Album
The Way It Is
1986 · Rock, Pop
40 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Way It Is is a Rock album by Bruce Hornsby And The Range, originally released in 1986. On Gatefold: 113 pressings tracked, owned by 40 collectors.
About
Native Virginian Bruce Hornsby embodied the phrase "music-business journeyman" before his breakout in 1986 with The Way It Is, his debut with the Range. He'd spent time in Sheena Easton's band and appeared on a Yellowjackets record or two before the smart, thoughtful pop-rock of this album's title cut hit the radio. Drawing on the quieter end of the singer-songwriter tradition, Hornsby and crew also showed knowledge of a wide range of American music beyond rock. ("Every Little Kiss," for instance, opens with a quote from Charles Ives.) The piano base of this music won Hornsby fans on the order of Elton John, and did much to bring acoustic textures to late-'80s mainstream radio. It remains a left-of-center emblem of what the airwaves would go for in a surprisingly omnivorous time musically.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1On The Western Skyline4:39
- A2Every Little Kiss5:46
- A3Mandolin Rain5:21
- A4The Long Race4:28
Side B
- B1The Way It Is4:57
- B2Down The Road Tonight4:26
- B3The Wild Frontier4:01
- B4The River Runs Low4:26
- B5The Red Plains5:08
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Soft Rock
- clean
- earnest
- heartland
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bruce HornsbyBAND , LEAD VOCALS, PIANO, ACCORDION, SYNTHESIZER, DULCIMER BAND , LEAD VOCALS, PIANO, ACCORDION, SYNTHESIZER, HAMMERED DULCIMER LEAD VOCALS, PIANO, ACCORDION, SYNTHESIZER, DULCIMER
- David MansfieldBAND , GUITAR, MANDOLIN, VIOLIN GUITAR, MANDOLIN, VIOLIN
- George MarinelliACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, VOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR, GUITAR
- Jeff Gerson
- Joe PuertaBAND , BASS, VOCALS BASS BASS, VOCALS
- John MoloBAND , DRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Jon GilutinMUSICIAN , SYNTHESIZER SYNTHESIZER
- Sean HopperMUSICIAN , SYNTHESIZER SYNTHESIZER
- Huey LewisHARMONICA HARMONICA, VOCALS MUSICAL ASSISTANCE, HARMONICA, VOCALS
40 collectors on Gatefold own this · 113 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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