Bruce Hornsby & the Range 1986 The Way It Is {24-96 FLAC}


1986 - RCA/Victor / NFL1-8058 / Vinyl


1. "On the Western Skyline" – 4:42
2. "Every Little Kiss" – 5:48
3. "Mandolin Rain" – 5:19
4. "The Long Race" – 4:25
5. "The Way It Is" – 4:58
6. "Down the Road Tonight" – 4:26
7. "The Wild Frontier" – 4:04
8. "The River Runs Low" – 4:27
9. "The Red Plains" – 5:03

The Way It Is is Bruce Hornsby and the Range's first album, released in 1986.
Led by hit title track "The Way It Is", the album went on to achieve multi-platinum status, and helped the group to win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Other hits from the album include "Mandolin Rain" and "Every Little Kiss". Fellow musician Huey Lewis is also featured on the album, lending his harmonica and vocal talents to the track, "Down The Road Tonight". Lewis also helped to produce that song, as well as "The Long Race" and "The River Runs Low".

Bruce Hornsby & The Range

    Bruce Hornsby – vocals, piano, synthesizer, hammered dulcimer, accordion
    David Mansfield – guitar, mandolin, violin
    George Marinelli – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
    Joe Puerta – bass, backing vocals
    John Molo – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

    Huey Lewis – harmonica on "Every Little Kiss", backing vocals on "Down the Road Tonight"
    John Gilutin, Sean Hopper – additional keyboards

Production

    Executive Producer: Paul Atkinson
    Produced by Bruce Hornsby, Elliot Scheiner (for Trackman) and Huey Lewis
    Recorded & Engineered by Elliot Scheiner & Jim Gaines
    Assistant Engineers: Jim "Watts" Vereecke, Lenette Viegas
    Mixed by David Luke, Don Smith, Eddie King & Elliot Scheiner
    Mastered by Stephen Marcussen


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