It's Like This
It's Like This is an album by American singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, released in 2000. Like her 1991 album Pop Pop, this is a mixture of covers ranging from musical classics from the likes of Lerner and Lowe, Hoagy Carmichael and the Gershwin brothers, to classic rock from Steely Dan and Marvin Gaye. The album was nominated for a 2001 Best Pop Traditional Record Grammy Award.[1]
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| Released | September 12, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock | |||
| Label | Artemis | |||
| Producer | Rickie Lee Jones, Bruce Brody | |||
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Track listing
- "Show Biz Kids" (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) – 4:35
- "Trouble Man" (Marvin Gaye) – 5:12
- "For No One" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:32
- "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner) – 1:49
- "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" (Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood) – 5:13
- "On the Street Where You Live" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:26
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 4:30
- "Up a Lazy River" (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin) – 2:50
- "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:03
- "Cycles" (Gayle Caldwell) – 3:16
- "One Hand, One Heart" (Leonard Bernstein) – 1:58
Personnel
- Rickie Lee Jones – vocals, guitar, organ
- Bruce Brody – organ
- John Pizzarelli – acoustic guitar
- Alex Foster – saxophone
- Jeff Dellisanti – bass clarinet
- Conrad Herwig – trombone
- Richard Davis – acoustic bass
- Paul Nowinski – acoustic bass
- Mike Elizondo – acoustic bass
- Peter Erskine – drums
- Carl Allen – drums
- Rick Marotta – drums
- Bashiri Johnson – percussion
- Joe Jackson – piano, backing vocals on "Show Biz Kids", "For No One" and "One Hand, One Heart"
- Ben Folds – piano on "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"
- Ben Folds, Dan Hicks, Taj Mahal – backing vocals on "Up a Lazy River"
- Technical
- Ben Sidran – co-producer (tracks: 1, 6–8, 10)
- Barry Goldberg, James Farber, Larry Alexander, Rob Smith – engineer
- Lee Cantelon – art direction, photography
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | Billboard 200 | 148 |
| 2000 | Top Internet albums | 10 |
| 2001 | Top Independent albums | 42 |
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References
- "Entertainment – 43rd Grammy Awards". CNN. 2001-02-21. Archived from the original on 2008-11-06.
External links
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