The Way It Really Is
Appearance
The Way It Really Is | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 10, 2004 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 37:07 | |||
Label | Zoë | |||
Producer | Lisa Loeb, Dave Bassett, Chad Fischer, John Shanks, Dweezil Zappa, Jimmy Harry | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | link |
Entertainment Weekly | B 8/13/2004 |
Rolling Stone | link |
The Way It Really Is is the fifth solo album by Lisa Loeb, released in 2004 by Zoë/Rounder.
The album title got its title from a previous song by Loeb, "The Way It Really Is" despite that song not appearing on this album.
Reception
[edit]Although the album was not as commercially successful as its predecessors, it was very well received by some critics who noted on the mature and strong writing by Loeb,[1] with Stephen Thomas Erlewine calling it "the best, most cohesive record she's made, a clean, crisp collection of well-crafted, gentle tunes that slowly, surely work into the subconscious."[2]
Track listing
[edit]- "Window Shopping" (Dave Bassett, Lisa Loeb) – 3:17
- "I Control the Sun" (Dave Bassett, Loeb) – 3:01
- "Hand-Me-Downs" (Stephanie Bentley, Loeb) – 3:42
- "Fools Like Me" (Loeb, Shelly Peiken, John Shanks) – 3:38
- "Try" (Loeb) – 4:13
- "Diamonds" (Loeb) – 3:04
- "Would You Wander" (Loeb, Maia Sharp) – 3:33
- "Probably" (Jimmy Harry, Loeb, Billy Steinberg) – 3:04
- "Accident" (Loeb) – 4:04
- "Lucky Me" (Loeb) – 2:29
- "Now I Understand" (Loeb, Dweezil Zappa) – 3:07
- Bonus track on the Japanese edition
- "This Isn't Happening"
Personnel
[edit]- Chad Fischer - producer (tracks 3, 9), engineer (tracks 3, 7, 9), piano on "Hand-Me-Downs"
- Larry Goldings - piano on "Accident"
- Mark Meadows - bass (tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 11)
- Dweezil Zappa - electric guitar (tracks 2, 6, 11)
References
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