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).

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