Sha Sha (album)

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Sha Sha
Ben Kweller Sha Sha.png
Studio album by
Ben Kweller
ReleasedVersion 1:
2000 (CD-R)

Version 2:
March 5, 2002 (US)
March 25, 2002 (UK)

20th Anniversary Edition:
March 10, 2023 (3 discs)
Recorded1999
Studio
Genre Indie rock, power pop
Length45:02
Label ATO
Producer Stephen Harris
Ben Kweller chronology
EP Phone Home
(2001)		Sha Sha
(2000)		 On My Way
(2004)
Singles from Sha Sha
  1. "Wasted and Ready"
    Released: 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 6/10 [5]
Pitchfork 6.7/10 [6]
The Village Voice Scissors icon black.svg [7]

Sha Sha is the debut album by American indie rock singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and former Radish member Ben Kweller. [8] The album was originally composed of outtakes from sessions for Radish's unreleased album Discount Fireworks. It was self-released by Kweller, via CD-R, in 2000. In 2002, ATO Records released a second version of the album with a radically different track listing featuring many new recordings and songs. [9]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Ben Kweller except where noted.

2000 CD-R version (PA 101)

  1. "Launch Ramp"
  2. "Next Time"
  3. "Drink Me Away"
  4. "How It Should Be (Sha Sha)" (Joe Butcher/Ben Kweller)
  5. "Wasted and Ready"
  6. "In Other Words"
  7. "What It's Like to Live in Commerce" (AKA: "Commerce, TX")
  8. "Silent Scene"
  9. "Girl in Between"
  10. "4.40 (Episode 2)"

2002 ATO Records version (07863 68114-2)

  1. "How It Should Be (Sha Sha)" – 1:49 (Joe Butcher/Ben Kweller)
  2. "Wasted & Ready" – 3:51
  3. "Family Tree" – 4:20
  4. "Commerce, TX" – 3:52
  5. "In Other Words" – 5:36
  6. "Walk on Me" – 3:55
  7. "Make It Up" – 4:50
  8. "No Reason" – 3:51
  9. "Lizzy" – 4:06
  10. "Harriet's Got a Song" – 4:50
  11. "Falling" – 4:04

2023 20th Anniversary Edition Bonus Discs

Disc 2 (Demos & Outtakes)

  1. "Falling - Brooklyn Demo"
  2. "Walk on Me - Brooklyn Demo"
  3. "Lizzy - Brooklyn Demo"
  4. "Lizzy - LA Demo"
  5. "Ballad of Wendy Baker - Brooklyn Demo"
  6. "How It Should Be (Sha Sha) - Brooklyn Demo" (Joe Butcher/Ben Kweller)
  7. "Walk on Me - Live at The Double Door"
  8. "Make It Up - Brooklyn Demo"
  9. "No Reason - Brooklyn Demo"
  10. "No Reason (feat. Nils Lofgren) Live at The Marquee"

Disc 3 (B-sides & Rarities)

  1. "Today" (William Patrick Corgan)
  2. "Psycho Girl" (Michael Donceel & Jonathan Jeter/ Ben Kweller)
  3. "I Have the Power"
  4. "Kokomo (with Adam Green)" (Mike Love/Scott McKenzie/Terry Melcher/John Phillips)
  5. "Debbie Don't Worry Doll"
  6. "My Drug Buddy - Live at The Mercury Lounge" (Evan Griffith Dando)
  7. "SHS-10r"
  8. "It's Up to You"
  9. "It's Up to You (feat. Evan Dando) Live at The Brattle Theatre"
  10. "Undone - The Sweater Song (feat. Juliana Hatfield) Live at Fletchers" (Rivers Cuomo)
  11. "Lollipop" (Julius Dixon/Beverly Ross)
  12. "It's Not Fair"

Personnel

Charts

Album

Chart performance for Sha Sha
Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 82

Singles

YearSinglePeak
positions
Modern Rock Tracks
2002"Wasted and Ready"29

References

  1. ↑ "Sha Sha by Ben Kweller". Metacritic . Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  2. ↑ Sullivan, Denise. "Sha Sha". AllMusic . Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  3. ↑ Haupt, Melanie (2002-04-26). "Review: Ben Kweller". Austin Chronicle . Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  4. ↑ Costa, Maddy (2002-07-26). "Pop CD: Ben Kweller, Sha Sha". The Guardian . Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  5. ↑ Fox, Jason. "Sha Sha". NME . Archived from the original on 2004-06-10. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  6. ↑ Mitchum, Rob (2002-09-18). "Ben Kweller: Sha Sha Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  7. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2002-12-31). "Don't Call It a Comeback". The Village Voice .
  8. ↑ "Ben Kweller: Sha Sha". PopMatters. May 22, 2002.
  9. ↑ "B.K Discography". Xanthein.co.uk. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  10. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 159.



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