1. Busy B.S. Day
2. Balance Beam
3. California
4. Groan
5. Clear The Air
6. Keep The Faith
7. Talking Soft and Saying Everything
8. God’s Gift
9. Valentine’s Day
10. Frinky
11. St. Patrick’s Day
12. Toast
13. Automatic Caution Door

All words, music, vocals, and instruments by Dolph Chaney.

Produced (ha!) and engineered (ha!ha!) by Dolph Chaney.
Track 9 recorded 18th April 1998 at Studio Dolphty-Four, Woodstock, GA.
Tracks 2, 4 and 7 recorded 27 October 2002 at the late residence of the dearly departed feline Professor Frink, Chicago, IL.
All other tracks recorded April - June 2004 at Studio Dolphty-Six, Chicago, IL.

So, here it is, the final chapter of VERY JUST FINE. Believe it or not, I originally envisioned this as a Real Rock Record. For a variety of reasons, that approach wasn't satisfactory in the end. I ended up taking the inverse arrangement approach to NEW BIRD RISE by having the rockin'-est songs played in mono with 1 acoustic guitar and giving the ballads expansive, layered treatments. However, I also found myself returning to lessons learned in 1998 from making NEW BIRD RISE about performance practice, when to abandon a session and when to keep pressing on. (Oh, and I got to play bass again! Yay!) So, for those lessons among many others, this record owes a big debt to Eric Diez.

What to say about the songs? They're shorter than usual (excepting the 1998 guitar-splonk relic "Valentine's Day") and more focused, even when they don't make linear sense. They speak of healing, celebration, getting up and walking on. They make me happy and hopeful.

What's next? A classified ad:
"Musicians wanted to help destroy pop songs."
-- Dolph Chaney, 13th June 2004