The Way It Is (Snowy White album)

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The Way It Is ...
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Studio album by
Snowy White & the White Flames
Released21 June 2005
RecordedSeptember 2001–early 2005
Genre Blues rock
Length50:45
Label White Flames Records
Producer Snowy White
Snowy White & the White Flames chronology
Restless
(1970)
The Way It Is ...
(2005)
The Way It Is...Live!
(2005)
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AllMusic [1]

The Way It Is ... is the comeback album[ citation needed ] by blues guitarist Snowy White, featuring his band, The White Flames, [1] with two new 2004 members: Max Middleton and Richard Bailey, released in 2005 by his Record Company: White Flames Records. It was recorded between 2001 & 2005, featuring early White Flames drummer Juan Van Emmerloot and keyboardist John "Rabbit" Bundrick, .

Contents

This is the new album including a new acoustic version of the 1983 hit, "Bird of Paradise", and a blues version of Peter Green's "Black Magic Woman".

Track listing

All songs by Snowy White, except where noted.

  1. "No Stranger to the Blues" (Snowy White/Gilchrist/Gil Marais) – 3:24
  2. "Bird of Paradise" – 3:43
  3. "Black Magic Woman" (Peter Green) – 3:17
  4. "What I'm Searching For" – 5:17
  5. "Angel Inside You (Part 1)" – 4:08
  6. "Angel Inside You (Part 2)" – 5:17
  7. "Falling" – 4:24
  8. "The Way It Is" – 3:48
  9. "A Piece of your Love" – 3:51
  10. "This Time of My Life" – 4:38
  11. "Easy" (Snowy White/Walter Latupeirissa/Juan Van Emmerloot) – 3:25
  12. "Sweet Bluesmaker" – 5:26 [1]

Personnel

Snowy White & The White Flames

Guest musicians

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Way It Is - Snowy White | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Way It Is - Snowy White | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 17 May 2021.