Ten Easy Pieces Explained
Ten Easy Pieces is the ninth album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, released in October 1996 by Guardian Records. The album consists of new arrangements of some of Webb's most popular songs.[1]
Critical reception
In his review for AllMusic, Bruce Eder called Ten Easy Pieces "the best and most accessible of all Webb's albums".[1] Eder continued:The AllMusic website gave the album four and a half out of five stars.[1]
Personnel
- Music
- Jimmy Webb – vocals, piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, liner notes
- Dean Parks – guitar on "Wichita Lineman"
- Fred Mollin – autoharp, acoustic guitar on "If These Walls Could Speak"; backing vocals on "All I Know"
- Steve Smith – pedal steel
- Lesley Young – oboe
- Paul Widner – cello
- Steven MacKinnon – accordion on "Galveston"
- Pat Perez – soprano saxophone on "All I Know"
- Oliver Schroer – fiddle on "If These Walls Could Speak"
- Audrey King – cello
- David Hetherington – cello
- Matthew McCauley – string arrangements, backing vocals on "All I Know"
- Michael McDonald – backing vocals
- Shawn Colvin – backing vocals on "Didn't We"
- Susan Webb – backing vocals on "If These Walls Could Speak"
- Marc Cohn – backing vocals on "If These Walls Could Speak"
- Production
- Fred Mollin – producer
- Jay Landers – executive producer
- Glen Marchese – engineer
- Bill Harwell – engineer
- Brian Nevin – engineer
- Jeff Wolpert – engineer, mixing
- Greg Robertson – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Denis Tougas – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Robert Abriola – art direction
- Carolyn Jones – photography[1]
Charts
Notes and References
- Web site: Eder . Bruce . Ten Easy Pieces . AllMusic . October 26, 2012.
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