It's Like This

The Washington Post wrote that "the album's most successful track is Jones's sinewy reading of Steely Dan's edgy missive, 'Show Biz Kids', [which] kicks off with just terse triangle and Richard Davis's snaky bass, with Jones tapping into the caustic detachment and cool cynicism the song's writers always intended." == Track listing ==

• "Show Biz Kids" (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) – 4:35 • "Trouble Man" (Marvin Gaye) – 5:12 • "For No One" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:32 • "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner) – 1:49 • "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" (Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood) – 5:13 • "On the Street Where You Live" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 3:26 • "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 4:30 • "Up a Lazy River" (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin) – 2:50 • "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:03 • "Cycles" (Gayle Caldwell) – 3:16 • "One Hand, One Heart" (Leonard Bernstein) – 1:58 ==Personnel==

• Rickie Lee Jones – vocals, guitar, organ • Bruce Brody – organ • John Pizzarelli – acoustic guitar • Alex Foster – saxophone • Jeff Dellisanti – bass clarinet • Conrad Herwig – trombone • Richard Davis – acoustic bass • Paul Nowinski – acoustic bass • Mike Elizondo – acoustic bass • Peter Erskine – drums • Carl Allen – drums • Rick Marotta – drums • Bashiri Johnson – percussion • Joe Jackson – piano, backing vocals on "Show Biz Kids", and "For No One" • Ben Folds – piano on "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys", duet vocal "One Hand, One Heart" • Ben Folds, Dan Hicks, Taj Mahal – backing vocals on "Up a Lazy River" ;Technical • Ben Sidran – co-producer (tracks: 1, 6–8, 10) • Barry Goldberg, James Farber, Larry Alexander, Rob Smith – engineer • Lee Cantelon – art direction, photography ==Chart positions==