Sha Sha is the debut album by American indie rock singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and former Radish member Ben Kweller. The album was originally composed of outtakes from sessions for Radish's unreleased album Discount Fireworks. It was self-released by Kweller, via CD-R, in 2000. In 2002, ATO Records released a second version of the album with a radically different track listing featuring many new recordings and songs.
Track listing All tracks written by Ben Kweller except where noted.
2000 CD-R version (PA 101) "Launch Ramp" "Next Time" "Drink Me Away" "How It Should Be (Sha Sha)" (Joe Butcher/Ben Kweller) "Wasted and Ready" "In Other Words" "What It's Like to Live in Commerce" (AKA: "Commerce, TX") "Silent Scene" "Girl in Between" "4.40 (Episode 2)"
2002 ATO Records version (07863 68114-2) "How It Should Be (Sha Sha)" – 1:49 (Joe Butcher/Ben Kweller) "Wasted & Ready" – 3:51 "Family Tree" – 4:20 "Commerce, TX" – 3:52 "In Other Words" – 5:36 "Walk on Me" – 3:55 "Make It Up" – 4:50 "No Reason" – 3:51 "Lizzy" – 4:06 "Harriet's Got a Song" – 4:50 "Falling" – 4:04
2023 20th Anniversary Edition Bonus Discs
Disc 2 (Demos & Outtakes) "Falling - Brooklyn Demo" "Walk on Me - Brooklyn Demo" "Lizzy - Brooklyn Demo" "Lizzy - LA Demo" "Ballad of Wendy Baker - Brooklyn Demo" "How It Should Be (Sha Sha) - Brooklyn Demo" (Joe Butcher/Ben Kweller) "Walk on Me - Live at The Double Door" "Make It Up - Brooklyn Demo" "No Reason - Brooklyn Demo" "No Reason (feat. Nils Lofgren) Live at The Marquee"
Disc 3 (B-sides & Rarities) "Today" (William Patrick Corgan) "Psycho Girl" (Michael Donceel & Jonathan Jeter/ Ben Kweller) "I Have the Power" "Kokomo (with Adam Green)" (Mike Love/Scott McKenzie/Terry Melcher/John Phillips) "Debbie Don't Worry Doll" "My Drug Buddy - Live at The Mercury Lounge" (Evan Griffith Dando) "SHS-10r" "It's Up to You" "It's Up to You (feat. Evan Dando) Live at The Brattle Theatre" "Undone - The Sweater Song (feat. Juliana Hatfield) Live at Fletchers" (Rivers Cuomo) "Lollipop" (Julius Dixon/Beverly Ross) "It's Not Fair"
Personnel Ben Kweller – lead vocals, guitar, piano John Kent – drums (also backing vocals on PA-101 version) Josh Lattanzi – bass Debbie Williams – bass (PA-101 version) Joe Butcher – bass (PA-101 version) Jane Scarpantoni – string arrangements Steve Mazur – engineer Stephen Harris – producer, mixing, engineer Roger Greenawalt – producer C. Taylor Crothers – photography Mike Waring – photography Liz Smith – photography Brett – art direction Greg Calbi – mastering
Charts Album +Chart performance for Sha ShaChart (2003)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)82
Singles Year Single Peakpositions Modern Rock Tracks 2002 "Wasted and Ready" 29
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