...That's the Way It Is

...That's The Way It Is
Studio album by
Nilsson
ReleasedJune 1976
StudioDavlen Sound Studios, Sound Labs and RCA's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California
GenrePop
Length32:15
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerTrevor Lawrence
Nilsson chronology
Sandman
(1976) 		...That's The Way It Is
(1976) 		Knnillssonn
(1977)
Singles from ...That's the Way It Is
  1. "Sail Away" / "Moonshine Bandit"
    Released: April 1976
  2. "Just One Look/Baby I'm Yours" / "That Is All"
    Released: August 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Essential Rock Discography4/10[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

...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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."That Is All"George Harrison3:02
2."Just One Look/Baby I'm Yours" (duet with Lynda Laurence)Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne/Van McCoy3:17
3."Moonshine Bandit"Harry Nilsson, Danny Kortchmar3:26
4."I Need You"Gerry Beckley3:14
5."A Thousand Miles Away"James Sheppard, William Miller2:50
6."Sail Away"Randy Newman3:40
7."She Sits Down on Me"Austin Talbot3:55
8."Daylight Has Caught Me"Nilsson, Malcolm Rebennack3:47
9."Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back)"Conrad E. Mauge, Jr.3:02
10."That Is All" (reprise)Harrison1:32

Personnel

Credits per original album cover and Allmusic:[4]

Charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 158

References

  1. ^ "...That's the Way It Is Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  2. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Edinburgh, UK: Canongate. pp. 758–59. ISBN 978-1-84195-827-9.
  3. ^ Randall, Mac; Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds) (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. p. 586. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  4. ^ "...That's the Way It Is Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2020.



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