My Own Best Enemy is the seventh studio album by soft rock

Soft rock

Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...

 singer/songwriter Richard Marx

Richard Marx

Richard Noel Marx is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard"...

. The album hit #126 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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album chart in 2004. The album produced two singles, "When You're Gone" and "Ready To Fly." Both of them reached the 'Hot Adult Top 40' chart

Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks

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. "Ready To Fly" also hit #22 on the 'Adult contemporary' chart.

The album marked a return to the microphone for Marx, who had spent the early-2000s as a successful songwriter and producer, after the comparatively weak commercial reception of his last album in 2000.

Track listing

1. "Nothing Left To Say" (Marx) - 3:57
2. "When You're Gone" (Marx) - 4:24
3. "One Thing Left" (Marx) - 3:55
4. "Loves Goes On" (Marx) - 3:35
5. "Ready To Fly" (Marx) - 4:39
6. "Again" (Marx) - 6:17
7. "Colder" (Marx) - 3:09
8. "Everything Good" (Marx) - 3:18
9. "The Other Side" (Marx) - 4:56
10. "Someone Special" (Marx) - 4:15
11. "Suspicion" (Marx/Waybill) - 3:56
12. "Falling" (Marx) - 5:13

Bonus Tracks on Japanese release

• "Endless Summer Nights

Endless Summer Nights

"Endless Summer Nights" is a song written and performed by American pop-rock singer Richard Marx, and released in January 1988 as the third single from his eponymous debut album. The song peaked at number two on the U.S...

 (Live Version)" - 4:30

Bonus Tracks on U.S. Target Exclusive release
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1. "Should've Known Better" (Acoustic) - 3:46
2. "Don't Mean Nothing
   Don't Mean Nothing
   "Don't Mean Nothing" is the debut single by Richard Marx from his 1987 eponymous album. With the chart success of this and subsequent singles from his debut album, Marx became the first male artist to reach the top three of the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart with four singles from a debut album.In...
   
   " (Acoustic) - 3:57
3. "When You're Gone
   When You're Gone
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   " (Acoustic) - 3:44
4. "Hazard
   Hazard
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   " (Acoustic) - 4:10
5. "Endless Summer Nights
   Endless Summer Nights
   "Endless Summer Nights" is a song written and performed by American pop-rock singer Richard Marx, and released in January 1988 as the third single from his eponymous debut album. The song peaked at number two on the U.S...
   
   " (Live Performance) - 4:25

Singles/Chart History

Year	Song	US A.C.	US Adult Top 40	Germany
2004 2004 in music See also:* 2004 in music Record labels established in 2004-January:*January 1**The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.**Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol....	"When You're Gone"	-	20	-
2005 2005 in music -Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...	"Ready To Fly"	22	29	48

Personnel

• Stephen Balderston - cello
• Greg Bissonette - drums
• John Blasucci - drum programming
• Steve Brewster - drums
• Mark Browne - bass guitar
• David Cole
  David Cole
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   - producer, virtual synthesizer, synthesizer, keyboard pad
• Cliff Colnot - cello orchestration
• J.T. Cornflos - electric guitar, other guitars
• Eric Darken - percussion
• Shane Fontayne
  Shane Fontayne
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   - electric guitar, other guitars
• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
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   - steel guitar
• Bruce Gaitsch
  Bruce Gaitsch
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   - acoustic guitar
• Matt Laug - drums
• Michael Landau
  Michael Landau
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   - electric guitar, other guitars
• Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin
  Arif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...
  
   - strings arranger
• Richard Marx
  Richard Marx
  Richard Noel Marx is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard"...
  
   - producer, writer, arranger, strings arranger, lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, keyboards, background vocals
• Lance Morrison - bass guitar
• Gary Smith - keyboards, Hammond B3 organ
• Michael Thompson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, other guitars
• Keith Urban
  Keith Urban
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   - other guitars, background vocals
• Matt Walker - drums
• Fee Waybill
  Fee Waybill
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   - writer
• Glen Worf - bass guitar
• Jessica Andrews
  Jessica Andrews
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   - background vocals

The Amazing Nashville String Players

• Cello
  • Anthony LaMarchina
  • Carol Rabinowitz
  • Sari Reist

• Violins
  • David Angell
  • David Davidson
  • Connie Ellisor
  • Gerald Greer
  • Connie Heard
  • Pam Sixfin
  • Chris Teal
  • Kathy Umstead
  • Mary Kathryn Vanosdale

• Violas
  • Jim Grosjean
  • Gary Vanosdale
  • Kris Wilkingson

Miscellaneous

• Someone Special is a re-make rock version from a previous version (country version) originally from the Days In Avalon album
• Album was dedicated to Cynthia Rhodes Marx