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Things Here Are Different

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Things Here Are Different
Studio album by
Released1990
GenrePop rock[1]
Length39:45
LabelMCA
ProducerTodd Rundgren
Jill Sobule chronology
Things Here Are Different
(1990)
Jill Sobule
(1995)

Things Here Are Different is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, released in 1990.[2][3] It contains the singles "Living Color" and "Too Cool to Fall in Love".[4] The album was produced by Todd Rundgren.[5]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Calgary HeraldB+[6]
Select4/5[7]

The Calgary Herald called Sobule "a singer-songwriter with a variety of honest, intelligent messages."[6]

Track listing

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All songs written by Jill Sobule except as noted.

  1. "Living Color" – 4:04
  2. "Sad Beauty" – 3:32
  3. "Too Cool to Fall in Love" (Holland, Melamed, Sobule) – 3:51
  4. "Life Goes on Without You" – 4:20
  5. "Pilar (Things Here Are Different)" – 3:21
  6. "Evian" (Eaton, Jacobson, Sobule) – 3:16
  7. "So Kind" (Bunch, Sobule) – 3:46
  8. "Tell Me Your Dreams" (Eaton) – 4:01
  9. "Disinformation" – 3:38
  10. "Golden Cage" – 3:56
  11. "The Gifted Child" – 2:00

The single, "Too Cool to Fall in Love" peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Personnel

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Production

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  • 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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  1. ^ a b Things Here Are Different at AllMusic
  2. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 970.
  3. ^ Bell, Carrie (April 25, 2000). "Pretty and Pink". The Advocate. No. 810. pp. 64–65.
  4. ^ Greg Sandow (April 20, 1990). "Things Here Are Different". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  5. ^ Myers, Paul (2010). A Wizard a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio. Jawbone Press. p. 293.
  6. ^ a b Obee, Dave (May 24, 1990). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. H3.
  7. ^ Sexton, Paul (August 1990). "Jill Sobule: Things Here Are Different". Select. p. 108.