Things Here Are Different is the first album by the American singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, released in 1990. It contains the singles "Living Color" and "Too Cool to Fall in Love". The album was produced by Todd Rundgren.
Critical reception
The Calgary Herald called Sobule "a singer-songwriter with a variety of honest, intelligent messages."
Track listing All songs written by Jill Sobule except as noted. "Living Color" – 4:04 "Sad Beauty" – 3:32 "Too Cool to Fall in Love" (Holland, Melamed, Sobule) – 3:51 "Life Goes on Without You" – 4:20 "Pilar (Things Here Are Different)" – 3:21 "Evian" (Eaton, Jacobson, Sobule) – 3:16 "So Kind" (Bunch, Sobule) – 3:46 "Tell Me Your Dreams" (Eaton) – 4:01 "Disinformation" – 3:38 "Golden Cage" – 3:56 "The Gifted Child" – 2:00
The single, "Too Cool to Fall in Love" peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
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
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