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. References Dar Williams albums 1997 albums Razor & Tie albums