Meet Glen Campbell

Studio album by Glen Campbell

Released

August 19, 2008

Recorded

March - April 2008 at the Record Company Studios, Sunset Sound and Henson Studios, Hollywood, CA

Julian Raymond, Howard Willing

Glen Campbell chronology

Love Is the Answer: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love
(2004)

Meet Glen Campbell
(2008)

Ghost on the Canvas
(2011)

Meet Glen Campbell is the sixtieth album by American singer/guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 2008.

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Track listing

Side one

"Sing" (Francis Healy) - 3:45
"Walls" (Tom Petty) - 3:31
"Angel Dream" (Petty) - 2:29
"Times Like These" (Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett) - 3:28
"These Days" (Jackson Browne) - 3:29

Side two

"Sadly Beautiful" (Paul Westerberg) - 3:20
"All I Want Is You" (Adam Clayton, David Evans, Paul Hewson, Larry Mullen, Jr.) - 4:15
"Jesus" (Lou Reed) - 3:10
"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" (Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Wright, Mike Pritchard) - 2:35
"Grow Old with Me" (John Lennon) - 3:40

The limited edition vinyl edition, released August 5, includes a 2008 remix of "Galveston" (Jimmy Webb) as a bonus track. The Wal-Mart-only CD included 2008 remixes for "Gentle On My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", and "Rhinestone Cowboy". In January 2012, Capitol reissued the album. Bonus tracks were the remixes of "Gentle on My Mind" and "Galveston" and three songs from a 2008 AOL Sessions concert: "Wichita Lineman", "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "All I Want Is You".

Personnel

Glen Campbell - vocals, electric guitar
Jason Falkner - electric guitar
Wendy Melvoin - electric guitar
George Doering - acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
Chris Chaney - bass guitar
Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - keyboards
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
Luis Conte - percussion
Marty Rifkin - pedal steel
Rick Nielsen - guitar
Todd Youth - guitar
Kim Bullard - keyboards
Backing vocals - Robin Zander, Debby Campbell, Cal Campbell, Dillon Campbell, Ashley Campbell, Shannon Campbell

Production

Producers - Julian Raymond, Howard Willing
Mixed by Howard Willing, Julian Raymond
Recorded by Howard Willing
All songs arranged by Julian Raymond
Strings and horns arranged and conducted by Bennett Salvay
Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Mastered for vinyl by Ron McMaster at Capitol Mastering
A&R executive - Rick Camino
Art direction - Tom Recchion
Art and design - Chris Kro
Photography - Steve Silvas, Dax Kimbrough

Charts

Chart	Entry date	Peak position	No. of weeks
Billboard 200	09-06-2008	155	1
Billboard Country Albums	09-06-2008	27	7
New Zealand Albums Chart	09-08-2008	26	1
U.K. Albums Chart	09-06-2008	54	2

Meet Glen Campbell debuted at #155 on the Billboard 200 chart dated September 6, 2008. Its debut UK chart position was #54.^[1] By August 2011, the album had sold 24,000 copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan.^[2]

References

↑ "The Official UK Albums Chart for the week ending 6 September 2008". ChartsPlus. Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd (367): 5–8.
↑ Gundersen, Edna (2011-08-26). "For Glen Campbell, the past is a present". USA Today. Gannett. Retrieved 2011-08-26.

Glen Campbell

Studio albums	Big Bluegrass Special Too Late to Worry - Too Blue to Cry The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell The Big Bad Rock Guitar of Glen Campbell Burning Bridges Gentle on My Mind By the Time I Get to Phoenix Hey Little One A New Place in the Sun Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell That Christmas Feeling Wichita Lineman Galveston True Grit Try a Little Kindness Oh Happy Day Norwood The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album The Last Time I Saw Her Anne Murray / Glen Campbell The Artistry of Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star) I Remember Hank Williams Houston (I'm Comin' to See You) Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb Ernie Sings & Glen Picks Rhinestone Cowboy Bloodline Southern Nights Basic Highwayman Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like It's the World Gone Crazy Old Home Town Letter to Home No More Night It's Just a Matter of Time Still Within the Sound of My Voice Light Years Favorite Hymns Walkin' in the Sun Unconditional Love Show Me Your Way Rock-A-Doodle Wings of Victory Somebody Like That Home for the Holidays The Boy in Me Christmas with Glen Campbell A Glen Campbell Christmas My Hits and Love Songs Love Is the Answer: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love Meet Glen Campbell Ghost on the Canvas Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb: In Session See You There

Live albums	Glen Campbell Live Live in Japan Live at the Royal Festival Hall Glen Campbell Live Glen Campbell Live! His Greatest Hits Glen Campbell in Concert with the South Dakota Symphony British Live Performance Series

Compilations	Country Shindig The 12 String Guitar of Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Plays 12 String Guitar Portrait Country Soul Country Music Star No. 1 The Glen Campbell Album Limited Collector's Edition A Satisfied Mind Glen Campbell's Greatest Hits Gentle on My Mind The Good Time Songs of Glen Campbell I'll Paint You a Song Arkansas The Best of Glen Campbell Glen Campbell's Twenty Golden Greats The Great Hits of Glen Campbell The Glen Campbell Collection All I Have to Do Is Dream The Very Best of Glen Campbell Presents His Hits in Concert Classics Collection Greatest Country Hits Best of the Early Years Merry Christmas All-Time Greatest Hits The Essential Glen Campbell Volume One The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Two The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Three Jesus and Me: The Collection Home at Last The Glen Campbell Collection (1962–1989) Gentle on My Mind The Capitol Years 65/77 Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974–1988 Love Songs Glen Campbell Christmas Super Hits 20 Greatest Hits Rhinestone Cowboy/Bloodline The Lambert & Potter Sessions 1975–1976 Southern Nights/Basic All the Best The Legacy (1961–2002) Rhinestone Cowboy (New Studio Recordings) Glen Campbell Collection Rhinestone Cowboy Live, on the Air & in the Studio Sings the Best of Jimmy Webb 1967–1992 The Platinum Collection Classic Campbell Words and Music Greatest Hits

Singles	"Turn Around, Look at Me" "Too Late to Worry - Too Blue to Cry" "Long Black Limousine" "Guess I'm Dumb" "Universal Soldier" "Gentle on My Mind" "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" "Hey Little One" "I Wanna Live" "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" "Wichita Lineman" "Let It Be Me" (with Bobbie Gentry) "Galveston" "Where's the Playground Susie" "True Grit" "Try a Little Kindness" "Honey Come Back" "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (with Bobbie Gentry) "Oh Happy Day" "Everything a Man Could Ever Need" "It's Only Make Believe" "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" "The Last Time I Saw Her" "I Say a Little Prayer" "Oklahoma Sunday Morning" "Manhattan, Kansas" "Bonaparte's Retreat" "Rhinestone Cowboy" "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" "Don't Pull Your Love" "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" "Southern Nights" "Sunflower" "I Love How You Love Me" "Faithless Love" "A Lady Like You" "It's Just a Matter of Time" "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (with Steve Wariner) "Still Within the Sound of My Voice" "I Remember You" "I Have You" "She's Gone, Gone, Gone"

Related articles	Discography Collaborative discography Videos The Beach Boys Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Ashley Campbell

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