Harry Nilsson - ...That's The Way It Is (Reissue, Remastered) (1976/2007)

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Artist: Harry Nilsson
Title: ...That's The Way It Is
Year Of Release: 1976/2007
Label: RCA
Genre: Clasic Rock, Pop Rock
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (image, .cue, log)
Total Time: 32:33
Total Size: 141/278 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Harry Nilsson - ...That's The Way It Is (Reissue, Remastered) (1976/2007)

Tracklist:

01. That Is All 3:02
02. Just One Look / Baby, I'm Yours 3:17
03. Moonshine Bandit 3:26
04. I Need You 3:14
05. A Thousand Miles Away 2:50
06. Sail Away 3:40
07. She Sits Down On Me 3:55
08. Daylight Has Caught Me 3:47
09. Zombie Jamboree 3:02
10. That Is All (Reprise) 1:32

Line-up::
Backing Vocals – Abigale Haness, William Thedford, Deidra Askey, Richard Glasser, John Lehman, Joseph Greene, Lynda Laurence, Monalisa Harrington, Sherlie Matthews
Bass – Klaus Voormann
Bassoon – Charles Gould, Melvin Tax
Brass – Andrew Blakeney, Herbert Harper, Joe Darensbourg
Cello – Armand Kaproff, Harry Shlutz, Jerome Kessler, Jesse Ehrlich, Raphael Kramer, Raymond J. Kelley
Double Bass – James Bond, Jr., Mickey Nadel, Peter Mercurio
Drums – Chili Charles, Jim Keltner
French Horn – David Duke, Henry Sigismonti, Vincent DeRosa
Guitar – Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar, David Wolfert, Dennis Budimir, Derrek VanEaton, Fred Tackett, Jesse "Indian Ed" Davis, John Morell, Keith Allison, Lon VanEaton, Michael Anthony, Peter Jameson
Keyboards – David Paich, Dr. John, James Newton Howard, Jane Getz Wilson, Van Dyke Parks
Percussion – Doug Hoefer
Saxophone – Bobby Keys, Buddy Colette, Gene Cipriano, James Roberts, Jim Horn, Johnny Rotella, William Green
Steel Drums – Robert Greenridge
Synthesizer – Malcom Cecil
Timpani – Gene Estes, Thomas Collier
Trombone – Benny Powell, Richard Nash, Lew McCreary
Trumpet – Steve Madaio, Anthony Terran
Viola – Allan Harshman, David Schwartz, Harry Hyams, Louis Kevman, Michael Nowak, Myer Bello, Rollice Dale, Samuel Boghossian
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Carl LaMagna, Edward Green, Harris Goldman, Henry Ferber, Israel Baker, James Getzoff, Joy Lyle, Leonard Malarsky, Murray Adler, Nathan Kaproff, Paul Shure, Polly Sweeney, Ralph Schaffer, Ronald Folsom, Sid Sharp, Tibor Zelig, William Kurasch
Producer – Trevor Lawrence

Well, what do you expect from an artist who's reading Penthouse, surrounded by liquor bottles and cigarettes, on the cover of his album? Perfection? Accessibility? Sanity? Well, you ain't gonna get that from Nilsson, a man who left sanity behind shortly after he entered the mainstream with Nilsson Schmilsson. Instead, you get a record from an artist who's just at the fringe of popular culture, not really caring if he has a hit, but not really wanting to be so weird that he's just a cult. Realizing all of this, the artist also knows that he doesn't need to try so hard -- he can be as lazy as he looks on the cover. So, that means That's the Way It Is is essentially a covers record, with songs ranging from material penned by longtime favorite Randy Newman ("Sail Away") to longtime fan George Harrison ("That Is All") to oldies ("Just One Look/Baby I'm Yours") to obscurities ("She Sits Down on Me" and "Zombie Jamboree"). Only two original songs then: the faux-reggae "Moonshine Bandit" and "Daylight Has Caught Me," co-written with Dr. John. Everything's given a rather lush, but not particularly sleek treatment, placing it closer to soft rock than to the unabashed cult rock that Nilsson was producing at this point. So, this winds up being an album that's not as gleefully weird and funny as its predecessors and yet is stranger because of that. Because, for chrissake, who wants this album? It doesn't have enough perversity or indulgence for those who treasure his weirdness, but it's way too idiosyncratic and odd for anyone who might like the L.A.-style vibe. Not a bad record, really, but certainly not a very good one, even by latter-day Nilsson standards.

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