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Sail Away" / "Moonshine Bandit
April 1976
Just One Look/Baby I'm Yours" / "That Is All
August 1976
AllMusic 2 5album r45662 yes ...That's the Way It Is Info AllMusic 26 April 2011 The Essential Rock Discography 4/10Strong, Martin C. 2006 The Essential Rock Discography Canongate Edinburgh, UK 758–59 978-1-84195-827-9 The Rolling Stone Album Guide 2 5Randall, Mac; Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds) (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. p. 586. 0-7432-0169-8.
...That's the Way It Is is the thirteenth album by American singer Harry Nilsson, released in 1976 on RCA Records. Aside from two original songs, the album consists of cover tunes.
The songs include "That Is All", written by George Harrison and originally released on Living in the Material World in 1973; America's "I Need You", from their eponymous 1971 album; Randy Newman's "Sail Away", from his 1972 album of the same name; and the Heartbeats' "A Thousand Miles Away". Harrison's song was recorded twice by Nilsson, to open and close the album.
Another cover version on ...That's the Way It Is, the calypso "Zombie Jamboree", had previously been recorded by Lord Intruder, Kingston Trio and Harry Belafonte, among others. Nilsson's medley of the Doris Troy hit "Just One Look" and Barbara Lewis' "Baby I'm Yours" was performed as a duet with singer Lynda Laurence. The latter, formerly of the Supremes, was the wife of Nilsson's producer, Trevor Lawrence.
Track listing
That Is All George Harrison 3:02 Just One Look/Baby I'm Yours duet with Lynda Laurence Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne/Van McCoy 3:17 Moonshine Bandit Harry Nilsson, Danny Kortchmar 3:26 I Need You Gerry Beckley 3:14 A Thousand Miles Away James Sheppard, William Miller 2:50 Sail Away Randy Newman 3:40 She Sits Down on Me Austin Talbot 3:55 Daylight Has Caught Me Nilsson, Malcolm Rebennack 3:47 Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back) Conrad E. Mauge, Jr. 3:02 That Is All reprise Harrison 1:32
Personnel
Credits per original album cover and Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/thats-the-way-it-is-mw0000512751/credits ...That's the Way It Is Credits AllMusic 5 October 2020
Harry Nilsson – vocals
Lynda Laurence – duet vocals on "Just One Look/Baby I'm Yours", backing vocals
Tony La Peau – guest vocals on "A Thousand Miles Away"
Danny Kortchmar, Jesse Ed Davis, Fred Tackett, Lon & Derrek Van Eaton, Keith Allison, Dennis Budimir, Peter Jameson, John Morell, David Wolfert, Mike Anthony – guitar
Dr. John, Van Dyke Parks, Jane Getz, David Paich, James Newton Howard – keyboards
Malcolm Cecil – synthesizer
Klaus Voormann – bass
Jim Keltner, Chili Charles – drums
Tom Collier, Gene Estes – timpani
Robert Greenidge – steel drums
Doug Hoefer – percussion
Bobby Keys, Gene Cipriano, James Roberts, Buddy Collette, Joe Darensbourg, William Green, Jim Horn, Johnny Rotella - saxophone
Andrew Blakeney, Steve Madaio, Anthony Terran – trumpet
Vincent DeRosa, David Duke, Henry Sigismonti - French horn
Herbie Harper, Lew McCreary, Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash, Benny Powell - trombone
Sid Sharp, Murray Adler, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Henry Ferber, Ronald Folsom, James Getzoff, Harris Goldman, Edward Green, Nathan Kaproff, William Kurash, Carl LaMagna, Joy Lyle, Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Paul Shure, Polly Sweeney, Tibor Zelig - violin
Meyer Bello, Samuel Boghossian, Louis Cievman, Rollice Dale, Allan Harshman, Harry Hyams, Michael Nowak, David Schwartz - viola
Raphael Dramer, Jesse Ehrlich, Armand Karpoff, Ray Kelley, Jerome Kessler, Harry Shlutz – cello
Jimmy Bond, Peter Mercurio, Mickey Nadel - double bass
Charles Gould, Melvin Tax - bassoon
Deidra Askey, Richard Glasser, Joseph Greene, Abigale Haness, Monalisa Harrington, John Lehman, Sherlie Matthews, Bill Thedford – backing vocals
Richie Schmitt, Tommy Vicari - engineer
Charts
Chart (1976)PeakpositionU.S. Billboard 200158
References
Category:Harry Nilsson albums
Category:1976 albums
Category:RCA Records albums