End of the Summer is Dar Williams's third album, released on July 15, 1997, by Razor & Tie.
The album ends with a cover version of "Better Things," a song originally performed by The Kinks on their 1981 album Give the People What They Want.
Joan Baez covered the song "If I Wrote You" on the album Gone from Danger.
Track listing All songs written by Dar Williams, except where noted. "Are You Out There" – 3:04 "Party Generation" – 5:09 "If I Wrote You" – 3:52 "What Do You Hear in These Sounds" – 4:30 "The End of the Summer" – 4:12 "Teenagers, Kick Our Butts" – 3:36 "My Friends" – 4:07 "Bought and Sold" – 4:35 "Road Buddy" – 4:20 "It's a War in There" – 2:55 "Better Things" (Ray Davies) – 3:25
Personnel Dar Williams – Guitar, Vocals Larry Campbell – Guitar (Acoustic), Dobro, Guitar, Pedal Steel, Bouzouki Bill Dillon – Guitar, Vocals, Guitar (Electric) Mark Egan – Bass, Guitar Shane Fontayne – Guitar (Electric) Erik Friedlander – Cello William Galison – Harmonica Lincoln Goines – Bass (Acoustic) Charlie Giordano – Accordion Jeff Golub – Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Slide Guitar Steven Miller – Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Engineer Shawn Pelton – Cymbals, Drums (Snare), Hi Hat Roger Squitero – Conga, Tambourine Carol Steele – Timbales Glen Velez – Tambourine, Bodhran, Pandeiro
Backing vocals by Dee Carstensen, Amy Fairchild, Lorraine Ferro, Justina Golden, Lucy Kaplansky, Katryna Nields, Nerissa Nields, Richard Shindell, Kaz Silver, and Joyce Zymeck.
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