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.Track listing
- "Show Biz Kids" – 4:35
- "Trouble Man" – 5:12
- "For No One" – 2:32
- "Smile" – 1:49
- "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" – 5:13
- "On the Street Where You Live" – 3:26
- "I Can't Get Started" – 4:30
- "Up a Lazy River" – 2:50
- "Someone to Watch Over Me" – 2:03
- "Cycles" – 3:16
- "One Hand, One Heart" – 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"
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