Like It Like That (Guy Sebastian Album)
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Like It Like That is the fifth album by Australian singer Guy Sebastian
. The album was produced by David Ryan Harris
& Fredrik Odesjo and was released in Australia on 23 October 2009 and in the US on 29 June 2010. The album contains a duet with Jordin Sparks
, and also three tracks with John Mayer
on guitar and backing vocals. It peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart
and has gained platinum accreditation. The album produced two of the most successful singles of Sebastian's career. The title track "Like It Like That" reached No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, and was accredited triple platinum. "Art of Love
" was also a top 10 single, spending 5 months in the ARIA top 50 and gaining platinum accreditation. Sebastian received six ARIA Music Award nominations for the album and two of its singles.
, which was a covers album of Memphis soul
songs recorded with The MGs in Memphis in 2007. Sebastian said in an interview with The Age
in October 2009, "The most comfortable I've ever felt in the studio was during The Memphis Album. And the success of that prompted me to make a record like this one." Sebastian made several trips to America during 2008 to write songs for the album. Five of the songs were co-written with the album's producer David Ryan Harris
, four were written entirely by Sebastian himself, and three were co-written with other writers. He later said, "I wrote the music on this album based on how I feel when I listen to the Otis Reddings and the Wilson Picketts of the world. I'll put that music on and it always just lifts me and makes me feel great."
In late 2008 Sebastian again travelled to the US to record some of the tracks with members of John Mayer
's band. Mayer was invited to the recording sessions to put a guitar solo on one track, but stayed to contribute guitar and backing vocals on four songs. One of these songs was not included on the album. The three which are on the album are "All To Myself
", "Failed To Mention" and "Never Be You". The album's second single "Art of Love
" is a ballad co-written by Sebastian and Adam Rielly. It was written as a duet, but Sebastian was unable to find a singer in Australia to record it with. He had also submitted the track to Jordin Sparks
, and shortly before the album was due to be released Sparks agreed to sing on the track. Sebastian flew to Los Angeles to record her vocals and later returned to film the video with her. The final track on the album, "Perfection", was written by Sebastian as a tribute to his wife Jules, and was sung by him at their wedding. He was not going to release it originally, but was persuaded by friends and family to add it to the album.
Sebastian said in an interview in late 2009 that the songs for the album originally had a much more organic old school sound, as his US record company had wanted the album to have a similar sound to The Memphis Album. He said he didn't feel that was right for the Australian market, "I ended up with a new record of original songs that didn’t have quite the right production, like it all sounded quite old school, it didn’t really have a modern edge to it. I ended up going back and reproducing everything which was quite a nightmare. I mean "Like It Like That" for example was really old school, like real drums, real organic, so we reproduced that and we got it to sound a little more modern, in your face I guess, the way it is now and we did that with a lot of the tracks so yeah, it was a bit of a nightmare getting to the final product". Sebastian said he felt he was exactly where he wanted to be creatively with this album: "I'm in a really happy place musically, because this is exactly the style of music I want to do and that I've wanted to do for so long. It's not about me changing the world; it's just about fun music - pure and simple. Music is so powerful. It's powerful enough on a personal level, without me trying to change the world."
Song Of The Year and "All to Myself" was shortlisted for the 2011 APRA Song of the Year.
The album itself received many positive reviews. Paul Cashmere from Undercover Music wrote, "By covering the classics on the The Memphis Album Guy Sebastian discovered Guy Sebastian. He has drawn from that epitome and created what should be considered the debut album from the next phase of his career.[...] If The Memphis Album was Guy’s initiation into becoming a Soul Man then Like It Like That is the graduation. Ara Jansen said in The West Australian
, "While there are plenty of pop elements to the album, Sebastian has finally and unabashedly unleashed his soul side. He's also done it with a big grin on his face as songs such as the wonderful "Magic" and the title track fizz like a soft drink on a hot day." In a review in The Sunday Herald Sun Bryan Patterson gave Like It Like That a 4 out of 5 star rating and said, "I may sue Guy Sebastian. His insanely catchy little track, with its stupidly seductive flute, guitars and choruses, has been playing over and over in my head for days[...]Sebastian has paid his dues and finally found his sound. And it’s good music, all written or co-written by the young man." Bruce Hardy from Tom Magazine also gave the album 4 out of 5 stars saying, "Like It Like That is an album that sensibly allows Guy to strut his own stuff and consolidate his reputation as one of the best contemporary soul/R&B singers in the world.[...] It’s a tall ask to find original material that can act as a limousine for a world class soul voice but Like It Like That goes a long way to achieving that end." Sebastian was nominated for six ARIA Music Awards
for the album and two of its singles in 2010. He received nominations for "Best Pop Release", "Best Male Artist", "Most Popular Australian Album", and "Most Popular Australian Artist" for the album, with "Like It Like That" and "Art of Love
receiving nominations for "Most Popular Single".
's Dancing with the Stars
in August 2009. "Like It Like That" was used extensively by Channel 7 for their program promotions which ran from August 2009 through to early 2010. The album was released on 23 October 2009. During the release week Sebastian did instore promotional appearances which drew large crowds, including ones at Tea Tree Plaza in South Australia
and Westfield Liverpool
in New South Wales
. The second single "Art of Love
" was released in November 2009. Sparks was meant to come to Australia to perform the song with Sebastian at the Australian Idol
Grand Finale, but due to her being taken ill with acute appendicitis she was unable to make the trip. Sebastian performed the song alone using the video for Spark's vocal parts. They eventually performed the song together in July 2010 during her American Battlefield Tour
. During December 2009 and January 2010 Channel 7 used "Art Of Love" for the summer promotion of their drama series Home And Away
. Sebastian toured the capital cities in February 2010 and a did a regional tour in June and July 2010.
Singles
, spending 29 weeks in the ARIA top 100, including 19 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 50, and gained platinum certification.
ARIA End of Year charts
in the US. The release was later changed to only include three of the soul
cover songs from The Memphis Album, with the other eight tracks being songs which he had recorded for his fifth Australian album. Sebastian stated in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, "They were originally just going to release The Memphis Album, but I don't want to be known as a covers artist here. It was all right in Australia, because it was my fourth album, but I want some originals on there." The album was set to be released in mid 2009, under the title Like It Like That.
Sebastian spent much of the early part of 2009 in the US, continuing to work on his Australian album, and also doing promotion for the release of the US album. He performed at Oscar Haven, a three day entertainment event held in Beverly Hills during the Academy Awards
, at which he was a headline act at a Haven party hosted by Stardust Pictures and Jamie Kennedy
. He was invited to perform at the music festival SXSW in Austin Texas, including showcases at Sounds Australia and the BMI
Acoustic Brunch. Sebastian also gained a four week residency at the Drom in New York, and he and Steve Cropper
were invited to perform at the Ninth Annual NonCommvention in Philadelphia, which is the annual conference for North America's non-commercial Triple A radio.
"Like It Like That", the title track from the album, was picked up by the NBC
network and used in their summer promotion campaign. Shortly before the album was due for release, Victor Records, the subdivision of Sony America's Commercial Group Sebastian was signed to, underwent restructuring. This caused the release to be delayed, but Commercial later reaffirmed the album would be released in the US in 2010. The US album is now identical to the Australian album, and was released on 29 June 2010 under the Red Ink
label. In July Sebastian performed "Art Of Love" with Sparks at three of her Battlefield Tour
concerts while he was touring in the US to promote the release of his album.
Guy Sebastian
Guy Theodore Sebastian is an Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003. He is currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor. Sebastian has released six top ten platinum/multi platinum albums, including a number-one and...
. The album was produced by David Ryan Harris
David Ryan Harris
David Ryan Harris is an Atlanta, Georgia based singer-songwriter. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Harris moved to Atlanta at a young age. Harris has had a varied career as a musician. He is married and has 4 sons: Miles, Life, River, and Truman.-Influences:...
& Fredrik Odesjo and was released in Australia on 23 October 2009 and in the US on 29 June 2010. The album contains a duet with Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks
Jordin Brianna Sparks is an American pop / R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She hails from Glendale, Arizona who rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. Sparks won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner in Idol history...
, and also three tracks with John Mayer
John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...
on guitar and backing vocals. It peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
and has gained platinum accreditation. The album produced two of the most successful singles of Sebastian's career. The title track "Like It Like That" reached No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, and was accredited triple platinum. "Art of Love
Art of Love (Guy Sebastian song)
"Art of Love" is the second single from Australian pop singer Guy Sebastian's fifth album, Like It Like That. The single features the vocals of Jordin Sparks "Art Of Love" was released on 20 November 2009 and reached No. 8 on the ARIA singles chart and has achieved platinum certification. It was...
" was also a top 10 single, spending 5 months in the ARIA top 50 and gaining platinum accreditation. Sebastian received six ARIA Music Award nominations for the album and two of its singles.
Writing and development
Like It Like That is an album of original soul music influenced by Sebastian's previous album, The Memphis AlbumThe Memphis Album
The Memphis Album is a cover album of Memphis soul songs by Australian singer Guy Sebastian released in Australia by Sony Music on 10 November 2007. The album was recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis with Steve Cropper, Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Steve Potts , and Lester Snell...
, which was a covers album of Memphis soul
Memphis soul
Memphis soul, also known as Memphis Sound, is stylish, funky, uptown soul music that is not as hard-edged as Southern soul. It is a shimmering, sultry style produced in the 1960s and 1970s at Stax and Hi Records in Memphis, Tennessee, featuring melodic unison horn lines, organ, bass, and a driving...
songs recorded with The MGs in Memphis in 2007. Sebastian said in an interview with The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
in October 2009, "The most comfortable I've ever felt in the studio was during The Memphis Album. And the success of that prompted me to make a record like this one." Sebastian made several trips to America during 2008 to write songs for the album. Five of the songs were co-written with the album's producer David Ryan Harris
David Ryan Harris
David Ryan Harris is an Atlanta, Georgia based singer-songwriter. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Harris moved to Atlanta at a young age. Harris has had a varied career as a musician. He is married and has 4 sons: Miles, Life, River, and Truman.-Influences:...
, four were written entirely by Sebastian himself, and three were co-written with other writers. He later said, "I wrote the music on this album based on how I feel when I listen to the Otis Reddings and the Wilson Picketts of the world. I'll put that music on and it always just lifts me and makes me feel great."
John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...
's band. Mayer was invited to the recording sessions to put a guitar solo on one track, but stayed to contribute guitar and backing vocals on four songs. One of these songs was not included on the album. The three which are on the album are "All To Myself
All to Myself
"All to Myself" is the fifth single released by Canadian rock band Marianas Trench and the second single released off of their second album Masterpiece Theatre.-Music video:...
", "Failed To Mention" and "Never Be You". The album's second single "Art of Love
Art of Love (Guy Sebastian song)
"Art of Love" is the second single from Australian pop singer Guy Sebastian's fifth album, Like It Like That. The single features the vocals of Jordin Sparks "Art Of Love" was released on 20 November 2009 and reached No. 8 on the ARIA singles chart and has achieved platinum certification. It was...
" is a ballad co-written by Sebastian and Adam Rielly. It was written as a duet, but Sebastian was unable to find a singer in Australia to record it with. He had also submitted the track to Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks
Jordin Brianna Sparks is an American pop / R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She hails from Glendale, Arizona who rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. Sparks won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner in Idol history...
, and shortly before the album was due to be released Sparks agreed to sing on the track. Sebastian flew to Los Angeles to record her vocals and later returned to film the video with her. The final track on the album, "Perfection", was written by Sebastian as a tribute to his wife Jules, and was sung by him at their wedding. He was not going to release it originally, but was persuaded by friends and family to add it to the album.
Sebastian said in an interview in late 2009 that the songs for the album originally had a much more organic old school sound, as his US record company had wanted the album to have a similar sound to The Memphis Album. He said he didn't feel that was right for the Australian market, "I ended up with a new record of original songs that didn’t have quite the right production, like it all sounded quite old school, it didn’t really have a modern edge to it. I ended up going back and reproducing everything which was quite a nightmare. I mean "Like It Like That" for example was really old school, like real drums, real organic, so we reproduced that and we got it to sound a little more modern, in your face I guess, the way it is now and we did that with a lot of the tracks so yeah, it was a bit of a nightmare getting to the final product". Sebastian said he felt he was exactly where he wanted to be creatively with this album: "I'm in a really happy place musically, because this is exactly the style of music I want to do and that I've wanted to do for so long. It's not about me changing the world; it's just about fun music - pure and simple. Music is so powerful. It's powerful enough on a personal level, without me trying to change the world."
Critical reception
Like It Like That has been well received by critics. The title track and lead single "Like It Like That" was named one of the best singles of the year by both Rave Magazine and the Music Network. Art Of Love was one of the twenty songs shortlisted for the 2010 APRAAPRA Awards
The APRA Music Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia and New Zealand by Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually....
Song Of The Year and "All to Myself" was shortlisted for the 2011 APRA Song of the Year.
The album itself received many positive reviews. Paul Cashmere from Undercover Music wrote, "By covering the classics on the The Memphis Album Guy Sebastian discovered Guy Sebastian. He has drawn from that epitome and created what should be considered the debut album from the next phase of his career.[...] If The Memphis Album was Guy’s initiation into becoming a Soul Man then Like It Like That is the graduation. Ara Jansen said in The West Australian
The West Australian
The West Australian is the only locally-edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia, and is owned by ASX-listed Seven West Media . The West is published in tabloid format, as is the state's other major newspaper, The Sunday Times, a News Limited publication...
, "While there are plenty of pop elements to the album, Sebastian has finally and unabashedly unleashed his soul side. He's also done it with a big grin on his face as songs such as the wonderful "Magic" and the title track fizz like a soft drink on a hot day." In a review in The Sunday Herald Sun Bryan Patterson gave Like It Like That a 4 out of 5 star rating and said, "I may sue Guy Sebastian. His insanely catchy little track, with its stupidly seductive flute, guitars and choruses, has been playing over and over in my head for days[...]Sebastian has paid his dues and finally found his sound. And it’s good music, all written or co-written by the young man." Bruce Hardy from Tom Magazine also gave the album 4 out of 5 stars saying, "Like It Like That is an album that sensibly allows Guy to strut his own stuff and consolidate his reputation as one of the best contemporary soul/R&B singers in the world.[...] It’s a tall ask to find original material that can act as a limousine for a world class soul voice but Like It Like That goes a long way to achieving that end." Sebastian was nominated for six ARIA Music Awards
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...
for the album and two of its singles in 2010. He received nominations for "Best Pop Release", "Best Male Artist", "Most Popular Australian Album", and "Most Popular Australian Artist" for the album, with "Like It Like That" and "Art of Love
Art of Love (Guy Sebastian song)
"Art of Love" is the second single from Australian pop singer Guy Sebastian's fifth album, Like It Like That. The single features the vocals of Jordin Sparks "Art Of Love" was released on 20 November 2009 and reached No. 8 on the ARIA singles chart and has achieved platinum certification. It was...
receiving nominations for "Most Popular Single".
Release and promotion
Like It Like That, the lead single and album title track, was released to radio in July 2009. It was the No. 1 played song on Australian radio for five weeks. Sebastian performed the song on the Grand Final of the Seven NetworkSeven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
's Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
in August 2009. "Like It Like That" was used extensively by Channel 7 for their program promotions which ran from August 2009 through to early 2010. The album was released on 23 October 2009. During the release week Sebastian did instore promotional appearances which drew large crowds, including ones at Tea Tree Plaza in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
and Westfield Liverpool
Westfield Liverpool
Westfield Liverpool is a major shopping centre, located in Liverpool, a suburb of Sydney.-History and development:Westfield Liverpool was opened in 1971....
in New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
. The second single "Art of Love
Art of Love (Guy Sebastian song)
"Art of Love" is the second single from Australian pop singer Guy Sebastian's fifth album, Like It Like That. The single features the vocals of Jordin Sparks "Art Of Love" was released on 20 November 2009 and reached No. 8 on the ARIA singles chart and has achieved platinum certification. It was...
" was released in November 2009. Sparks was meant to come to Australia to perform the song with Sebastian at the Australian Idol
Australian Idol
Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
Grand Finale, but due to her being taken ill with acute appendicitis she was unable to make the trip. Sebastian performed the song alone using the video for Spark's vocal parts. They eventually performed the song together in July 2010 during her American Battlefield Tour
Battlefield Tour
The Battlefield Tour was a concert tour by American pop singer Jordin Sparks in support of her second studio album Battlefield. It is Sparks' first headlining tour. The tour consisted of mostly general assembly venues such as theaters, ballrooms, amusement parks, and casinos. It was initially only...
. During December 2009 and January 2010 Channel 7 used "Art Of Love" for the summer promotion of their drama series Home And Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
. Sebastian toured the capital cities in February 2010 and a did a regional tour in June and July 2010.
Singles
- Like It Like That debuted at No. 6 on the Australian ARIA Singles ChartARIA ChartsThe ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
in late August 2009, reaching No. 1 in its fourth week, and staying there for two consecutive weeks. It spent 12 weeks in the ARIA top ten, and 25 weeks in the top 50. It has been certified 3x platinum in Australia for sales of 210,000+. "Like It Like That" was the highest selling Australian artist song in Australia in 2009, and 6th highest seller overall. In January 2010 ARIA published a list of the highest selling songs of the previous decade. "Like It Like That" ranked No.29 on the End of Decade Chart, the 6th highest entry for an Australian artist song. "Like It Like That" was also released in New Zealand in 2011, as the second single from Sebastian's retrospective album Twenty Ten. It peaked at No. 30 and gained gold certification there.
- "Art of LoveArt of Love (Guy Sebastian song)"Art of Love" is the second single from Australian pop singer Guy Sebastian's fifth album, Like It Like That. The single features the vocals of Jordin Sparks "Art Of Love" was released on 20 November 2009 and reached No. 8 on the ARIA singles chart and has achieved platinum certification. It was...
" which features Jordin SparksJordin SparksJordin Brianna Sparks is an American pop / R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She hails from Glendale, Arizona who rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. Sparks won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner in Idol history...
debuted at No. 34 in the ARIA Singles ChartARIA ChartsThe ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
. It climbed for 7 weeks before reaching its peak of No. 8. "Art Of Love" spent 21 weeks in the ARIA top 50, including 5 weeks in the top ten, and gained platinum accreditation. The song became Sebastian's first single to chart in New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
since 2004, peaking at No. 7 and gaining gold accreditation.
- All to MyselfAll to Myself (Guy Sebastian song)"All to Myself" is the third single to be lifted from Guy Sebastian's fifth album Like It Like That. John Mayer is featured playing guitar in the song. The single's B-sides are both covers of Michael Jackson songs...
was released to radio in February 2010, and has peaked at No. 14 on the Australian Airplay Chart and spent 3 months in the ARIA Top 100, peaking at No. 51.
- Never Hold You DownNever Hold You Down"Never Hold You Down" is the fourth single released from Australian singer, Guy Sebastian's fifth studio album, Like It Like That. The single was released digitally on 4 June 2010 The video for the single was released on Friday 28 May 2010 and premiered on ABC's Rage music program the next...
was released to radio by the end of May 2010 and released digitally on 4 June 2010.
Charts and certifications
Like It Like That peaked at number six on the ARIA Albums ChartARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
, spending 29 weeks in the ARIA top 100, including 19 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 50, and gained platinum certification.
Peak positions
Weekly ARIA Chart| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
Certification |
|---|---|---|
| ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
6 | Platinum |
| New Zealand Top 40 Albums Chart | 28 | — |
ARIA End of Year charts
| Year | Provider | Overall Rank |
Australian Artist Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
63 | 18 |
| 2010 | ARIA | — | 36 |
US album
In 2008 Sebastian gained a contract to release his previous album The Memphis AlbumThe Memphis Album
The Memphis Album is a cover album of Memphis soul songs by Australian singer Guy Sebastian released in Australia by Sony Music on 10 November 2007. The album was recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis with Steve Cropper, Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Steve Potts , and Lester Snell...
in the US. The release was later changed to only include three of the soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
cover songs from The Memphis Album, with the other eight tracks being songs which he had recorded for his fifth Australian album. Sebastian stated in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, "They were originally just going to release The Memphis Album, but I don't want to be known as a covers artist here. It was all right in Australia, because it was my fourth album, but I want some originals on there." The album was set to be released in mid 2009, under the title Like It Like That.
Sebastian spent much of the early part of 2009 in the US, continuing to work on his Australian album, and also doing promotion for the release of the US album. He performed at Oscar Haven, a three day entertainment event held in Beverly Hills during the Academy Awards
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
, at which he was a headline act at a Haven party hosted by Stardust Pictures and Jamie Kennedy
Jamie Kennedy
James Harvey "Jamie" Kennedy is an American comedian, rapper, and actor.-Early life:Kennedy, the youngest of six children, was born in Upper Darby Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family is of Irish descent and he was raised Roman Catholic. He attended and graduated from...
. He was invited to perform at the music festival SXSW in Austin Texas, including showcases at Sounds Australia and the BMI
Broadcast Music Incorporated
Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...
Acoustic Brunch. Sebastian also gained a four week residency at the Drom in New York, and he and Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
were invited to perform at the Ninth Annual NonCommvention in Philadelphia, which is the annual conference for North America's non-commercial Triple A radio.
"Like It Like That", the title track from the album, was picked up by the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
network and used in their summer promotion campaign. Shortly before the album was due for release, Victor Records, the subdivision of Sony America's Commercial Group Sebastian was signed to, underwent restructuring. This caused the release to be delayed, but Commercial later reaffirmed the album would be released in the US in 2010. The US album is now identical to the Australian album, and was released on 29 June 2010 under the Red Ink
RED Distribution
RED - An Artist Development Company is a Sony Music Entertainment-owned sales and marketing division that handles releases for over sixty independent record labels....
label. In July Sebastian performed "Art Of Love" with Sparks at three of her Battlefield Tour
Battlefield Tour
The Battlefield Tour was a concert tour by American pop singer Jordin Sparks in support of her second studio album Battlefield. It is Sparks' first headlining tour. The tour consisted of mostly general assembly venues such as theaters, ballrooms, amusement parks, and casinos. It was initially only...
concerts while he was touring in the US to promote the release of his album.
Track listing and writing credits
Personnel
- Guy SebastianGuy SebastianGuy Theodore Sebastian is an Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003. He is currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor. Sebastian has released six top ten platinum/multi platinum albums, including a number-one and...
- vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, drums, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, instrumental arrangements - Jordin SparksJordin SparksJordin Brianna Sparks is an American pop / R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She hails from Glendale, Arizona who rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. Sparks won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner in Idol history...
- featured vocals ("Art Of LoveArt of Love (Guy Sebastian song)"Art of Love" is the second single from Australian pop singer Guy Sebastian's fifth album, Like It Like That. The single features the vocals of Jordin Sparks "Art Of Love" was released on 20 November 2009 and reached No. 8 on the ARIA singles chart and has achieved platinum certification. It was...
") - Tarryn Stokes - featured vocals ("Magic")
- David Ryan HarrisDavid Ryan HarrisDavid Ryan Harris is an Atlanta, Georgia based singer-songwriter. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Harris moved to Atlanta at a young age. Harris has had a varied career as a musician. He is married and has 4 sons: Miles, Life, River, and Truman.-Influences:...
- producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, background vocals, mellotronMellotronThe Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
, glockenspielGlockenspielA glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, and making it a metallophone...
, tambourineTambourineThe tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....
, acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound... - Fredrik Odesjo - producer, instrumental arrangements
- John MayerJohn MayerJohn Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...
- electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, background vocals ("All to MyselfAll to Myself"All to Myself" is the fifth single released by Canadian rock band Marianas Trench and the second single released off of their second album Masterpiece Theatre.-Music video:...
", "Fail to Mention" & "Never Be You") - Joshua Lopez - guitar
- Michael Chaves - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Sean Hurley - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Zac Rae - piano, clavinetClavinetA Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...
, keyboard, organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
(Farlisa, B3, WurlitzerWurlitzerThe Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, was an American company that produced stringed instruments, woodwinds, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electronic organs, electric pianos and jukeboxes....
) - JJ Johnson - drums, tambourine
- CC White - background vocals
- Angel Taylor - background vocals
- Stuart Crichton - beatsBeat (music)The beat is the basic unit of time in music, the pulse of the mensural level . In popular use, the beat can refer to a variety of related concepts including: tempo, meter, rhythm and groove...
, bass, programming - Adam Reilly - piano, keyboards
- Andreas Levendar - instrumental arrangements
- Carl Dimatago - guitar, bass
- Victor Row - piano
- Jumaane Smith - trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- Angus Gomm - trumpet
- Ben Gurton - tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Bob Reynelds - tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
- David Moyer - baritone saxophoneBaritone saxophoneThe baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the largest and lowest pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece...
, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... - Steve Fitzmaurice - baritone saxophone
- Bjorn Almgren - saxophone
- Calvin Turner - string arrangements
- David Angell - violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
- Mary Kathryn VanOsdale - violin
- David Davidson - violin
- Marianne Broadfoot - violin
- Kerry Martin - violin
- Monissa Angell - violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
- John Catchings - celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Rachel Maio - cello
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| Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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29 June 2010 | RED INT/RED INK RED Distribution RED - An Artist Development Company is a Sony Music Entertainment-owned sales and marketing division that handles releases for over sixty independent record labels.... |
CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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