''Things Here Are Different'' is the first album by the American singer-songwriter
Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule (born January 16, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl", and "Supermodel" from the soundtrack of the 1995 film ''Clueless''. Her folk-inflected compositions alternate between ironic, ...
, released in 1990. It contains the singles "Living Color" and "Too Cool to Fall in Love".
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 17 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart in fall 1990.
Personnel
*Jill Sobule – guitar, vocals
*Valentina Charlap-Evans – violin,
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*Carole Cowan – violin
*Emily Faxon – violin
*Eric Jacobson – synthesizer, piano,
glockenspiel, keyboards,
recorder
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Sid McGinnis
Sidney Foster "Sid" McGinnis (born October 6, 1949) is an American musician and guitarist, best known for his work on the CBS television show ''Late Show with David Letterman'', as part of the CBS Orchestra.
The Pittsburgh-born guitarist made h ...
– guitar
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Michael Rhodes – bass guitar, guitar
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Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, multimedia artist, sound engineer and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band Ut ...
– guitar
*Steve Satten – trumpet
*Susan Seligman – cello
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Michael Shrieve
Michael Shrieve (born July 6, 1949) is an American drummer, percussionist, and composer. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Santana, playing on the band's first seven albums from 1969 to 1974. At age 20, Shrieve was the second you ...
– percussion, drums
*Geraldo Velez – percussion,
bongos
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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
References
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Jill Sobule albums
1990 debut albums
Albums produced by Todd Rundgren
MCA Records albums