Let It Come Down (James Iha album)
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| Let It Come Down | |||
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| Studio album by James Iha | |||
| Released | February 10, 1998 | ||
| Recorded | 1997 | ||
| Genre | Indie rock | ||
| Length | 40:20 | ||
| Label | Virgin | ||
| Producer | Jim Scott and James Iha | ||
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Let It Come Down is James Iha's first and currently only solo album. It was released in 1998, during which Iha was still with The Smashing Pumpkins, before the release of Adore. Iha took on a more acoustic country-ish sound reminiscent of the songs he contributed to the Pumpkins, notably shying away from the darker sound of Billy Corgan's songwriting.
Iha had said that the quieter tone of the songs reflected the fact that many of them were written in his hotel rooms during Smashing Pumpkins tours, and he didn't want to disturb other guests by playing too loudly.
"Be Strong Now" was released as a 4 track single, featuring the bonus tracks "Falling", "My Advice" and "Take Care" and as a 2 track promo single, track 2 is a 12 second clip from the song "Be Strong Now" called "call out hook". Both versions of the "Be Strong Now" single feature the same cover.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs were written by James Iha.
- "Be Strong Now" – 2:48
- "Sound of Love" – 3:56
- "Beauty" – 3:44
- "See the Sun" – 3:59
- "Country Girl" – 3:01
- "Jealousy" – 3:26
- "Lover, Lover" – 3:21
- "Silver String" – 3:53
- "Winter" – 4:25
- "One and Two" – 3:31
- "No One's Gonna Hurt You" – 4:12
- "My Advice" – 3:15*
(*Japanese version bonus track)
[edit] Chart position
[edit] Album
| Year | Album | Chart | Position |
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| 1998 | Let It Come Down | The Billboard 200 | No. 171 |
[edit] Personnel
- James Iha - vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, producer, string arrangements
- Neal Casal - harmony vocal, electric guitar
- Greg Leisz - pedal steel, lap steel and electric guitars, bass on "Lover, Lover"
- Adam Schlesinger - piano, bass on "Country Girl"
- Solomon Snyder - bass
- John Ginty - Hammond organ, piano
- Matt Walker - drums, percussion
- Curt Bisquera - percussion
- Eric Remschneider - cello
- James Sanders - violin
- Stacia Spencer - violin on "silver string"
- Jim Goodwin - sax on "Jealousy"
- Ralph Rickert - trumpet on "Jealousy"
- D'arcy Wretzky - harmony vocal on "One and Two"
- Nina Gordon - harmony vocal on "Beauty"
- Tonya Lamm and Shawn Barton - harmony vocal on "No One's Gonna Hurt You" and Country Girl"
- Eric Remschneider - string arrangement
[edit] Production
- Produced By James Iha & Jim Scott
- Post-Production By Scott Humphrey & Podboy, with post-production on "One and Two" by Flood
- Engineered By Jim Scott, with additional engineering by Steve Spapperi
- Mixed By Jim Scott; mix assisted by Mike Scotella
- Mastered By Stephen Marcussen
[edit] Additional Personnel
- Dave Menet - guitar tech
- Russ Spice - equipment
- Rob Austin - chef and mantra maker
- Q Prime Inc - Management
- Jill Berliner and Eric Greenspan - Legal
- Mark Kaplan - accounting
- Chris Billheimer - art direction
- Jeremy Goldberg - cover photograph
- Anette Aurell - back photograph
- James Iha, Kevin Wells, Larry Hirshowitz - collage photographs
- Lou Kregel, Patti West - illustrators
