That's The Way It Is/Knnillssonn (Remastered)

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合計収録時間 : 01:09:48
Personnel: Danny Kortchmar, John Morell, David Wolfert, Dennis Budimir, Peter Jameson, Michael Anthony , Keith Allison, Lon Van Eaton, Fred Tackett (guitar); Assa Drori, Nathan Kaproff, James Getzoff, Harris Goldman, Carl LaMagna, Joy Lyle, Henry Ferber, Edward Green, Tibor Zelig, Murray Adler, Sid Sharp, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Ralph Schaeffer, Paul Shure, William Kurash, Polly Sweeney (violin); Meyer Bello, David Schwartz , Michael Nowak , Rollice Dale, Louis Kievman, Harry Hyams, Allan Harshman, Samuel Boghossian (viola); Melvin Tax, Charles Gould (bassoon); Gene Cipriano, James Roberts , Jim Horn, John Rotella, William Green , Bobby Keys, Buddy Collette (saxophone); Anthony Terran, Steve Madaio (trumpet); David Duke , Henry Sigismonti, Vincent DeRosa (French horn); Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash , Benny Powell, Lew McCreary (trombone); Herbie Harper, Andrew Blakeney, Joe Darensbourg (horns); David Paich, Dr. John, James Newton Howard, Van Dyke Parks (keyboards); Malcolm Cecil (synthesizer); Klaus Voormann (electric bass); Chilli Charles, Jim Keltner (drums); Robert Greenidge (steel drum); Gene Estes, Tom Collier (timpani); Doug Hoefer (percussion). Audio Remixer: Tommy Vicari. Liner Note Author: Curtis Armstrong. Recording information: Davien Sound Studios; Sound Labs and RCA's Music Center Of The World. Photographers: Cally ; Ron Slenzak. Arrangers: Mike McNaught; 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 by 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 chrissakes, 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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
エディション : Remaster