How to Be Shy

How to Be Shy is the debut studio album by Israeli indie rock artist Shy Nobleman, released on June 20, 2001.

Nobleman's backing band on the record is Israeli psychedelic rock band Rockfour. The album was produced by Shy Nobleman himself, and Rockfour singer Baruch Ben Yitzhak.

The album became successful in Israel and worldwide, becoming a Top 10 album in Israel and appearing on Rolling Stone magazine's Critics’ Top Albums of 2001 list. The album brings musical influences from various genres such as psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, blues, folk and 60's pop.

Two singles were released from the album: "Lonely Boy" and "Sad Song Happy Song".

Personnel

 * Shy Nobleman - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, organ
 * Baruch Ben Yitzhak - lead guitar, bass, backing vocals
 * Marc Lazare - bass, backing vocals
 * Issar Tennenbaum - drums, percussion


 * Additional personnel
 * Rob Whitmore - bass
 * Roy Hadas - bass
 * Kfir Kaper - brass instruments
 * Tom Lewis - brass instruments
 * Barak Ravid - brass instruments
 * Uri Baum - brass instruments
 * The Kaleidoscope Quintet - strings
 * Eli Lulai - backing vocals
 * Nan Wisse - backing vocals
 * Asaf Talmudi - string arrangement
 * Eran Sahar - string arrangement


 * Production
 * Shy Nobleman - production
 * Baruch Ben Yitzhak - production
 * Ronan Tal - engineering
 * Liam Watson - engineering
 * Gadi Pugatsch - engineering
 * Oren Ben Simon - cover art
 * Hadar Kaplan - cover art