Down Here is the second album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Bonham.[5][6] It was released in 2000, after being delayed several times due to record label issues.[7]

Down Here
Studio album by Tracy Bonham
Released	April 18, 2000
Genre	Alternative Rock, post-grunge
Length	42:03
Label	Island
Producer	Tracy Bonham, Tchad Blake, Mitchell Froom[1]
Tracy Bonham chronology
The Burdens of Being Upright (1996) Down Here (2000) Blink the Brightest (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[3]
Spin	5/10[4]

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote: "Though it occasionally sounds a little out of time -- it's a record that would have made more sense in 1997 than in 2000 -- Down Here is a record that reveals much of its strengths only with repeated listens, and that's part of the problem. Apart from the hardcore fans that have stuck with her for five years, not many people will give it a chance. If they do, they'll find that it's a smart, assured, and distinctive second effort that is a quantum leap past her debut."[2] The New Zealand Herald wrote that the "trouble is perhaps, that for all Bonham's musical craftiness (and her violin-playing which saws through a few tracks) and attitude, she's not that memorable, especially melodically."[8] The Los Angeles Times thought that the album "collects music that is even richer and more distinctive" than the debut.[9]

Track listing

All songs by Tracy Bonham

1. "Freed" – 4:25
2. "Behind Every Good Woman" – 3:44
3. "You Don't Know Me" – 3:24
4. "Fake It" – 3:33
5. "Cold Day in Hell" – 3:41
6. "Jumping Bean" – 3:45
7. "Oasis Hotel" – 0:47
8. "Second Wind" – 3:01
9. "Thumbelina" – 4:14
10. "Meathook" – 3:07
11. "You Can't Always Not Get What You Don't Want" – 3:53
12. "Give Us Something To Feel" – 4:29

Personnel

• Tracy Bonham - bass, guitar, violin, Hammond organ, vocals
• Gregg Arreguin - guitar
• Steve Berlin - baritone saxophone
• Mitchell Froom - organ, piano, drum loop, sounds, optigan, Minimoog
• Don Gilmore - bass
• Dan Rothchild - bass
• Andrew Sherman - clavinet, Wurlitzer
• Steve Slingeneyer - percussion, drums, marimba
• Sebastian Steinberg - bass, upright bass
• Pete Thomas - drums
• Josh Freese - drums

Production

• Producers: Tracy Bonham, Tchad Blake, Mitchell Froom
• Engineer: Tchad Blake
• Assistants: Doug Boehm, David Bryant, Robert Carranza, Juan Garcia, Evan Hollander, S. "Husky" Hoskulds, James Murray
• Mixing: Tchad Blake, Mark Endert, Tom Lord
• String arrangements: Tracy Bonham
• Pitch adjustment: Tracy Bonham
• Design: Ondine Bue, Steve Slingeneyer
• Art direction: Ondine Bue, Steve Slingeneyer
• Photography: Valerie Phillips, Norman Jean Roy

References

External links

• Down Here at MusicBrainz (list of releases)