Things Here Are Different

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Things Here Are Different
Jill Sobule - Things Here Are Different.jpg
Studio album by
Released1990
Genre Pop rock [1]
Length39:45
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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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.

Personnel

Production

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References

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