On How Life Is (BMG Release)

~ Release by Macy Gray (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
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1Why Didn’t You Call Me
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
drum machine programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Dave Wilder
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jinsoo Lim and Arik Marshall
organ and piano:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro and Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman, Musiic Galloway, Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist) and Dave Wilder
lead vocals:
Macy Gray
recording of:
Why Didn’t You Call Me
writer:
Macy Gray and Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
3.63:12
2Do Something
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Dion Murdock
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jinsoo Lim and Arik Marshall
mellotron:
Jon Brion and Patrick Warren
Moog and electric piano:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
turntable:
DJ Kiilu
vibraphone:
Patrick Warren
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman and Musiic Galloway
lead vocals:
Macy Gray
samples:
Funky for You by Nice & Smooth and Git Up, Git Out by OutKast
recording of:
Do Something
lyricist:
Macy Gray
composer:
Antwan André Patton, André Benjamin, Cameron Gipp, George Clinton (US funk musician), Daryl Barnes, CeeLo Green, Gregg Mays, Ray Murray (American producer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist), Patrick Brown, Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist), Garry Shider, Darryl Swann, Rico Wade and Bernie Worrell (keyboardist, composer and record producer)
34:59
3Caligula
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
clavinet and synthesizer:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion, Arik Marshall and Darryl Swann
mellotron and synthesizer:
Jon Brion and Patrick Warren
percussion:
Lenny Castro and Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman, Musiic Galloway, Macy Gray, Sy Smith and Darryl Swann
lead vocals:
Macy Gray
recording of:
Caligula
writer:
Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist) and Darryl Swann
44:38
4I Try
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Dave Wilder
bell and piano:
Jon Brion
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion, Arik Marshall and Bendrix Williams
mellotron:
Patrick Warren
organ:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
background vocals and lead vocals:
Macy Gray
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1999)
music videos:
I Try by Macy Gray
recording of:
I Try
lyricist:
Macy Gray
composer:
Macy Gray, Jinsoo Lim, Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist) and Dave Wilder
publisher:
Children of the Forest, Emerald Forest, EMI April Music Inc., Happy Mel Boopy’s Cocktail Longe And Music, Jinsoo Lim Music, Ooky Spinalton Music, Roasti Toasti and Zomba Songs Inc.
43:59
5Sex-O-Matic Venus Freak
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Dion Murdock
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion, Arik Marshall, DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight (US guitarist) and Gabriel Moses
organ and Rhodes piano:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
synthesizer:
Rami Jaffee
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman, Musiic Galloway, Macy Gray and Sy Smith
lead vocals:
Macy Gray
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (from 1999 to present)
recording of:
Sex‐O‐Matic Venus Freak
lyricist:
Macy Gray
composer:
Dion Murdock and Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
33:57
6I Can’t Wait to Meetchu
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Greg Richling
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion, Arik Marshall and Miles Tackett
horn:
Steve Baxter (American jazz trombonist), Charlie Green (Trombonist) and Michael Harris (trumpeter, member of The Phenix Horns)
organ and Rhodes piano:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman and Musiic Galloway
lead vocals:
Macy Gray
recording of:
I Can’t Wait to Meetchu
writer:
Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist), Darryl Swann and Miles Tackett
4.55:19
7Still
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Greg Richling
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jay Joyce and Arik Marshall
mellotron:
Patrick Warren
percussion:
Lenny Castro
piano:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
vibraphone:
Jon Brion
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman, Musiic Galloway and Sy Smith
lead vocals:
Macy Gray
strings arranger:
David Campbell (US based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
recording of:
Still
lyricist:
Macy Gray
composer:
Bill Esses and Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
44:15
8I’ve Committed Murder
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Kiilu Beckwith and Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Greg Richling
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion and Arik Marshall
marimba, synthesizer and vibraphone:
Jon Brion
mellotron:
Jon Brion and Patrick Warren
organ:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
percussion:
Lenny Castro
solo saxophone:
Ngozi Inyama
turntable:
DJ Kiilu
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman and Musiic Galloway
lead vocals:
Macy Gray
samples:
Live Right Now by Eddie Harris and Theme from Love Story by Francis Lai
recording of:
I’ve Committed Murder
writer:
Kiilu Beckwith, Macy Gray, Eddie Harris (saxophone, piano, vocals), Francis Lai (French composer), Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist), Carl Sigman and Darryl Swann
35:00
9A Moment to Myself
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Greg Richling
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion and Arik Marshall
percussion:
Lenny Castro and Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
Rhodes piano and Wurlitzer electric piano:
Patrick Warren
turntable:
DJ Kiilu
background vocals:
Dawn Beckman and Musiic Galloway
lead vocals:
Macy Gray
samples:
Entropy: Intropy / The Third Decade, Our Move / Count and Estimate by DJ Shadow and The Groove Robbers feat. Gift of Gab, Human Beat Box by Fat Boys and The Wild Style by Time Zone
recording of:
A Moment to Myself
writer:
Macy Gray, Mark Morales, Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist), Miles Tackett and Damon Wimbley
4.054:01
10The Letter
recording engineer and mixer:
Dave Way
programming:
Darryl Swann
producer:
Andrew Slater
bass:
Greg Richling
drums (drum set):
Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
guitar:
Jon Brion and Arik Marshall
keyboard and mellotron and piano:
Jeremy Ruzumna (composer, lyricist, keyboardist)
keyboard and piano and mellotron:
Jon Brion
keyboard, mellotron and piano:
Rami Jaffee
percussion:
Lenny Castro and Matt Chamberlain (American drummer)
background vocals:
Musiic Galloway and Macy Gray
lead vocals:
Macy Gray
recording of:
The Letter
writer:
Macy Gray, Jamie Houston and Matt Sherrod
45:37