Let's Just Be

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Let's Just Be
Let's Just Be cover
Studio album by Joseph Arthur and The Lonely Astronauts
Released Flag of the United States April 17, 2007
Flag of the United Kingdom September 3, 2007
Recorded October-November 2006
Genre Alternative rock
Length 78:43
Label Lonely Astronaut Records
14th Floor Records
Producer Joseph Arthur
The Lonely Astronauts
Mathias Schneeberger
Professional reviews
Joseph Arthur and The Lonely Astronauts chronology
Nuclear Daydream
(2006)		 Let's Just Be
(2007)		 Could We Survive (EP)
(2008)

Let's Just Be is the sixth studio album by Joseph Arthur and the first with his new band, The Lonely Astronauts. It was released just seven months after his latest album, Nuclear Daydream, and is the first of two albums intended to be released in 2007. [1] "The idea for us was to record all of these new songs straight to tape using only 16 tracks with no reverb, sort of a back to basics like how the Stones or Neil Young used to record," commented Arthur. "These albums are really a band effort, there was a lot of collaboration in the studio and quite a few songs on the album were co-writes." [Taken from a promo press sheet from RED Distribution]. There is a standard edition and a special edition (featuring different artwork) of the album available (in the US only, released on May 15, 2007).

The Lonely Astronauts are:

  • Joseph Arthur - vocals, guitar
  • Kraig Jarret Johnson - guitar, keyboards
  • Jennifer Turner - guitar
  • Sybil Buck - bass
  • Greg Wieczorek - drums

All songs were written by Joseph Arthur except "Diamond Ring," "Take Me Home," "Cockteeze," "Let's Just Be," "I Will Carry You" and "Yer the Reason" written by Joseph Arthur and Kraig Jarret Johnson, and "Gimmie Some Company" written by Jennifer Turner.

The album version of "Diamond Ring" is featured as the B-side to the UK single of "Enough to Get Away," released August 27, 2007. The album version of "Take Me Home" is featured as the B-side to the single of "Honey and the Moon," released March 26, 2007.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Diamond Ring" - 3:26
  2. "Good Life" - 4:24
  3. "Precious One" - 3:28
  4. "Spacemen" - 4:33
  5. "Take Me Home" - 4:41
  6. "Chicago" - 5:01
  7. "Cockteeze" - 1:46
  8. "Lonely Astronaut" - 20:32
  9. "Cocaine Feet" - 3:43
  10. "Let's Just Be" - 2:31
  11. "Shake It Off" - 1:32
  12. "Lack a Vision" - 4:45
  13. "Gimmie Some Company" - 3:01
  14. "I Will Carry You" - 3:55
  15. "Yer the Reason" - 2:20
  16. "Star Song" - 8:57

[edit] Notes

[edit] Demos

In December 2006, 14 new songs (recorded with the Lonely Astronauts) were placed on Joseph's website, available for free download or with a donation. The 14 tracks comprised the original tracklisting for Let's Just Be in this order:

  1. "Baby's Got a New Friend" - 5:59
  2. "Cockteezzze" - 1:44
  3. "Famous Friends Along the Coast" - 5:28
  4. "Love" - 6:34
  5. "Skull Kiss" - 3:53
  6. "Cocaine Feet" - 4:14
  7. "Bust Me" - 3:05
  8. "Breadhead" - 4:29
  9. "Precious One" - 4:27
  10. "Take Me Home" - 4:41
  11. "Here Come the Spacemen" - 3:49
  12. "Let's Just Be" - 2:36
  13. "Diamond Ring" - 3:42
  14. "The Good Life" - 4:28
  • The song "Breadhead" was conceived at the House of Blues side stage in San Diego, California during Arthur's tour for Nuclear Daydream. Near the end of the concert, he began strumming a song, and told the band to play along. A few minutes later, "Breadhead" had been written and played for the first time, and Arthur said it would appear on the next album.

[edit] References

  1. ^ JOSEPH ARTHUR & THE LONELY ASTRONAUTS ANNOUNCE TWO 2007 ALBUM RELEASES. josepharthur.com (2007-01-08).