Falling Uphill

Falling Uphill
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 27, 2003 (2003-05-27)
Genre
Length40:53
LabelMaverick
Producer
Lillix chronology
Falling Uphill
(2003)
Inside the Hollow
(2006)
Singles from Falling Uphill
  1. "It's About Time"
    Released: March 24, 2003
  2. "Tomorrow"
    Released: October 6, 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Falling Uphill is the first album by the Canadian girl pop rock band Lillix. It released by Maverick Records on May 27, 2003.

The album includes a cover version of The Romantics' song "What I Like About You". This song also notably appeared on the Freaky Friday soundtrack, as well as in The WB comedy series What I Like About You. The single releases are "It's About Time", "What I Like About You", and "Tomorrow". "It's About Time" peaked at #17 on the Japan Top 20 chart, number 5 on TRL, and number 33 on the Billboard US Mainstream Top 40 Airplay.[3][4][5] In 2007, Nielsen certified the song as receiving 50,000 spins.[6] "What I Like About You" failed to chart. "Tomorrow" reached number 48 on R&R magazine's Pop Airplay chart. The song "Fork in the Road" was also included on volume 2 of Barbie's Cali Girl CD.[7]

Track listing

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Falling Uphill – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Tomorrow"
Perry3:44
2."Quicksand"BurnsPhilip Steir3:46
3."It's About Time"
The Matrix3:41
4."Dirty Sunshine"
  • Burns
  • L. Evin
  • T. Evin
  • Christy
  • Spock
  • Edwards
The Matrix3:17
5."Sick"
  • L. Evin
  • T. Evin
Steir3:37
6."Invisible"L. EvinSteir3:44
7."24/7"T. EvinGlen Ballard3:58
8."Because"T. EvinSteir2:26
9."Promises"T. EvinSteir3:22
10."Fork in the Road"L. Evin3:11
11."Lost and Confused"BurnsSteir3:16
12."What I Like About You"
Steir2:47
Total length:40:53
Falling Uphill – Japanese edition (bonus track)
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
13."Blind"T. EvinSteir3:56
Total length:45:49

Notes

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  • ^a signifies an additional producer

Personnel

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Lillix

  • Lacey-Lee Evin – vocals, keyboards
  • Tasha-Ray Evin – vocals, guitar
  • Louise Burns – vocals, bass
  • Kim Urhahn – drums, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Chart performance

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Chart Position
U.S. Billboard 200 188[8]
U.S. Top Heatseekers 6[8]
Japanese Albums Chart[9] 14

References

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  1. ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Falling Uphill - Lillix". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  2. ^ Hoard, Christian (June 12, 2003). "Recordings: Lillix, Falling Uphill, 2 stars". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on June 18, 2003. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "It's About Time: Big Markets History". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
  4. ^ "TRL". Metacritic.
  5. ^ "Lillix". Billboard.
  6. ^ https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/00s/07/RR-2007-06-22-OCR-Page-0013.pdf#search=%22lillix%22 [dead link]
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ a b "Falling Uphill: Charts and Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
  9. ^ "リリックスのCDアルバムランキング、リリックスのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved April 23, 2013.