Let It Come Down

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
Professional reviews
Allmusic: link Pitchfork Media: (4.9/10) link Rolling Stone: link Entertainment Weekly: (C+) link

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 Pumpkin 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.

The font used on the cover is modelled on a similar font used on the jacket of The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.

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)

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Album

Personnel

• James Iha - vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, producer, string arrangement
• Matt Walker - drums and percussion
• Solomon Snyder - bass
• Neal Casal - harmony vocal, electric guitar
• Greg Leisz - pedal and lapsteel, electric guitar, bass on "Lover, Lover"
• Adam Schlesinger - piano, bass on "country girl"
• John Ginty - hammond organ, piano
• Curt Bisquera - percussion
• Eric Remschneider - cello
• James Sanders - violin
• Stacia Spencer - violin on "silver string"
• Jim Goodwin - sax on "Jealousy"
• Ralph Rickert - trumpet on "Jealousy"
• D'arcy Wretzky - harmony vocal on "One and Two"
• Nina Gordon - harmony vocal on "Beauty"
• Tonya Lamm and Shawn Barton - harmony vocal on "No One's Gonna Hurt You" and Country Girl"
• Jim Scott - producer, engineering, mixing
• Mike Scotella - mix assistant
• Scott Humphrey - post production
• Podboy - additional post production
• Flood - additional post production on "One and Two"
• Steve Spapperi - additional engineering
• Stephen Marcussen - mastering
• Eric Remschneider - string arrangement
• Dave Menet - guitar tech
• Russ Spice - equipment
• Rob Austin - chef and mantra maker
• Q Prime Inc - Management
• Jill Berliner and Eric Greenspan - Legal
• Mark Kaplan - accounting
• Chris Billheimer - art direction
• Jeremy Goldberg - cover photograph
• Anette Aurell - back photograph
• James Iha, Kevin Wells, Larry Hirshowitz - collage photographs
• Lou Kregel, Patti West - illustrators