On November 11, 2008, “Elektra” label released “Our Bright Future”, the eight Tracy Chapman studio album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Tracy Chapman and Larry Klein.
Personnel:

• Tracy Chapman – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
• Joe Gore – acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards
• Dean Parks– guitar, clarinet, mandolin, pedal steel
• Jared Faw – piano
• Larry Goldings – keyboards
• Michael Webster, Rob Burger – keyboards
• Larry Klein– bass, organ
• Steve Gadd– drums
• Joey Waronker– drums, percussion
• Carla Kihlstedt – violin, nyckel harpa
• Rock Deadrick – backing vocals
• Helik Hadar – engineer
• Kevin Mills – engineer assistant
• Dave Way – mixing
• Matt Taylor – art direction, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tracy Chapman.

1. Sing for You
2. I Did It All
3. Save Us All
4. Our Bright Future
5. For a Dream
6. Thinking of You
7. A Theory
8. Conditional
9. Something to See
10. The First Person on Earth
11. Spring