Let It Come Down

Let It Come Down
Studio album by James Iha
Released	February 10, 1998
Recorded	1997
Genre	Alternative rock, Soft rock
Length	40:16
Label	Hut, Virgin
Producer	Jim Scott, James Iha
James Iha chronology
Let It Come Down (1998) Look to the Sky (2012)

Let It Come Down is James Iha's first 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 The Smashing Pumpkins 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 studio tracks "Falling", "My Advice" and "Take Care", and as a 2-track promo single where the other track is a 12-second call out hook. Both versions of the "Be Strong Now" single feature the same cover. There is also an extended promo version of the single called "Be Strong Now (With Intro)" lasting 3:35.

Additionally, the song "Jealousy" was released as a promo single, without any B-sides.

The album was remastered and re-issued in February 2012 with the three tracks previously released as b-sides added as bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks are written by James Iha.

No.	Title	Length
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

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"My Advice"	3:15

2012 remaster

No.	Title	Length
12.	"My Advice"	3:37
13.	"Take Care"	2:30
14.	"Falling"	3:56

Release history

Released	Label	Catalog ID	Format	Country	Discogs	MusicBrainz
February 10, 1998	Virgin	7243 8 45411 2 5	CD	US	1407344	1560480a-026d-3f3b-bb5b-fbc695a07598	[1]
February 11, 1998	Virgin	VJCP-25373	CD	Japan	1074150	781c0960-d078-4548-90de-2969c006d766	[1][2]
February 15, 2012	EMI	TOCP-11501	CD	Japan	4207380		[1][3]

More releases: Discogs • MusicBrainz

Personnel

• James Iha – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, producer, string arrangements
• Neal Casal – harmony vocal, electric guitar
• Greg Leisz – pedal steel, lap steel and electric guitars, bass on "Lover, Lover"
• Adam Schlesinger – piano, bass on "Country Girl"
• Solomon Snyder – bass
• John Ginty – Hammond organ, piano
• Matt Walker – drums, percussion
• 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"
• Eric Remschneider – string arrangement

Production

• Produced By James Iha & Jim Scott
• Post-Production By Scott Humphrey & Podboy, with post-production on "One and Two" by Flood
• Engineered By Jim Scott, with additional engineering by Steve Spapperi
• Mixed By Jim Scott; mix assisted by Mike Scotella
• Mastered By Stephen Marcussen

Additional Personnel

• 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
• Todd Tatnall – Pro Tools Editing

Chart position

Album

Year	Album	Chart	Position
1998	Let It Come Down	US Billboard 200	171

External links

• Let It Come Down at SPFC