It's Like This is an album by the American singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, released in 2000.[7][8] Like her 1991 album Pop Pop, it is a covers record.[9][10] The album was nominated for a 2001 Best Pop Traditional Record Grammy Award.[11]
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 12, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock | |||
| Label | Artemis[1] | |||
| Producer | Rickie Lee Jones, Bruce Brody[2] | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Robert Christgau |  [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[5] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Critical reception
editThe Washington Post wrote that "the album's most successful track is Jones's sinewy reading of Steely Dan's edgy missive, 'Show Biz Kids', [which] kicks off with just terse triangle and Richard Davis's snaky bass, with Jones tapping into the caustic detachment and cool cynicism the song's writers always intended."[9]
Track listing
edit- "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
edit- 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", and "For No One"
- Ben Folds – piano on "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys", duet vocal "One Hand, One Heart"
- 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
edit| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Billboard 200 | 148[12] |
| 2000 | Top Internet albums | 10 |
| 2001 | Top Independent albums | 42 |
References
edit- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 695.
- ^ "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 7, 2000 – via Google Books.
- ^ "It's Like This - Rickie Lee Jones | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Rickie Lee Jones". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Music Review: 'Hush' and 'It's Like This'". EW.com.
- ^ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 440.
- ^ "Rickie Lee Jones | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "A conversation with Rickie Lee Jones". Salon. October 16, 2000.
- ^ a b "RICKIE LEE JONES "It's Like This" Artemis". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Talking with Rickie Lee Jones". The New Yorker.
- ^ "Entertainment – 43rd Grammy Awards". CNN. 2001-02-21. Archived from the original on 2008-11-06.
- ^ "Rickie Lee Jones". Billboard.
External links
edit- Discography at Rickie Lee Jones official web site. Archived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine