Sha Sha (album)

Not to be confused with Shasha.

For the Zimbabwean singer, see Sha Sha (singer).

2000 studio album by Ben Kweller

Sha Sha

Studio album by

Ben Kweller

Released| Version 1:
2000 (CD-R)

Version 2:
March 5, 2002 (US)
March 25, 2002 (UK)

20th Anniversary Edition:
March 10, 2023 (3 discs)

Recorded| 1999
Studio|

* Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Alabama
* Sear Sound, New York City

Genre| Indie rock, power pop
Length| 45:02
Label| ATO
Producer| Stephen Harris
Ben Kweller chronology
| EP Phone Home
(2001)  | Sha Sha
(2000)  | On My Way
(2004)

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Singles from  Sha Sha

1. "Wasted and Ready"
Released: 2002

Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 69/100[1]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
Austin Chronicle| [3]
The Guardian| [4]
NME| 6/10[5]
Pitchfork| 6.7/10[6]
The Village Voice| [7]

Sha Sha is the debut album by American indie rock singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and former Radish member Ben Kweller.[8] The album was originally composed of outtakes from sessions for Radish's unreleased album Discount Fireworks. It was self-released by Kweller, via CD-R, in 2000. In 2002, ATO Records released a second version of the album with a radically different track listing featuring many new recordings and songs.[9]

## Track listing

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All tracks written by Ben Kweller except where noted.

### 2000 CD-R version (PA 101)

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1. "Launch Ramp"
2. "Next Time"
3. "Drink Me Away"
4. "How It Should Be (Sha Sha)" (Joe Butcher/Ben Kweller)
5. "Wasted and Ready"
6. "In Other Words"
7. "What It's Like to Live in Commerce" (AKA: "Commerce, TX")
8. "Silent Scene"
9. "Girl in Between"
10. "4.40 (Episode 2)"

### 2002 ATO Records version (07863 68114-2)

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1. "How It Should Be (Sha Sha)" – 1:49 (Joe Butcher/Ben Kweller)
2. "Wasted & Ready" – 3:51
3. "Family Tree" – 4:20
4. "Commerce, TX" – 3:52
5. "In Other Words" – 5:36
6. "Walk on Me" – 3:55
7. "Make It Up" – 4:50
8. "No Reason" – 3:51
9. "Lizzy" – 4:06
10. "Harriet's Got a Song" – 4:50
11. "Falling" – 4:04

### 2023 20th Anniversary Edition Bonus Discs

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#### Disc 2 (Demos & Outtakes)

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1. "Falling - Brooklyn Demo"
2. "Walk on Me - Brooklyn Demo"
3. "Lizzy - Brooklyn Demo"
4. "Lizzy - LA Demo"
5. "Ballad of Wendy Baker - Brooklyn Demo"
6. "How It Should Be (Sha Sha) - Brooklyn Demo" (Joe Butcher/Ben Kweller)
7. "Walk on Me - Live at The Double Door"
8. "Make It Up - Brooklyn Demo"
9. "No Reason - Brooklyn Demo"
10. "No Reason (feat. Nils Lofgren) Live at The Marquee"

#### Disc 3 (B-sides & Rarities)

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1. "Today" (William Patrick Corgan)
2. "Psycho Girl" (Michael Donceel & Jonathan Jeter/ Ben Kweller)
3. "I Have the Power"
4. "Kokomo (with Adam Green)" (Mike Love/Scott McKenzie/Terry Melcher/John Phillips)
5. "Debbie Don't Worry Doll"
6. "My Drug Buddy - Live at The Mercury Lounge" (Evan Griffith Dando)
7. "SHS-10r"
8. "It's Up to You"
9. "It's Up to You (feat. Evan Dando) Live at The Brattle Theatre"
10. "Undone - The Sweater Song (feat. Juliana Hatfield) Live at Fletchers" (Rivers Cuomo)
11. "Lollipop" (Julius Dixon/Beverly Ross)
12. "It's Not Fair"

## Personnel

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* Ben Kweller – lead vocals, guitar, piano
* John Kent – drums (also backing vocals on PA-101 version)
* Josh Lattanzi – bass
* Debbie Williams – bass (PA-101 version)
* Joe Butcher – bass (PA-101 version)
* Jane Scarpantoni – string arrangements
* Steve Mazur – engineer
* Stephen Harris – producer, mixing, engineer
* Roger Greenawalt – producer
* C. Taylor Crothers – photography
* Mike Waring – photography
* Liz Smith – photography
* Brett – art direction
* Greg Calbi – mastering

## Charts

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### Album

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Chart performance for Sha Sha Chart (2003)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] | 82

### Singles

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Year  | Single  | Peak
positions

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Modern Rock Tracks
2002  | "Wasted and Ready"  | 29

## References

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1. ^ "Sha Sha by Ben Kweller". Metacritic. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
2. ^ Sullivan, Denise. "Sha Sha". AllMusic. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
3. ^ Haupt, Melanie (April 26, 2002). "Review: Ben Kweller". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
4. ^ Costa, Maddy (July 26, 2002). "Pop CD: Ben Kweller, Sha Sha". The Guardian. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
5. ^ Fox, Jason. "Sha Sha". NME. Archived from the original on June 10, 2004. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
6. ^ Mitchum, Rob (September 18, 2002). "Ben Kweller: Sha Sha Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
7. ^ Christgau, Robert (December 31, 2002). "Don't Call It a Comeback". The Village Voice.
8. ^ "Ben Kweller: Sha Sha". PopMatters. May 22, 2002.
9. ^ "B.K Discography". Xanthein.co.uk. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
10. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 159.

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* Sha Sha
* On My Way
* Ben Kweller
* Changing Horses
* Go Fly a Kite

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* How Ya Lookin' Southbound? Come In...

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