Days in Avalon

Days In Avalon is the sixth studio album by singer/songwriter Richard Marx, released independently in 2000 on the now defunct label Signal 21. This was the only release on the label created by Marx and Blood, Sweat, and Tears drummer Bobby Colomby.

Days In Avalon

October 24, 2000

Renegade (Chicago)
CRC (Chicago)
Hinge (Chicago)
Music Grinder (Los Angeles)
Capitol (Los Angeles)
The Treehouse (Los Angeles)
Andorra (Los Angeles)
CocoButt (Los Angeles)
Woodland (Nashville)
Ocean Way (Nashville)
Soundstage (Nashville)
Sound Kitchen (Franklin)

Adult contemporary, pop rock, country

52:34

Signal 21

Richard Marx, David Cole

The title track, "Days In Avalon", was the only song within the album to appear on any charts. The song spent twelve weeks on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart,^[1] peaking at #25. "Straight From My Heart" was later released to country radio but failed to appear on any charts.

It failed to make the main chart but did manage #41 on Billboard's new Independent Albums survey. Per Nielsen SoundScan, this album had sold 32,391 copies at the time of its deletion.

– arrangements, lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 6, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (4, 5), keyboards (5, 7, 12), 12-string guitar (5), synth guitar (7), acoustic piano (10), synth strings (10)

Richard Marx

– keyboards (1), programming (1), keyboard programming (2, 8), drum programming (2, 8), arrangements (2, 8)

C.J. Vanston

Gary Smith – keyboards (3, 6)

– Hammond B3 organ (4, 11), arrangements (4)

Matt Rollings

Tim Akers – keyboards (9), (9)

loops

– Wurlitzer electric piano (10)

Greg Phillinganes

– acoustic guitar (1), electric guitars (1, 11)

Michael Landau

– guitars (2, 4, 8, 9), arrangements (4), electric guitars (7), acoustic guitar (11)

Michael Thompson

– electric guitars (3, 5, 6, 12)

J. T. Corenflos

– acoustic guitar (3, 4, 11, 12), arrangements (4), classical guitar (7), guitars (10), guitar solo (11)

Bruce Gaitsch

– slide guitar (3), steel guitar (5), pedal steel guitar (12)

Paul Franklin

Don Kirkpatrick – slide guitar (4), slide guitar solo (4), arrangements (4)

Blue Miller – acoustic guitar (6)

– bass (1, 4, 9–11), arrangements (4)

Randy Jackson

– bass (3, 12)

Michael Rhodes

George Hawkins – bass (5)

Duncan Mullins – bass (6)

– drums (1, 4, 9–11), arrangements (4)

Herman Matthews

– drums (3, 5, 6, 12)

Eddie Bayers

– percussion (6)

Eric Darken

Cliff Colnot – string arrangements and conductor (7)

– backing vocals (1)

Fee Waybill

– lead vocals (5)

Chely Wright

Shannon Brown – backing vocals (6)

Joan Collaso – backing vocals (11)

– backing vocals (11)

Yvonne Gage

Robin E. Robinson – backing vocals (11)

Anne Bent – special guest singer (11)

Constance Conway – special guest singer (11)

Peggy Hopkins – special guest singer (11)

Julie Lyons – special guest singer (11)

– backing vocals (12)

Alison Krauss

Producer – Richard Marx

Vocal co-production on Track 3 – David Cole

Engineers – David Cole, Craig Bauer, Butch Carr, Bill Drescher, Matt Prock and Luke Wooten.

Assistant Engineers – Chad Brown, Ok Hee Kim, Alan Mason, Cesar Ramirez, Kelly Schoenfield, Christine Sioris and Darrell Thorp.

Chely Wright's vocal on Track 5 engineered by Butch Carr.

Mixed by David Cole at (Hollywood, CA) and The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA).

Conway Studios

Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc (Hollywood, CA).

Production Coordination – Shari Sutcliffe

Art Direction – Willy Lovet

Design – Masae Hamanoya and Willy Lovet

Photography – Nels Israelson

The Japanese version of the album contained the following bonus tracks, "", "Until You Come Back To Me", "High" and "I Can't Help It".

This I Promise You

Album was dedicated to .