Falling Uphill

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

Falling Uphill
Studio album by Lillix
Released	May 27, 2003
Recorded	2002–2003
Genre	Pop rock, pop punk
Length	40:53
Label	Maverick
Producer	The Matrix Philip Steir Linda Perry Glen Ballard John Shanks
Lillix chronology
Falling Uphill (2003) Inside the Hollow (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

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 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, along with "Breathe Your Name" and "Is She Really Going Out with Him?".[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tomorrow"	Lacey-Lee Evin, Linda Perry, Louise Burns, Tasha-Ray Evin	3:44
2.	"Quicksand"	Burns	3:46
3.	"It's About Time"	Graham Edwards, L. Evin, Lauren Christy, Burns, Scott Spock, T. Evin	3:41
4.	"Dirty Sunshine"	Edwards, L. Evin, Christy, Burns, Spock, T. Evin	3:17
5.	"Sick"	L. Evin, T. Evin	3:37
6.	"Invisible"	L. Evin	3:44
7.	"24/7"	T. Evin	3:58
8.	"Because"	T. Evin	2:26
9.	"Promises"	T. Evin	3:22
10.	"Fork in the Road"	L. Evin	3:11
11.	"Lost and Confused"	Burns	3:16
12.	"What I Like About You" (The Romantics cover)	Jimmy Marinos, Mike Skill, Wally Palamarchuk	2:47
13.	"Blind" (Japanese edition bonus track)	T. Evin	3:56

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
• 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

Singles

• "It's About Time" – 2003
• "What I Like About You" – 2003
• "Tomorrow" – 2003

Chart performance

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

References

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. https://www.metacritic.com/tv/trl/season-6/episode-39-60103
5. https://www.billboard.com/music/lillix/chart-history/TFM
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
7. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cali-Girl-Barbie-So-Cal-Style-CD-Featuring-Lillix-/260894387537?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cbe846d51#ht_2817wt_905
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 2013-04-23.