California Years

California Years
Studio album by Jill Sobule
Released	April 14, 2009
Length	49:58
Label	Pinko
Producer	Don Was
Jill Sobule chronology
Underdog Victorious (2004) California Years (2009) A Day At The Pass (2011)

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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]

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" (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).

References

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