Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World

Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World is the debut studio album by American country music duo the Warren Brothers. It was released on October 27, 1998, via BNA Records. It includes the singles "Guilty," "Better Man" and "She Wants to Rock," all of which charted in the top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

Pemberton Roach of AllMusic compared the album's sound to that of "slick, roots-influenced pop artists like Bruce Hornsby, Toad the Wet Sprocket and Glenn Frey" and said that it "avoid[s] any trace of Nashville clichés in favor of honest, straightforward lyrics and energetic, polished playing."

Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.

The Warren Brothers

 * Brad Warren — harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Brett Warren — lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, mandolin

Additional musicians

 * Dave Berg, Georgia Middleman, Marty McIntosh, and LeAnn Phelan — gang vocals on "Guilty"
 * Bruce Bouton — pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
 * Chris Farren — mandolin on "The Enemy" and "Just Another Sad Song"; keyboards on "Greyhound Bus" and "The Loneliest Girl in the World"
 * Larry Franklin — fiddle
 * John Hobbs — piano on "Greyhound Bus", "The One I Can't Live Without", and "Nowhere Fast"; accordion on "Nowhere Fast"
 * Jeannie Hoeft — percussion
 * Michael McDonald — harmony vocals on "Better Man"
 * Marty McIntosh — bass guitar
 * Greg Morrow — drums
 * Rob Stoney — Hammond B-3 organ, piano
 * The Warren Kids Family Choir — choir singing "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" on "Cold Cruel World"

Technical

 * Don Cobb — digital editing
 * Chris Farren — production
 * Steve Marcantonio — recording, overdubbing, mixing
 * Denny Purcell — mastering