''Ten Easy Pieces'' is the ninth album by American singer-songwriter
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Layne Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He has written numerous platinum-selling songs, including " Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "MacArthur Park", "Wichita Lineman", "Worst ...
, released in October 1996 by Guardian Records. The album consists of new arrangements of some of Webb's most popular songs.
Critical reception
In his review for AllMusic, Bruce Eder called ''Ten Easy Pieces'' "the best and most accessible of all Webb's albums".
Eder continued:
The AllMusic website gave the album four and a half out of five stars.
Track listing
Personnel
;Music
* Jimmy Webb – vocals, piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, liner notes
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Dean Parks
Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas.
Albums
Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...
– guitar on "Wichita Lineman"
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Fred Mollin
Fred Mollin is an American and Canadian record producer, musician, film and TV composer, music director, music supervisor, and songwriter. He has produced records for Jimmy Webb, Johnny Mathis, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lamont Dozier and America (band), A ...
– autoharp, acoustic guitar on "If These Walls Could Speak"; backing vocals on "All I Know"
* Steve Smith – pedal steel
* Lesley Young – oboe
* Paul Widner – cello
* Steven MacKinnon – accordion on "Galveston"
* Pat Perez – soprano saxophone on "All I Know"
* Oliver Schroer – fiddle on "If These Walls Could Speak"
* Audrey King – cello
* David Hetherington – cello
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Matthew McCauley Matthew McCauley may refer to:
* Matthew McCauley (politician) (1850–1930), Canadian politician
* Matthew McCauley (producer)
Matthew McCauley (born 1954) is a Canadian composerMotion'. 1973. p. 206. and record producer based in Los Angeles ...
– string arrangements, backing vocals on "All I Know"
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Michael McDonald – backing vocals
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Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin (born Shawna Lee Colvin, January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. While Colvin has been a solo recording artist for decades, she is best known for her 1998 Grammy Award-winning song "Sunny Came Home".
Early ...
– backing vocals on "Didn't We"
* Susan Webb – backing vocals on "If These Walls Could Speak"
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Marc Cohn
Marc Craig Cohn (; born July 5, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1992. Cohn is best known for the song "Walking in Memphis" from his eponymous 1991 album, which was a Top 40 h ...
– backing vocals on "If These Walls Could Speak"
;Production
* Fred Mollin – producer
* Jay Landers – executive producer
* Glen Marchese – engineer
* Bill Harwell – engineer
* Brian Nevin – engineer
* Jeff Wolpert – engineer, mixing
* Greg Robertson – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
* Denis Tougas – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
* Greg Calbi – mastering
* Robert Abriola – art direction
* Carolyn Jones – photography
Charts
References
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1996 albums
Jimmy Webb albums