Sha Sha (album)

Sha Sha is the debut album by American indie rock singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and former Radish member Ben Kweller. The album was originally composed of outtakes from sessions for Radish's unreleased album Discount Fireworks. It was self-released by Kweller, via CD-R, in 2000. In 2002, ATO Records released a second version of the album with a radically different track listing featuring many new recordings and songs.

Track listing
All tracks written by Ben Kweller except where noted.

2000 CD-R version (PA 101)

 * 1) "Launch Ramp"
 * 2) "Next Time"
 * 3) "Drink Me Away"
 * 4) "How It Should Be (Sha Sha)" (Joe Butcher/Ben Kweller)
 * 5) "Wasted and Ready"
 * 6) "In Other Words"
 * 7) "What It's Like to Live in Commerce" (AKA: "Commerce, TX")
 * 8) "Silent Scene"
 * 9) "Girl in Between"
 * 10) "4.40 (Episode 2)"

2002 ATO Records version (07863 68114-2)

 * 1) "How It Should Be (Sha Sha)" – 1:49 (Joe Butcher/Ben Kweller)
 * 2) "Wasted & Ready" – 3:51
 * 3) "Family Tree" – 4:20
 * 4) "Commerce, TX" – 3:52
 * 5) "In Other Words" – 5:36
 * 6) "Walk on Me" – 3:55
 * 7) "Make It Up" – 4:50
 * 8) "No Reason" – 3:51
 * 9) "Lizzy" – 4:06
 * 10) "Harriet's Got a Song" – 4:50
 * 11) "Falling" – 4:04

Disc 2 (Demos & Outtakes)

 * 1) "Falling - Brooklyn Demo"
 * 2) "Walk on Me - Brooklyn Demo"
 * 3) "Lizzy - Brooklyn Demo"
 * 4) "Lizzy - LA Demo"
 * 5) "Ballad of Wendy Baker - Brooklyn Demo"
 * 6) "How It Should Be (Sha Sha) - Brooklyn Demo" (Joe Butcher/Ben Kweller)
 * 7) "Walk on Me - Live at The Double Door"
 * 8) "Make It Up - Brooklyn Demo"
 * 9) "No Reason - Brooklyn Demo"
 * 10) "No Reason (feat. Nils Lofgren) Live at The Marquee"

Disc 3 (B-sides & Rarities)

 * 1) "Today" (William Patrick Corgan)
 * 2) "Psycho Girl" (Ben Kweller/Jonathan Jeter/Jason McComb)
 * 3) "I Have the Power"
 * 4) "Kokomo (with Adam Green)" (Mike Love/Scott McKenzie/Terry Melcher/John Phillips)
 * 5) "Debbie Don't Worry Doll"
 * 6) "My Drug Buddy - Live at The Mercury Lounge" (Evan Griffith Dando)
 * 7) "SHS-10r"
 * 8) "It's Up to You"
 * 9) "It's Up to You (feat. Evan Dando) Live at The Brattle Theatre"
 * 10) "Undone - The Sweater Song (feat. Juliana Hatfield) Live at Fletchers" (Rivers Cuomo)
 * 11) "Lollipop" (Julius Dixon/Beverly Ross)
 * 12) "It's Not Fair"

Personnel

 * Ben Kweller – lead vocals, guitar, piano
 * John Kent – drums (also backing vocals on PA-101 version)
 * Josh Lattanzi – bass
 * Debbie Williams – bass (PA-101 version)
 * Joe Butcher – bass (PA-101 version)
 * Jane Scarpantoni – string arrangements
 * Steve Mazur – engineer
 * Stephen Harris – producer, mixing, engineer
 * Roger Greenawalt – producer
 * C. Taylor Crothers – photography
 * Mike Waring – photography
 * Liz Smith – photography
 * Brett – art direction
 * Greg Calbi – mastering