Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World

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]

Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 1998 (1998-10-27)
GenreCountry
Length45:46
LabelBNA
ProducerChris Farren
The Warren Brothers chronology
Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World
(1998)
King of Nothing
(2001)
Singles from O What a Crying Shame
  1. "Guilty"
    Released: August 29, 1998
  2. "Better Man"
    Released: January 16, 1999
  3. "She Wants to Rock"
    Released: May 29, 1999

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

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Guilty"Dave Berg, Brad Warren, Brett Warren3:57
2."Surviving Emily"Tom Douglas, Marty McIntosh, Brad Warren, Brett Warren3:33
3."Better Man"Gary Nicholson, Brad Warren, Brett Warren4:12
4."Greyhound Bus"Douglas, Brad Warren, Brett Warren3:52
5."The Enemy"Berg, Brad Warren, Brett Warren3:14
6."Loneliest Girl in the World"Douglas, Brad Warren, Brett Warren3:31
7."Cold Cruel World"Douglas, Brad Warren, Brett Warren4:33
8."She Wants to Rock"Rob Stoney, Brad Warren, Brett Warren2:52
9."I Tried"James House, Brad Warren, Brett Warren3:37
10."The One I Can't Live Without"Brad Warren, Brett Warren4:01
11."Just Another Sad Song"Brad Warren, Brett Warren3:44
12."Nowhere Fast"Douglas, Brad Warren, Brett Warren4:40

Personnel

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Compiled from liner notes.[3]

The Warren Brothers

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Additional musicians

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Technical

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

Chart performance

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

References

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  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)