This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That

This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That is the second album by Marnie Stern, it was released on October 7, 2008 on Kill Rock Stars.^[5][6] The album's title comes from an Alan Watts quote^[7] in his work On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966), which was in turn a quotation from James Broughton's The Bard and the Harper (1965).

Pitchfork named This Is It... the 44th greatest album of 2008.

Track listing

1. "Prime" – 2:28
2. "Transformer" – 2:09
3. "Shea Stadium" – 3:38
4. "Ruler" – 3:52
5. "The Crippled Jazzer" – 4:19
6. "Steely" – 4:00
7. "The Package Is Wrapped" – 3:45
8. "Simon Says" – 3:20
9. "Vault" – 3:26
10. "Clone Cycle" – 3:32
11. "Roads? Where We're Going We Don't Need Roads" – 2:59
12. "The Devil is in the Details" – 3:39

Personnel

Performers

• Marnie Stern: vocals, guitar, keyboards
• John-Reed Thompson: bass, keyboards, organ
• Zach Hill: drums, bass, keyboards, piano

References