Is That You?

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Is That You?
File:Is That You.jpg
Studio album by
Released1990
RecordedAugust 1989
StudioIronwood Studios, Seattle
GenreDowntown music
Length49:33
LabelElektra Nonesuch
ProducerWayne Horvitz
Bill Frisell chronology
Before We Were Born
(1989)
Is That You?
(1990)
Where in the World?
(1991)

Is That You? is the second album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label.[1] It was released in 1990 and features performances by Frisell, keyboardist Wayne Horvitz and drummer Joey Baron, who were all members of Naked City at this time.

Reception

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The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick stated, "Is That You? finds the guitarist already trending away from that band's scattershot assault and toward the more pastoral leanings he would embrace in the upcoming decade".[2]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

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All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated.

  1. "No Man's Land" - 6:40
  2. "Someone in My Backyard" - 2:45
  3. "Rag" - 4:00
  4. "Is That You?" - 6:50
  5. "The Way Home" - 6:00
  6. "Twenty Years" - 2:43
  7. "Chain of Fools" (Covay) - 3:30
  8. "Hello Nellie" - 4:07
  9. "The Days of Wine and Roses" (Mancini, Mercer) - 3:35
  10. "Yuba City" (Horvitz)- 5:42
  11. "Half a Million" - 4:00
  12. "Hope and Fear" - 1:06

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Nonesuch Records album info accessed 12 September 2008.
  2. ^ a b Olewnick, B. AllMusic Review accessed June 13, 2011
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