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Let It Come Down is the first solo album by American guitarist James Iha. [1] 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 sound reminiscent of the songs he contributed to the Pumpkins, notably shying away from the darker sound of Billy Corgan 's ...
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- Jon Dolan,Brian Hiatt,Christian Hoard,Daniel Kreps,Angie Martoccio,Alan Sepinwall,Simon Vozick-Levinson
- “Utopia Parkway” (1999) Three years after landing an alt-rock hit with the Collingwood-penned “Radiation Vibe,” Fountains of Wayne returned with a concept album about dead-end suburban ennui that rivals the best of the Kinks.
- “Red Dragon Tattoo” (1999) There are Fountains of Wayne songs that rock harder (“Little Red Light,” to name one), but the band may not have recorded a more propulsive track than this Utopia Parkway highlight about a dude who takes the N train out to Coney Island in a desperate attempt to impress a girl who doesn’t know he exists.
- “It Must Be Summer” (1999) A most excellent power-pop bummer hidden at the very end of the second Fountains album, “It Must Be Summer” is the kind of song that would have guaranteed them a spot in the cult-classic canon even if they’d never scored another hit.
- “Stacy’s Mom” (2003) There was nothing really wrong with Stacy. She wore Van Halen T-shirts, rocked heart-shaped sunglasses, and liked to hang around by the po-oo-ol.
Aug 20, 2008 · Iha and his co-producer, Adam Schlesinger of Fountains Of Wayne, worked with the band famous for "A Horse With No Name" without trying to update America's sound. They simply used their talents to enhance what Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell always did best.
Feb 10, 1998 · Let It Come Down is a concept album of sorts about love and heartbreak. The songs themselves are laid-back and largely acoustic-driven, conforming to a "sensitive" singer-songwriter mold that has pretty much nothing to do with the Smashing Pumpkins.
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View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1998 CD release of "Let It Come Down" on Discogs.
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Aug 3, 2005 · View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2005 CD release of "Let It Come Down" on Discogs.
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Let It Come Down is James Iha's first solo album. It was released in 1998, during which Iha was still with The Smashing Pumpkins, before the release of Adore. AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, saying "Iha's handful of songwriting contributions to the Pumpkins suggested that he had talent, and he proves it here", and adding that it ...
