It's Heavy in Here
Studio album by Eric Matthews
Released	September 26, 1995
Recorded	Musicraft, Wilsonville, Oregon and Sound Impressions, Milwaukie, Oregon
Genre	Orchestral pop baroque pop[1]
Length	41:07
Label	Sub Pop
Producer	Eric Matthews
Eric Matthews chronology
It's Heavy in Here (1995) The Lateness of the Hour (1997)
Singles from It's Heavy in Here
"Fanfare" Released: October 16, 1995 (only released in UK)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	C+[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[4]

It's Heavy in Here is the first solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Eric Matthews.^[5] It was released by Sub Pop Records on September 26, 1995.^[6] A track from the album, "Fanfare", was released as a single in the UK only, charting at No.112.

Track listing

Personnel

• Phil Baldino – clarinets on "Angels for Crime"
• Robin Baldino – violin on "Soul Nation Select Them", "Three-Cornered Moon" and "Poisons Will Pass Me"
• Karen Bryan – violin on "Soul Nation Select Them", "Three-Cornered Moon" and "Poisons Will Pass Me"
• Kim Burton – viola on "Three-Cornered Moon" and "Poisons Will Pass Me"
• Dennis Conti – tenor saxophone on "Three-Cornered Moon"
• Curtis Daily – string bass on "Three-Cornered Moon" and "Poisons Will Pass Me"
• Jason Falkner – electric guitar on "Fanfare", "Forging Plastic Pain", "Hop and Tickle", "Distant Mother Reality" and "Flight and Lion"; bass on "Fanfare", "Soul Nation Select Them", "Hop and Tickle", "Distant Mother Reality", "Flight and Lion" and "Sincere Sensation"; drums on "Soul Nation Select Them" and "Lust Takes Time"; acoustic guitar on "Distant Mother Reality"; piano on "Flight and Lion"
• Steve Hanford – drums on "Fanfare", "Angels for Crime", "Hop and Tickle", "Flight and Lion" and "Sincere Sensation"
• Wendy Karden – flutes on "Soul Nation Select Them"
• Tony Lash – drums on "Forging Plastic Pain"; tambourine on "Sincere Sensation"
• Eric Matthews – all vocals; electric guitar on "Fanfare", "Lust Takes Time" and "Distant Mother Reality"; acoustic guitar on "Soul Nation Select Them", "Angels for Crime", "Hop and Tickle", "Flight and Lion", "Sincere Sensation" and "Fanfare (reprise); piano on "Soul Nation Select Them" and "Fried Out Broken Girl"; trumpets on "Fanfare", "Fried Out Broken Girl" and "Three-Cornered Moon"; harpsichord on "Faith to Clay" and "Three-Cornered Moon"; bass on "Angels for Crime" and "Lust Takes Time"; organ on "Three-Cornered Moon" and "Poisons Will Pass Me"; tenor recorder on "Distant Mother Reality"; Hammond B-3 organ on "Sincere Sensation"; percussion on "Sincere Sensation"
• Wes Matthews – acoustic guitar on "Faith to Clay"
• Lori Presthus – cello on "Soul Nation Select Them", "Three-Cornered Moon" and "Poisons Will Pass Me"
• Karen Strand – oboe on "Soul Nation Select Them"

References

External links

• Wilonsky, Robert, "Who gives a Hootie? Farewell to 1995, a year in music we'd rather forget", Dallas Observer, December 28, 1995
• Athitakis, Mark, "The Lateness of the Hour", Salon.com, September 4, 1997
• Perry, Douglas, "Eric Matthews wants you (but only if it's the right way)", "The Oregonian", January 16, 2008 (includes photograph of Eric Matthews)