Seeing Things (album)

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Seeing Things
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 10, 2008
Recorded2007–2008
Genre
Length37:55
Label Columbia
Producer Rick Rubin
Jakob Dylan chronology
Seeing Things
(2008)
Women + Country
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Billboard (favorable) [2]
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Hartford Courant (favorable) [4]
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Seeing Things is the first solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Jakob Dylan. The album was released on June 10, 2008, [9] by Columbia Records and was recorded at the Hollywood Hills home of producer Rick Rubin. [10]

Contents

Dylan performed songs from the album for a small group on May 8, 2008, at Nissan's Live Sets in Los Angeles, California. Videos of these performances are available for viewing at Jakob Dylan @ Yahoo Music.

Dylan also announced his first solo tour with his band The Gold Mountain Rebels to promote the album beginning May 17, 2008, with appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman on June 11, on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 15, and on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on August 4. [11]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jakob Dylan, except "I Told You I Couldn't Stop" composed by Dylan and Matt Sweeney.

  1. "Evil Is Alive and Well" – 3:56
  2. "Valley of the Low Sun" – 3:57
  3. "All Day and All Night" – 3:28
  4. "Everybody Pays as They Go" – 3:00
  5. "Will It Grow" – 4:49
  6. "I Told You I Couldn't Stop" – 4:14
  7. "War Is Kind" – 3:08
  8. "Something Good This Way Comes" – 3:39
  9. "On up the Mountain" – 3:45
  10. "This End of the Telescope" – 3:59
  11. "Costa Rica" (iTunes Bonus Track) – 3:35

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance of Seeing Things
Chart (2008)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [13] 71
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14] 50
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 42
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 106
US Billboard 200 [17] 24
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [18] 8

Notes

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Billboard review
  3. Blender review
  4. Hartford Courant review
  5. PopMatters review
  6. Rolling Stone review
  7. The Skinny review
  8. Spin review
  9. Jakob Dylan reveals details of first solo album
  10. Hirschberg, Lynn (September 2, 2007). "The Music Man". The New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  11. Jakob Dylan at Myspace
  12. AllMusic 'Seeing Things' Credits
  13. "Austriancharts.at – Jakob Dylan – Seeing Things" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  14. "Offiziellecharts.de – Jakob Dylan – Seeing Things" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  15. "Swisscharts.com – Jakob Dylan – Seeing Things". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  16. "Chart Log UK: Asher D. – Dyverse". zobbel.de. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  17. "Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved June 24, 2008.
  18. "Jakob Dylan Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2020.

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