Released April 1, 1986 | 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. Similar Scenes from the Southside, Here Come the Noise Makers, A Night on the Town, Harbor Lights, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Ho | ||
Ricky skaggs bruce hornsby the way it is special album version
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
- Ricky skaggs bruce hornsby the way it is special album version
- Releases
- Track listing
- Live The Way It Is Tour 1986 87 track listing
- Bruce Hornsby The Range
- Additional personnel
- Production
- Songs
- References
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
Additional personnel
Production
Songs
1On the Western Skyline4:42
2Every Little Kiss5:48
3Mandolin Rain5:19