Hello Lisa is an album by Lisa Loeb

Lisa Loeb

Lisa Anne Loeb is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She launched her career in 1994 with the song, "Stay ". She was the first artist to have a number one single in the United States while not signed to a recording contract.Loeb's efforts now include music, film, television, voice-over...

, released in 2002 by Artemis Records

S-Curve Records

S-Curve Records was founded in 2000 by former Mercury Records executive Steve Greenberg. It is based in New York City. In 2001 the label established a distribution and licensing agreement with EMI Records. In 2007 Greenberg relaunched the label after a two year hiatus, during which he served as...

. Hello Lisa has a similar track listing to Cake and Pie

Cake and Pie

Cake and Pie is an album by Lisa Loeb. It was released in 2002 through A&M Records. The first single "The Way It Really Is" was a moderate hit among college radio. "We Could Still Belong Together" was also included on the soundtrack to Legally Blonde. It was a commercial failure, having reached 199...

, although it is a re-release of the same album.

The album is a homage to the popular character Hello Kitty

Hello Kitty

is a fictional character produced by the Japanese company Sanrio, first designed by Yuko Shimizu. She is portrayed as a female white Japanese bobtail cat with a red bow. The character's first appearance on an item, a vinyl coin purse, was introduced in Japan in 1974 and brought to the United States...

, of which Loeb is a huge fan. To avoid copyright laws, she obtained Sanrio

Sanrio

is a Japanese company that designs, licenses and produces products focusing on the kawaii segment of Japanese popular culture. Their products include stationery, school supplies, gifts and accessories that are sold worldwide and at specialty brand retail stores in Japan...

's permission before releasing the album.

Track listing

1. "Did That" (Lisa Loeb) – 3:54
2. "Underdog" (Loeb, Dweezil Zappa
   Dweezil Zappa
   Dweezil Zappa is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor.-Early life:Zappa was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of musician Frank Zappa and Adelaide Gail Sloatman, who worked in business. He is the second of four siblings: his older sister, Moon, younger sister Diva and younger...
   
   ) – 3:03
3. "You Don't Know Me" (Loeb, Zappa) – 3:52
4. "Drops Me Down" (Loeb) – 3:01
5. "The Way It Really Is" (Glen Ballard
   Glen Ballard
   Glen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill , which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" amongst others, and is ranked by the Rolling Stone amongst The 500 Greatest Albums of...
   
   , Loeb, Lindy Robbins) – 3:59
6. "Bring Me Up" (Loeb) – 3:29
7. "What Am I Supposed to Say" (Loeb, Randy Scruggs
   Randy Scruggs
   Randy Scruggs is a music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13...
   
   ) – 3:31
8. "Everyday" (Loeb, Scruggs) – 4:03
9. "Someone You Should Know" (Dave Bassett
   Dave Bassett (songwriter)
   Dave Bassett is an American songwriter and record producer with many charting singles. Since March 2011, he is signed to EMI Music Publishing for an international co-publishing deal....
   
   , Loeb) – 3:23
10. "Payback" (Loeb) – 4:41
11. "Take Me Back" (Chad Fischer, Loeb) – 5:06
12. "What Am I Supposed to Say (Acoustic) (Hidden Track)" (Loeb, Randy Scruggs
    Randy Scruggs
    Randy Scruggs is a music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13...
    
    ) – 3:29

This version includes the new songs "Did That", "What Am I Supposed To Say", and "Take Me Back" and removes from the Cake and Pie album: "We Could Still Belong Together", "Kick Start", "Too Fast Driving", and "She's Falling Apart"