By 7:30

Released

April 20, 1999

Jacket

Songs from Ally McBeal
(1998)

By 7:30
(1999)

Heart and Soul: New Songs from Ally McBeal
(1999)

By 7:30 is the fifth album by Vonda Shepard, released on 20 April 1999. The album reached number 39 on the UK Albums Chart.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Vonda Shepard, except track 8: lyrics by Shepard, music by Shepard and James Newton Howard.

*By 7:30* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"By 7:30"	4:05
2.	"Mercy"	4:57
3.	"Clear"	4:04
4.	"Sail on by"	3:59
5.	"Confetti"	3:26
6.	"Cross to Bear"	3:40
7.	"This Is Crazy Now"	3:35
8.	"Baby, Don't You Break My Heart Slow" (duet with Emily Saliers)	4:41
9.	"You and Me"	3:40
10.	"Venus Is Breaking"	4:25
11.	"Newspaper Wife"	4:57
12.	"Soothe Me"	5:04
13.	"Souvenir"	1:54
Total length:		52:27

Personnel

Vonda Shepard – lead vocals, acoustic piano (1, 3, 6-9, 12, 13), drum programming (1), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 10, 11), backing vocals (3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13), electric acoustic guitar (5), Wurlitzer organ (9)
Mitchell Froom – Moog bass (1), Indian harmonium (2), string arrangements (2, 12), keyboards (3, 10), acoustic piano (4), claviola (7, 12), Hammond B3 organ (8), harmonium (9), portative organ (9), optigan (11), "backwards" piano (11), ensemble arrangements (13)
Charlie Guardino – accordion (13)
Val McCallum – acoustic guitar (1, 7), 12-string guitar (2, 4), guitars (3, 9), electric guitar (4, 5, 10, 11), balalaika (9), additional acoustic guitar (11)
Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar (7)
Michael Landau – guitars (8)
Tony Levin – "rubber band" bass (1), bass (3, 9, 10)
Leland Sklar – bass (2, 7, 8)
Davey Faragher – bass (4, 8)
Jim Hanson – bass (5, 11)
Penny Owsley – bass (11)
Andy Kamman – drums (2), additional drums (7), percussion (7)
Jerry Marotta – percussion (1, 10), drums (10)
Pete Thomas – percussion (2, 8), drums (3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11), drum loops (3)
Aaron Heick – clarinet (13)
Garo Yellin – cello (1, 12, 13)
Jane Scarpantoni – cello (2, 12)
David Gold – viola (2, 12)
Matthew Pierce – viola (2, 12)
Mark Feldman — violin (2, 12)
Lorenza Ponce – violin (2, 12)
Emily Saliers – lead vocals (8)

Studios

Recorded at Ocean Way Recording, Conway Studios and The Sound Factory (Hollywood, California); The Magic Shop (New York City, New York).
Mixed at Mix This! (Los Angeles, California).

Chart performance for *By 7:30*
Chart (1999)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[2]	96
European Albums (Music & Media)^[3]	93
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[4]	25
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[5]	11
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[6]	40
UK Albums (OCC)^[7]	39
US Billboard 200^[8]	79

^ Official Charts Company - Vonda Shepard - By 7.30
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 250.
^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 26. June 26, 1999. p. 9. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
^ "Vonda Shepard: By 7.30" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Vonda Shepard – By 7.30". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
^ "Vonda Shepard Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2021.