How It Feels to Be Something On
{{Infobox album
| name = How It Feels to Be Something On
| type = studio
| artist = Sunny Day Real Estate
| cover = howitfeelstobesomethingon.jpg
| alt = A stylized drawing of fire on a black background
| released = September 8, 1998
| recorded = March 10 – April 26, 1998
| studio = Robert Lang Studios (Seattle)
| genre = {{hlist|Emo|indie rock}}
| length = 45:44
| label = Sub Pop
| producer = Greg Williamson
| prev_title = Sunny Day Real Estate
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Live
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Singles
| name = How It Feels to Be Something On
| type = studio
| single1 = Pillars
| single1date = 1998
| single2 = How It Feels to Be Something On
| single2date = 1998
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/how-it-feels-to-be-something-on-mw0000043775 |title=How It Feels to Be Something On – Sunny Day Real Estate |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=January 10, 2019 |last=Huey |first=Steve}}
| rev2 = Pitchfork
8.8/10 (2016 reissue){{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22186-how-it-feels-to-be-something-on/ |title=Sunny Day Real Estate: How It Feels to Be Something On |website=Pitchfork |date=August 6, 2016 |access-date=January 10, 2019 |last=Cohen |first=Ian}}
| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Sunny Day Real Estate |last=Randall |first=Mac |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor-last=Brackett |editor-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA793 793] }}
| rev4 = Tiny Mix Tapes
| rev4Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/sunny-day-real-estate-how-it-feels-be-something |title=Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels to Be Something On | Music Review | Tiny Mix Tapes |website=Tiny Mix Tapes |date=December 15, 2006 |access-date=August 17, 2020}}
}}
How It Feels to Be Something On is the third studio album by American rock band Sunny Day Real Estate, and the first following their 1997 reunion. It was released September 8, 1998.
Reissue
In 2016, Sub Pop announced that they would reissue How It Feels to Be Something On on different audio formats. It was officially released on August 5, 2016 and has led to renewed interest in the record, including a Pitchfork 2016 re-review.{{cite web|url=https://www.subpop.com/releases/sunny_day_real_estate/how_it_feels_to_be_something_on|title=How It Feels to Be Something On|first=Sub Pop|last=Records|website=Sub Pop Records}} The album peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Vinyl Albums chart.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/vinyl-albums/2016-08-27|title = Vinyl Albums Chart|magazine = Billboard}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
|all_writing = Sunny Day Real Estate
|title1 = Pillars
|length1 = 4:57
|title2 = Roses in Water
|length2 = 3:42
|title3 = Every Shining Time You Arrive
|length3 = 4:13
|title4 = Two Promises
|length4 = 4:39
|title5 = 100 Million
|length5 = 5:38
|title6 = How It Feels to Be Something On
|length6 = 3:57
|title7 = The Prophet
|length7 = 5:13
|title8 = Guitar and Video Games
|length8 = 4:09
|title9 = The Shark's Own Private Fuck
|length9 = 4:03
|title10 = Days Were Golden
|length10 = 5:08
}}
Personnel
=Sunny Day Real Estate=
- Jeremy Enigk – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
- Dan Hoerner – lead guitar
- Jeff Palmer – bass
- William Goldsmith – drums, percussion
=Production=
- Nick Barber
- Caleb Wilson – track supervisor
- Chip Butters – assistant engineer, assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Steve Culp – assistant engineer, assistant
- Eric Janko – assistant engineer, assistant
- Adam Kasper – mixing
- Pat Sample – mixing assistant, assistant
- Chris Thompson – artwork
- Aaron Warner – assistant engineer, assistant
- Greg Williamson – producer, engineer, mixing
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1998)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Billboard200|132|M|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Sunny+Day+Real+Estate&chartcode=TLP|title=Sunny Day Real Estate, TLP|work=Billboard|artist=Sunny Day Real Estate|rowheader=true|access-date=March 25, 2020}} |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2016)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)
| 7 |
References
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