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The Way It Is (Bruce Hornsby album)

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Released
  
April 1, 1986

Artist
  
Bruce Hornsby

Label
  
RCA Records

Length
  
43:12

Release date
  
1 April 1986

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Recorded
  
1985–1986 Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park; Ocean Way Recording and Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood; Studio D Recording, Sausalito; King Sound Studios, Hollywood Hills; Village Recorders, Los Angeles.

The Way It Is (1986)
  
Scenes from the Southside (1988)

Genres
  
Rock music, Soft rock, Piano rock, New wave

Producers
  
Bruce Hornsby, Huey Lewis, Elliot Scheiner

Similar
  
Scenes from the Southside, Here Come the Noise Makers, A Night on the Town, Harbor Lights, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Ho

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The Way It Is is Bruce Hornsby and the Range's debut album, released in 1986. Led by its hit title track, the album went on to achieve multi-platinum status and helped the group to win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Other hits from the album include "Mandolin Rain" and "Every Little Kiss". Huey Lewis features on harmonica and vocals on "Down the Road Tonight" . Lewis also co-produced the song, along with the tracks "The Long Race" and "The River Runs Low".

Contents

Releases

The original release of the album featured an impressionistic photograph on the cover of Bruce Hornsby playing an accordion. It was originally targeted at the New Age music market and featured slightly different versions of the songs "Down the Road Tonight" and "The River Runs Low."

Once the album's tracks started to receive regular airplay on Pop Music stations in late 1986, the album was remixed and was re-released with a new sepia-toned cover featuring a photo of the band superimposed over a photo of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

Track listing

Tracks 2 and 5 written by Bruce Hornsby; all other songs written by Bruce Hornsby and John Hornsby. Track times are for the current release of the album. Note: the opening of "Every Little Kiss" features an extended quotation of Charles Ives's Piano Sonata No. 2.

Live: The Way It Is Tour 1986-87 track listing

Produced by DIR Broadcasting for the King Biscuit Flower Hour. Recorded live at The Ritz, New York City, February 2, 1987 by Effanel Music.

Bruce Hornsby & The Range

  • Bruce Hornsby – vocals, piano, synthesizer, hammered dulcimer, accordion
  • David Mansfield – guitar, mandolin, violin
  • George Marinelli – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
  • Joe Puerta – bass, backing vocals
  • John Molo – drums, percussion

    • Additional personnel

  • Huey Lewis – harmonica, backing vocals on "Down the Road Tonight"
  • John Gilutin & Sean Hopper – synthesizer consultants

    • Production

  • Executive Producer: Paul Atkinson
  • Tracks #1-3, 5, 7 & 9 produced by Bruce Hornsby & Elliot Scheiner (for Trackman, Inc.); Tracks #4, 6 & 8 produced by Huey Lewis.
  • Recorded & Engineered by Elliot Scheiner (Tracks #1-3, 5, 7 & 9) & Jim Gaines (Tracks #4, 6 & 8).
  • Additional Engineers: Eddie King & Jeff "Nik" Norman
  • Assistant Engineers: Jim "Watts" Vereecke & Lenette Viegas
  • Mixed by David Luke, Don Smith, Eddie King & Elliot Scheiner.
  • Mixed at Fantasy Studios (Berkley, CA); Conway Studios (Hollywood, CA); The Village Recorder & The Complex (Los Angeles, CA); Rumbo Recorders (Canoga Park, CA).
  • Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
  • Digital Editing by Bob Harlan
  • Production Assistant: Ivy Skoff
  • A&R Coordination: Marge Meoli
  • Art Direction & Design: Ted Raess
  • Art Consultant: Kathy Hornsby
  • Photography: Aaron Rapoport
  • Inner Sleeve Photo: Robert Llewellyn
  • Management: Tim Neece
  • Enforcement: Jeff Gerson

    • Songs

    1On the Western Skyline4:42
    2Every Little Kiss5:48
    3Mandolin Rain5:19

    References

    The Way It Is (Bruce Hornsby album) Wikipedia
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