Fast"; accordion on "Nowhere Fast"
Jeannie Hoeft — percussion
Michael McDonald — harmony vocals on "Better Man"
Marty McIntosh — bass guitar
Greg Morrow — drums
Rob Stoney — Hammond B-3 organ, piano
The Warren Kids Family Choir — choir singing "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" on "Cold Cruel World"

Technical

Don Cobb — digital editing
Chris Farren — production
Steve Marcantonio — recording, overdubbing, mixing
Denny Purcell — mastering

Chart performance

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	73

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Roach, Pemberton. "Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
^ Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World (CD insert). The Warren Brothers. BNA Records. 1998. 67678.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[whitburn-1] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[2] Roach, Pemberton. "Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-02-05.

[3] Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World (CD insert). The Warren Brothers. BNA Records. 1998. 67678.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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