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...That's the Way It Is

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{{Infobox album|

| name = ...That's The Way It Is

| type = Album

| artist = Nilsson

| cover = ..That's The Way It Is.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 1976

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Davlen Sound Studios, Sound Labs and RCA's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California

| genre = Pop

| length = {{Duration|m=32|s=15}}

| label = RCA Victor

| producer = Trevor Lawrence

| prev_title = Sandman

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = Knnillssonn

| next_year = 1977

| misc = {{Singles

| name = ...That's the Way It Is

| type = studio

| single1 = Sail Away" / "Moonshine Bandit

| single1date = April 1976

| single2 = Just One Look/Baby I'm Yours" / "That Is All

| single2date = August 1976

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r45662|pure_url=yes}}|title=...That's the Way It Is Info|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=26 April 2011}}

| rev2 = The Essential Rock Discography

| rev2Score = 4/10{{cite book|author=Strong, Martin C. |year=2006|title=The Essential Rock Discography|publisher=Canongate|location=Edinburgh, UK|pages=758–59|isbn=978-1-84195-827-9}}

| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev3Score = {{Rating|2|5}}Randall, Mac; Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds) (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster. p. 586. {{ISBN|0-7432-0169-8}}.

}}

...That's the Way It Is is the thirteenth album by American singer Harry Nilsson, released in 1976 on RCA Records. Aside from two original songs, the album consists of cover tunes.

The songs include "That Is All", written by George Harrison and originally released on Living in the Material World in 1973; America's "I Need You", from their eponymous 1971 album; Randy Newman's "Sail Away", from his 1972 album of the same name; and the Heartbeats' "A Thousand Miles Away". Harrison's song was recorded twice by Nilsson, to open and close the album.

Another cover version on ...That's the Way It Is, the calypso "Zombie Jamboree", had previously been recorded by Lord Intruder, Kingston Trio and Harry Belafonte, among others. Nilsson's medley of the Doris Troy hit "Just One Look" and Barbara Lewis' "Baby I'm Yours" was performed as a duet with singer Lynda Laurence. The latter, formerly of the Supremes, was the wife of Nilsson's producer, Trevor Lawrence.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = That Is All

| writer1 = George Harrison

| length1 = 3:02

| title2 = Just One Look/Baby I'm Yours

| note2 = duet with Lynda Laurence

| writer2 = Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne/Van McCoy

| length2 = 3:17

| title3 = Moonshine Bandit

| writer3 = Harry Nilsson, Danny Kortchmar

| length3 = 3:26

| title4 = I Need You

| writer4 = Gerry Beckley

| length4 = 3:14

| title5 = A Thousand Miles Away

| writer5 = James Sheppard, William Miller

| length5 = 2:50

| title6 = Sail Away

| writer6 = Randy Newman

| length6 = 3:40

| title7 = She Sits Down on Me

| writer7 = Austin Talbot

| length7 = 3:55

| title8 = Daylight Has Caught Me

| writer8 = Nilsson, Malcolm Rebennack

| length8 = 3:47

| title9 = Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back)

| writer9 = Conrad E. Mauge, Jr.

| length9 = 3:02

| title10 = That Is All

| note10 = reprise

| writer10 = Harrison

| length10 = 1:32

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Personnel

Credits per original album cover and Allmusic:{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/thats-the-way-it-is-mw0000512751/credits|title=...That's the Way It Is Credits|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=5 October 2020}}

Charts

class="wikitable"

!align="left"|Chart (1976)

!align="left"|Peak
position

align="left"|U.S. Billboard 200

|align="center"|158

References

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Category:Harry Nilsson albums

Category:1976 albums

Category:RCA Records albums

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