The Way It Really Is

Infobox Album | Name = The Way It Really Is
Type = Album
Artist = Lisa Loeb


Released = August 10, 2004
Recorded = —
Genre = Folk
Length = —
Label = Zoe
Producer = Loeb, various
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6gjyeaz74xg7 link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/6185502/review/6416380/the_way_it_really_is link]
*Entertainment Weekly (B) 8/13/2004
Last album = "Catch the Moon"
(2003)
(with Elizabeth Mitchell)
This album = "The Way It Really Is"
(2004)
Next album = "The Very Best of Lisa Loeb"
(2006)

"The Way It Really Is" is an album by Lisa Loeb, released in 2004 by Zoe/Rounder.

Although the album was not as commercially successful as its predecessors, it was very well received by critics who noted on the mature and strong writing by Loeb, [ Weingarten, Marc. Entertainment Weekly; 8/13/2004 Issue 778, p88-89, 2p, 1c ] with Stephen Thomas Erlewine calling it "the best, most cohesive record she's made, a clean, crisp collection of well-crafted, gentle tunes that slowly, surely work into the subconscious." [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6gjyeaz74xg7 Review] Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Retrived August 1, 2007. ]

Track listing

#"Window Shopping" (Dave Bassett, Lisa Loeb) – 3:17
#"I Control The Sun" (Bassett, Loeb) – 3:01
#"Hand-Me-Downs" (Stephanie Bentley, Loeb) – 3:42
#"Fools Like Me" (Loeb, Shelly Peiken, John Shanks) – 3:38
#"Try" (Loeb) – 4:13
#"Diamonds" (Loeb) – 3:04
#"Would You Wander" (Loeb, Maia Sharp) – 3:33
#"Probably" (Jimmy Harry, Loeb, Billy Steinberg) – 3:04
#"Accident" (Loeb) – 4:04
#"Lucky Me" (Loeb) – 2:29
#"Now I Understand" (Loeb, Dweezil Zappa) – 3:07

References