The Way It Is (Bruce Hornsby album)

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The Way It Is
The Way It Is cover
Studio album by Bruce Hornsby (Bruce Hornsby and the Range)
Released August 1, 1986
Genre Rock
Length 43:12
Label RCA Records
Producer Paul Atkinson, Huey Lewis
Professional reviews
Bruce Hornsby (Bruce Hornsby and the Range) chronology
The Way It Is
(1986)		 Scenes From The Southside
(1988)

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".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Hornsby w/ John Hornsby, except as noted (*).

  1. "On the Western Skyline" – 4:42
  2. "Every Little Kiss" * – 5:48 (B. Hornsby)
  3. "Mandolin Rain" – 5:19
  4. "The Long Race" – 4:25
  5. "The Way It Is" * – 4:58 (B. Hornsby)
  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

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional personnel

  • Produced By Bruce Hornsby, Huey Lewis & Elliot Scheiner
  • Mixed & Engineered By Jim Gaines, Eddie King & Elliot Scheiner
  • Executive Producer: Paul Atkinson

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1986 The Billboard 200 3

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1986 "Every Little Kiss" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 18
1986 "Every Little Kiss" The Billboard Hot 100 14
1986 "On the Western Skyline" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
1986 "The Way It Is" Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
1986 "The Way It Is" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
1986 "The Way It Is" The Billboard Hot 100 1
1987 "Every Little Kiss" Billboard Adult Contemporary 3
1987 "Mandolin Rain" Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
1987 "Mandolin Rain" Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 38
1987 "Mandolin Rain" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 2
1987 "Mandolin Rain" The Billboard Hot 100 4
1987 "The Way It Is" Billboard Adult Contemporary 8
1987 "The Way It Is" The Billboard Hot 100 7
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