Things Here Are Different

Things Here Are Different
Studio album by Jill Sobule
Released	April 17, 1990
Genre	Pop rock [1]
Length	39:45
Label	MCA
Producer	Todd Rundgren
Jill Sobule chronology
Things Here Are Different (1990) Jill Sobule (1995)

Things Here Are Different is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, released in 1990. ^{[2] [3]} It contains the singles "Living Color" and "Too Cool to Fall in Love". ^[4] The album was produced by Todd Rundgren. ^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Calgary Herald	B+ [6]
Select	4/5 [7]

The Calgary Herald called Sobule "a singer-songwriter with a variety of honest, intelligent messages." ^[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Jill Sobule except as noted.

1. "Living Color" – 4:04
2. "Sad Beauty" – 3:32
3. "Too Cool to Fall in Love" (Holland, Melamed, Sobule) – 3:51
4. "Life Goes on Without You" – 4:20
5. "Pilar (Things Here Are Different)" – 3:21
6. "Evian" (Eaton, Jacobson, Sobule) – 3:16
7. "So Kind" (Bunch, Sobule) – 3:46
8. "Tell Me Your Dreams" (Eaton) – 4:01
9. "Disinformation" – 3:38
10. "Golden Cage" – 3:56
11. "The Gifted Child" – 2:00

The single, "Too Cool to Fall in Love" peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. ^[8]

Personnel

• Jill Sobule – guitar, vocals
• Valentina Charlap-Evans – violin, viola
• Carole Cowan – violin
• Emily Faxon – violin
• Eric Jacobson – synthesizer, piano, glockenspiel, keyboards, recorder, handclapping
• Sid McGinnis – guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar, guitar
• Todd Rundgren – guitar
• Steve Satten – trumpet
• Susan Seligman – cello
• Michael Shrieve – percussion, drums
• Geraldo Velez – percussion, bongos, conga, handclapping

Production

• Producer: Todd Rundgren
• Engineer: Todd Rundgren
• Mixing: Todd Rundgren
• Mastering: Greg Calbi
• Project coordinator: Lee Dannay
• String arrangements: Eric Jacobson
• Photography: Michael Miller
• Make-up: Jeanine Greville-Morris
• Stylists: Susan Tobman, Justin Ware

References

1. Things Here Are Different at AllMusic
2. The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 970.
3. Bell, Carrie (April 25, 2000). "Pretty and Pink". The Advocate. No. 810. pp. 64–65.
4. Greg Sandow (April 20, 1990). "Things Here Are Different". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
5. Myers, Paul (2010). A Wizard a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio. Jawbone Press. p. 293.
6. Obee, Dave (May 24, 1990). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald. p. H3.
7. Sexton, Paul (August 1990). "Jill Sobule: Things Here Are Different". Select . p. 108.
8. Whitburn, Joel (2007). Top Adult Songs:1961–2006. Record Research.