Like This (album)

Like This is the third studio album by American power pop band the dB's, released September 12, 1984 by Bearsville Records. On this album, the band performed as a trio following the departure of Chris Stamey. The album included a re-mixed version of "Amplifier", the lead single from their previous album, Repercussion.

Like This
Studio album by The dB's
Released	September 12, 1984
Recorded	Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York
Genre	Power pop, alternative rock
Length	34:36
Label	Bearsville (original release) Rhino (1989 CD reissue) Collectors' Choice Music (2006 CD reissue)
Producer	Chris Butler, The dB's; Scott Litt on "Amplifier"
The dB's chronology
Repercussion (1981) Like This (1984) The Sound of Music (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A- [2]

The album's cover is a collection of stills from the music video for their 1982 single "Neverland", which went unreleased until 2008.[3] Stamey, who was present for the video shoot, was edited out of the stills present on the cover.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Peter Holsapple

1. "Love Is for Lovers"
2. "She Got Soul"
3. "Spitting in the Wind"
4. "Lonely Is (As Lonely Does)"
5. "Not Cool"
6. "Amplifier"
7. "A Spy in the House of Love"
8. "Rendezvous"
9. "New Gun in Town"
10. "On the Battlefront"
11. "White Train"

CD bonus tracks

11. "Darby Hall"
12. "A Spy in the House of Love" (Extended Version)

Personnel

• Peter Holsapple – Guitar, vocals
• Gene Holder – Bass guitar
• Will Rigby – Drums

Additional musicians

• Mark Tomeo – Pedal steel guitar
• Patrick Irwin – Keyboards
• Rick Wagner – Keyboards
• Phil Marino – design, photography

References

1. Like This at AllMusic
2. "CG: The dB's". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
3. "The dB's "Neverland" Video by Phil Marino, Jake Gorst – The dB's Online". thedbs.com.