Lisa Loeb - Hello Lisa

In retrospect, the monster success of "Stay (I Missed You)" did Lisa Loeb no favors, much as Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry" eventually must have become something of a burden for Aimee Mann. The comparison is apt, both because Hello Lisa recalls the poppy but low-key folk-rock that's long been Mann's stock-in-trade and because its release was marred by the same kind of record company politics that stalled Mann's career for years: Hello Lisa is actually a revamped version of the earlier A&M release Cake and Pie, which had been dumped unceremoniously on the market earlier in 2002. Releasing herself from her contract, Loeb signed with the friendlier Artemis Records, replaced a few of Cake and Pie's weaker tracks with better new material -- including an excellent acoustic reworking of the extremely Mann-like single "What Am I Supposed to Say" -- and reissued the album in a more attractive new cover. Other highlights include the snarky teenage romance tune "You Don't Know Me" and the catchy power ballad "Underdog." ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alan Grunfeld Violin Anatoly Rosinsky Violin André Previn Whistle (Human), Vocals (Background) Armen Garabedian Violin Ben Loeb Conductor Berj Garabedian Violin Bill Hughes String Contractor Bill Merryfield Design, Art Direction Bob Clearmountain Mixing Brett Freedman Hair Stylist, Make-Up Brian Dembow Viola Bruce Dukov Violin Cecilia Tsan Cello Chad Fischer Vocals, Drums, Strings, Keyboards, Percussion Charles Paakkari Assistant Engineer Charlie Bisharat Violin Clayton Haslop Violin Dan Coleman String Arrangements, Conductor Dan Peters Cover Art Dave Bassett Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background) Dave Reitzas Engineer, Mixing David Boucher Engineer David Low Cello Diva Zappa Photography Dominick Maita Sequencing Dweezil Zappa Engineer, Keyboards, Guitar (Electric), Producer, Fuzz Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Guitar, Photography Endre Granat Violin Eric Gaenslen Cello Howard Karp Assistant Jack Joseph Puig Mixing Jacqueline Brand Violin Jason Wormer Assistant Engineer Jerry Schwartz Prop Stylist Jim Cox Keyboards Joe Quigley Inspiration, Bass Joe Travers Percussion, Drum Fills, Drums Joe Zook Assistant Engineer Joel Derouin Violin John Scanlon Viola Jonatha Brooke Vocals (Background) Kevin Harp Assistant, Tambourine Larry Corbett Cello Leland Sklar Bass Lindy Robbins Vocal Arrangement Lisa Loeb Harmony, Producer, Photography, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Piano, Art Direction, Vocals (Background), Guitar (Acoustic), Cover Art Concept, Guitar (12 String Electric) Mario Diaz de Leon Violin Marlo Fisher Viola Matt Chamberlain Drums Michael C. Ross Engineer Michael Sherwood Wurlitzer, Piano (Grand) Murray Adler Violin Natalie Leggett Violin Nick Marshall Assistant Engineer Norman James Hair Stylist Pamela Goldsmith Viola Peter Collins Producer Rachel Zoe Wardrobe Randy Scruggs Producer, Guitar (Electric) Ron Fair A&R Ronny Crawford Percussion, Drums Rusty Anderson Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic) Sara Parkins Violin Simon Oswell Viola Stephen Erdody Cello Ted Jensen Mastering Terry Gabis Photography Tiffany Hu Violin Timothy Landauer Cello