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.[1]

It's Like This
Studio album by
Rickie Lee Jones
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2000
GenrePop, rock
LabelArtemis
ProducerRickie Lee Jones, Bruce Brody
Rickie Lee Jones chronology
Ghostyhead
(1997)		 It's Like This
(2000)		 Live at Red Rocks
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing
  1. "Show Biz Kids" (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) – 4:35
  2. "Trouble Man" (Marvin Gaye) – 5:12
  3. "For No One" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:32
  4. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner) – 1:49
  5. "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" (Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood) – 5:13
  6. "On the Street Where You Live" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:26
  7. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 4:30
  8. "Up a Lazy River" (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin) – 2:50
  9. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:03
  10. "Cycles" (Gayle Caldwell) – 3:16
  11. "One Hand, One Heart" (Leonard Bernstein) – 1:58

Personnel
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
2000 Billboard 200 148
2000 Top Internet albums 10
2001 Top Independent albums 42

References
  1. "Entertainment – 43rd Grammy Awards". CNN. 2001-02-21. Archived from the original on 2008-11-06.
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