Let It Come Down (James Iha album)

Let It Come Down
Studio album by James Iha
Released February 10, 1998
Recorded 1997
Genre Indie rock
Length 40:20
Label Virgin
Producer Jim Scott and James Iha
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Let It Come Down is James Iha's first and currently only solo album. It was released in 1998, during which Iha was still with The Smashing Pumpkins, before the release of Adore. Iha took on a more acoustic country-ish sound reminiscent of the songs he contributed to the Pumpkins, notably shying away from the darker sound of Billy Corgan's songwriting.

Iha had said that the quieter tone of the songs reflected the fact that many of them were written in his hotel rooms during Smashing Pumpkins tours, and he didn't want to disturb other guests by playing too loudly.

"Be Strong Now" was released as a 4 track single, featuring the bonus tracks "Falling", "My Advice" and "Take Care" and as a 2 track promo single, track 2 is a 12 second clip from the song "Be Strong Now" called "call out hook". Both versions of the "Be Strong Now" single feature the same cover.

Contents

Track listing

All songs were written by James Iha.

  1. "Be Strong Now" – 2:48
  2. "Sound of Love" – 3:56
  3. "Beauty" – 3:44
  4. "See the Sun" – 3:59
  5. "Country Girl" – 3:01
  6. "Jealousy" – 3:26
  7. "Lover, Lover" – 3:21
  8. "Silver String" – 3:53
  9. "Winter" – 4:25
  10. "One and Two" – 3:31
  11. "No One's Gonna Hurt You" – 4:12
  12. "My Advice" – 3:15*

(*Japanese version bonus track)

Chart position

Album

Year Album Chart Position
1998 Let It Come Down The Billboard 200 No. 171

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