Just What Time It Is

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Just What Time It Is
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 20, 2000
Genre Pop/Rock
Length50:35
Label Rough Trade
Producer Jeb Loy Nichols, Wayne Nunes, Ewan Pearson
Jeb Loy Nichols chronology
Lovers Knot
(1997)
Just What Time It Is
(2000)
Easy Now
(2002)

Just What Time It Is is the second album by American-born singer/songwriter Jeb Loy Nichols, released in 2000 on the Rough Trade record label.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Jeb Loy Nichols except as indicated.

  1. "Heaven Right Here" – 3:38
  2. "Perfect Stranger" – 4:16
  3. "Hold Me Till I Fall" (Nichols, Wayne Nunes) – 3"23
  4. "Kissing Gate" (Nichols, Nunes) – 3:32
  5. "Say Goodbye to Christopher" (Nichols, Ewan Pearson) – 4:01
  6. "Room 522" (Nichols, Nunes) – 3:38
  7. "She Reminded Me" – 2:57
  8. "Midnight (All Night Long)" – 3:55
  9. "Summer Came" – 4:17
  10. "Trying to Get Over" (Nichols, Nunes) – 3:48
  11. "Sadly Sometimes" (Nichols, Lorraine Morley) – 4:12
  12. "Double Dose of You" – 3:18
  13. "Heavy Changes" – 5:40

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune (favorable) [2]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [3]
Cincinnati CityBeat (favorable) [4]
Entertainment Weekly B [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Spin 8/10 [7]

Nichols' second release received good reviews. Allmusic.com said "He has soul oozing out of every pore." They add "And on top of it all, the songs are great." [8] KEXP.org, the radio station of the Experience Music Project said "Deceptively light, it gets deeper with every listen." [9]

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