Things Here Are Different Explained
| Things Here Are Different |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Jill Sobule |
| Cover: | Jill_Sobule_-_Things_Here_Are_Different.jpg |
| Released: | 1990 |
| Genre: | Pop rock |
| Length: | 39:45 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | Todd Rundgren |
| Next Title: | Jill Sobule |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
Things Here Are Different is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, released in 1990.[1] [2] It contains the singles "Living Color" and "Too Cool to Fall in Love".[3] The album was produced by Todd Rundgren.[4]
Critical reception
The Calgary Herald called Sobule "a singer-songwriter with a variety of honest, intelligent messages."
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
Notes and References
- Book: The Rough Guide to Rock . 2003 . Rough Guides . 970 . 3rd.
- Bell . Carrie . Pretty and Pink . The Advocate . Apr 25, 2000 . 810 . 64–65.
- Things Here Are Different. https://web.archive.org/web/20081013235911/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,317190,00.html. dead. October 13, 2008. Entertainment Weekly. February 3, 2014. Greg Sandow. April 20, 1990.
- Book: Myers . Paul . A Wizard a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio . 2010 . Jawbone Press . 293.
