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]
It's Like This | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 12, 2000 | |||
Genre | Pop, rock | |||
Label | Artemis[1] | |||
Producer | Rickie Lee Jones, Bruce Brody[2] | |||
Rickie Lee Jones chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | ![]() |
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Entertainment Weekly | A−[5] |
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Critical reception
The 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
- "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[12] |
2000 | Top Internet albums | 10 |
2001 | Top Independent albums | 42 |
References
External links
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