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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v t e Lillix
Tasha-Ray Evin Lacey-Lee Evin Eric Hoodicoff Cameron Brass Alex Varon
Former members	Louise Burns Ashley Grobell Sierra Hills Kim Urhahn Alicia Warrington Scott Thompson Britt Black
Albums	Falling Uphill Inside the Hollow Tigerlily
Singles	"It's About Time" "What I Like About You" "Tomorrow" "Sweet Temptation (Hollow)" "Nowhere to Run" "Dreamland"