Falling Uphill

Falling Uphill
Falling Uphill
Studio album by Lillix
Released	May 27, 2003
Genre	Pop rock; pop punk; alternative rock; post-grunge;
Length	40:53
Label	Maverick
Producer	Philip Steir; The Matrix; Linda Perry; Glen Ballard; John Shanks;
Lillix chronology
Singles from Falling Uphill
	"It's About Time"; Released: March 24, 2003; "Tomorrow"; Released: October 6, 2003;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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

*Falling Uphill* – Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Tomorrow"	Louise Burns Lacey-Lee Evin Tasha-Ray Evin Linda Perry	Perry	3:44
2.	"Quicksand"	Burns	Philip Steir	3:46
3.	"It's About Time"	Burns L. Evin T. Evin Lauren Christy Scott Spock Graham Edwards	The Matrix	3:41
4.	"Dirty Sunshine"	Burns L. Evin T. Evin Christy Spock Edwards	The Matrix	3:17
5.	"Sick"	L. Evin T. Evin	Steir	3:37
6.	"Invisible"	L. Evin	Steir	3:44
7.	"24/7"	T. Evin	Glen Ballard	3:58
8.	"Because"	T. Evin	Steir	2:26
9.	"Promises"	T. Evin	Steir	3:22
10.	"Fork in the Road"	L. Evin	John Shanks Steir^[a]	3:11
11.	"Lost and Confused"	Burns	Steir	3:16
12.	"What I Like About You"	Jimmy Marinos Mike Skill Wally Palamarchuk	Steir	2:47
Total length:				40:53

*Falling Uphill* – Japanese edition (bonus track)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producers	Length
13.	"Blind"	T. Evin	Steir	3:56
Total length:				45:49

Notes

^a signifies an additional producer

Personnel

Lillix

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

Additional personnel

Glen Ballard – guitar, keyboards, production
John Fields – guitar, bass, production
Linda Perry – guitar, bass, keyboards, production
Corky James – guitar
Chris Lyon – guitar
Michael Thompson – guitar
Phil Solem – guitar
Patrick Warren – keyboards
Eric Alexander – drums
Matt Chamberlain – drums
Ronnie Ciago – drums
Dorian Crozier – drums
Victor Indrizzo – drums
Joey Marchiano – drums
Dave Raven – drums
Dawn Richardson – drums
Michael Urbano – drums
Rai Thistlethwayte – piano
Josh Auer – bass
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Philip Steir – drum programming, production
Brian Barnes - editing
Jamie Harding – editing
Steve Marcussen – mastering

Chart performance

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

References

^ Loftus, Johnny. "Falling Uphill - Lillix". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
^ 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.
^ "It's About Time: Big Markets History". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
^ "TRL". Metacritic.
^ "Lillix". Billboard.
^ 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]}
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b "Falling Uphill: Charts and Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
^ "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.

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[AM-1] Loftus, Johnny. "Falling Uphill - Lillix". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 4, 2011.

[RS-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] ttps://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)

[am-charts-8] "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.

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