My Own Best Enemy
2004 studio album by Richard Marx
My Own Best Enemy Released August 10, 2004 Studio Genre Rock Length 50 :29 Label Manhattan Producer Richard Marx and David Cole
"When You're Gone" Released: July 2004
"Ready to Fly" Released: May 2005
My Own Best Enemy is the seventh studio album by soft rock singer-songwriter Richard Marx . The album hit No. 126 on the Billboard album chart in 2004.[ 1] The album produced two singles, "When You're Gone" and "Ready to Fly." Both of them reached the 'Hot Adult Top 40' chart . "Ready To Fly" also hit No. 22 on the adult contemporary chart .[ 2]
The album marked a return to the microphone for Marx, who had spent the early-2000s as a successful songwriter and producer, after the comparatively weak commercial reception of his last album in 2000.[ 2]
As of January 2018[update] , the album had sold a total of 56,958 copies in America per Nielsen SoundScan .
Track listing
All songs written by Richard Marx, except "Suspicion" co-written by Fee Waybill .
"Nothing Left to Say" – 3:57
"When You're Gone" – 4:24
"One Thing Left" – 3:55
"Loves Goes On" – 3:35
"Ready to Fly" – 4:39
"Again" – 6:17
"Colder" – 3:09
"Everything Good" – 3:18
"The Other Side" – 4:56
"Someone Special" – 4:15
"Suspicion" – 3:56
"Falling" – 5:13
Bonus tracks on Japanese release
• "Endless Summer Nights (Live version)" – 4:30
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"Should've Known Better " (Acoustic) – 3:46
"Don't Mean Nothing " (Acoustic) – 3:57
"When You're Gone " (Acoustic) – 3:44
"Hazard " (Acoustic) – 4:10
"Endless Summer Nights " (Live performance) – 4:25
Personnel
Richard Marx – arrangements, lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 4–6, 8, 10, 11), acoustic guitar (1–3, 5–7, 9, 11, 12), additional electric guitar (5), acoustic piano (5), string arrangements (5, 9, 12), electric guitar (8, 10, 11), keyboards (8, 9), synth bass (9)
David Cole – virtual synthesizer (2, 6), synthesizers (7, 11), string arrangements (9), keyboard pad (12)
Gary Smith – Hammond B3 organ (2, 4), keyboards (10)
J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar (1, 3, 10, 12), guitars (2)
Keith Urban – guitars (2), guitar solo (2), backing vocals (2), additional guitar (3)
Michael Landau – guitars (4, 7), additional electric guitar (5), electric guitar (8), guitar solo (8)
Michael Thompson – acoustic guitar (5), electric guitar (5, 9), guitars (6)
Shane Fontayne – guitars (6), electric guitar (8, 11)
Bruce Gaitsch – acoustic guitar (10)
Paul Franklin – steel guitar (10)
Glenn Worf – bass (1–3, 10, 12)
Lance Morrison – bass (4, 7)
Mark Browne – bass (6, 8, 11)
Steve Brewster – drums (1–3, 5, 10, 12)
Matt Laug – drums (4, 7)
John Blasucci – drum programming (5)
Greg Bissonette – drums (6, 8, 11)
Matt Walker – drums (9)
Eric Darken – percussion (4, 9)
Stephen Balderston – cello (3, 8)
Cliff Colnot – cello orchestration (3)
Arif Mardin – string arrangements (5)
Jessica Andrews – backing vocals (4)
The Amazing Nashville String Players
Cello
Anthony LaMarchina
Carol Rabinowitz
Sari Reist
Violin
David Angell
David Davidson
Connie Ellisor
Gerald Greer
Connie Heard
Pam Sixfin
Chris Teal
Kathy Umstead
Mary Kathryn Vanosdale
Viola
Jim Grosjean
Gary Vanosdale
Kris Wilkinson (also string contractor)
Production
Producers – David Cole and Richard Marx
Recorded and Mixed by David Cole
Additional Engineering – Matt Prock
Art Direction and Design – Beth Middleworth
Creative Director – Gordon H. Lee
Cover Photo – Paul Elledge
Other Photos – Clay Patrick McBride
Management – Wayne Issak and Karen Scott for Issak Entertainment.
Charts
Singles
References
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