Falling Uphill
2003 studio album by Lillix
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Falling Uphill is the studio debut album by Canadian all-female pop rock band Lillix. It was released by Maverick Records on May 27, 2003.
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| Released | May 27, 2003 | |||
| Length | 40:53 | |||
| Label | Maverick | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [2] |
The album includes a cover version of The Romantics' song "What I Like About You". This song also notably appeared on the Freaky Friday soundtrack, as well as in The WB comedy series What I Like About You. The single releases are "It's About Time", "What I Like About You", and "Tomorrow". "It's About Time" peaked at #17 on the Japan Top 20 chart, number 5 on TRL, and number 33 on the Billboard US Mainstream Top 40 Airplay.[3][4][5] In 2007, Nielsen certified the song as receiving 50,000 spins.[6] "What I Like About You" failed to chart. "Tomorrow" reached number 48 on R&R magazine's Pop Airplay chart. The song "Fork in the Road" was also included on volume 2 of Barbie's Cali Girl CD.[7]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Tomorrow" |
| Perry | 3:44 |
| 2. | "Quicksand" | Burns | Philip Steir | 3:46 |
| 3. | "It's About Time" |
| The Matrix | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Dirty Sunshine" |
| The Matrix | 3:17 |
| 5. | "Sick" |
| Steir | 3:37 |
| 6. | "Invisible" | L. Evin | Steir | 3:44 |
| 7. | "24/7" | T. Evin | Glen Ballard | 3:58 |
| 8. | "Because" | T. Evin | Steir | 2:26 |
| 9. | "Promises" | T. Evin | Steir | 3:22 |
| 10. | "Fork in the Road" | L. Evin |
| 3:11 |
| 11. | "Lost and Confused" | Burns | Steir | 3:16 |
| 12. | "What I Like About You" |
| Steir | 2:47 |
| Total length: | 40:53 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producers | Length |
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| 13. | "Blind" | T. Evin | Steir | 3:56 |
| Total length: | 45:49 | |||
Notes
- ^a signifies an additional producer
Personnel
Lillix
- Lacey-Lee Evin – vocals, keyboards
- Tasha-Ray Evin – vocals, guitar
- Louise Burns – vocals, bass
- Kim Urhahn – drums, backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Glen Ballard – guitar, keyboards, production
- John Fields – guitar, bass, production
- Linda Perry – guitar, bass, keyboards, production
- Corky James – guitar
- Chris Lyon – guitar
- Michael Thompson – guitar
- Phil Solem – guitar
- Patrick Warren – keyboards
- Eric Alexander – drums
- Matt Chamberlain – drums
- Ronnie Ciago – drums
- Dorian Crozier – drums
- Victor Indrizzo – drums
- Joey Marchiano – drums
- Dave Raven – drums
- Dawn Richardson – drums
- Michael Urbano – drums
- Rai Thistlethwayte – piano
- Josh Auer – bass
- Jimmy Johnson – bass
- Philip Steir – drum programming, production
- Brian Barnes – editing
- Jamie Harding – editing
- Steve Marcussen – mastering
Charts
| Chart (2003–2004) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[8] | 61 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9] | 14 |
| US Billboard 200[10] | 188 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11] | 6 |
