Sounds Like This (Eric Hutchinson album)
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Sounds Like This is the third studio album by singer/songwriter Eric Hutchinson
. It was released on May 20, 2008.
In the United States
, the album is available as a single release in most retail and online stores.
The album began at #1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers
chart in September 2007. This was helped greatly by a recommendation from blogger Perez Hilton
. The album also featured in iTunes’ Top 10, peaking at #5 - the highest-charting album by an unsigned act in iTunes history.
Eric Hutchinson
Eric Hutchinson is an American singer-songwriter. He signed with Madonna's Maverick Records, but the label shut down before his album was released. Hutchinson recorded and released the album Sounds Like This on his own...
. It was released on May 20, 2008.
In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, the album is available as a single release in most retail and online stores.
The album began at #1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
chart in September 2007. This was helped greatly by a recommendation from blogger Perez Hilton
Perez Hilton
Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. , better known as Perez Hilton , is an American blogger and television personality. His blog, Perezhilton.com , is known for posts covering gossip items about celebrities...
. The album also featured in iTunes’ Top 10, peaking at #5 - the highest-charting album by an unsigned act in iTunes history.
Track listing
- All Songs Written By Eric Hutchinson.
- "OK, It's Alright with Me" 2:30
- "You Don't Have to Believe Me" 3:45
- "Outside Villanova" 4:15
- "Food Chain" 3:41
- "Rock and RollRock and Roll (Eric Hutchinson song)- Charts :The song has since gone Gold in Australia, with sales in excess of 35,000. It was also certified Gold in New Zealand, selling over 7,500 copies.- Year-end charts :...
" 3:58 - "Oh!" 3:54
- "All Over Now" 3:44
- "It Hasn't Been Long Enough" 4:20
- "Back to Where I Was" 3:10
- "You've Got You" 4:38
Personnel
- Mike Armstrong: SaxSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
- Chris Chaney: BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Jerry DuPree, Gary Novak, Jamie Wollam: DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Will Golden: 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...
s, PercussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, HarmoniumHarmoniumA harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion...
, Hammond Organ, XylophoneXylophoneThe xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets...
, VibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
, Drum Programming - Billy Hulting: CongaCongaThe conga, or more properly the tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum with African antecedents. It is thought to be derived from the Makuta drums or similar drums associated with Afro-Cubans of Central African descent. A person who plays conga is called a conguero...
s - Eric Hutchinson: Vocals, 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...
s, Keyboards, Piano, MoogMoog synthesizerMoog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...
Bass, Percussion - Deron JohnsonDeron Johnson (musician)Deron Johnson is an American jazz musician. Beginning at the age of sixteen, Johnson became hooked on jazz music and attended California State University Long Beach where he continued his pursuit with private lessons from Billy Childs. In 1991, after touring with Pop Idol Paula Abdul, Johnson was...
: 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...
, Synthesizer, 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.... - Paul Q. Kolderie: Electric SitarSitarThe 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
- Dave Yaden: 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...