Things Here Are Different
1990 studio album by Jill Sobule
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Studio album by Jill Sobule | ||||
Released | 1990 | |||
Genre | Pop rock[1] | |||
Length | 39:45 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Todd Rundgren | |||
Jill Sobule chronology | ||||
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Things Here Are Different is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, released in 1990.[2][3] It contains the singles "Living Color" and "Too Cool to Fall in Love".[4] The album was produced by Todd Rundgren.[5]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
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Calgary Herald | B+[6] |
Select | 4/5[7] |
The Calgary Herald called Sobule "a singer-songwriter with a variety of honest, intelligent messages."[6]
Track listing
All songs written by Jill Sobule except as noted.
- "Living Color" – 4:04
- "Sad Beauty" – 3:32
- "Too Cool to Fall in Love" (Holland, Melamed, Sobule) – 3:51
- "Life Goes on Without You" – 4:20
- "Pilar (Things Here Are Different)" – 3:21
- "Evian" (Eaton, Jacobson, Sobule) – 3:16
- "So Kind" (Bunch, Sobule) – 3:46
- "Tell Me Your Dreams" (Eaton) – 4:01
- "Disinformation" – 3:38
- "Golden Cage" – 3:56
- "The Gifted Child" – 2:00
The single, "Too Cool to Fall in Love" peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
Personnel
- Jill Sobule – guitar, vocals
- Valentina Charlap-Evans – violin, viola
- Carole Cowan – violin
- Emily Faxon – violin
- Eric Jacobson – synthesizer, piano, glockenspiel, keyboards, recorder, handclapping
- Sid McGinnis – guitar
- Michael Rhodes – bass guitar, guitar
- Todd Rundgren – guitar
- Steve Satten – trumpet
- Susan Seligman – cello
- Michael Shrieve – percussion, drums
- Geraldo Velez – percussion, bongos, conga, handclapping
Production
- Producer: Todd Rundgren
- Engineer: Todd Rundgren
- Mixing: Todd Rundgren
- Mastering: Greg Calbi
- Project coordinator: Lee Dannay
- String arrangements: Eric Jacobson
- Photography: Michael Miller
- Make-up: Jeanine Greville-Morris
- Stylists: Susan Tobman, Justin Ware
References
- ^ a b Things Here Are Different at AllMusic
- ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 970.
- ^ Bell, Carrie (April 25, 2000). "Pretty and Pink". The Advocate. No. 810. pp. 64–65.
- ^ Greg Sandow (April 20, 1990). "Things Here Are Different". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
- ^ Myers, Paul (2010). A Wizard a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio. Jawbone Press. p. 293.
- ^ a b Obee, Dave (May 24, 1990). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. H3.
- ^ Sexton, Paul (August 1990). "Jill Sobule: Things Here Are Different". Select. p. 108.
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