Let It Come Down (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Let It Come Down
Type = Album
Artist = James Iha


Released = February 10, 1998
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 40:20
Label = Virgin Records
Producer = Jim Scott and James Iha
Reviews =
*Allmusic: Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:btom96oogep5~T1 link]
*Pitchfork Media: (4.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/18693-let-it-come-down link]
*Rolling Stone: Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jamesiha/albums/album/243222/review/5945351/let_it_come_down link]
*Entertainment Weekly: (A-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,281907,00.html link] |
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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.

"Be Strong Now" was released as a single featuring the bonus tracks "Falling", "My Advice" and "Take Care".

The font used on the cover is modelled on a similar font used on the jacket of The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds".

Track listing

# "Be Strong Now" – 2:50
# "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

An additional track "My Advice" 3:15 is included on the Japanese version, after the last song "No One's Gonna Hurt You".

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Personnel

* James Iha - vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, producer, string arrangement
* Matt Walker - drums and percussion
* Solomon Snyder - bass
* Neal Casal - harmony vocal, electric guitar
* Greg Leisz - pedal and lapsteel, electric guitar, bass on "Lover, Lover"
* Adam Schlesinger - piano, bass on "country girl"
* John Ginty - hammond organ, piano
* 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"
* Jim Scott - producer, engineering, mixing
* Mike Scotella - mix assistant
* Scott Humphrey - post production
* Podboy - additional post production
* Flood - additional post production on "One and Two"
* Steve Spapperi - additional engineering
* Stephen Marcussen - mastering
* Eric Remschneider - string arrangement
* 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