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Ten Easy Pieces
Studio album by Jimmy Webb
Released	October 15, 1996 (1996-10-15)
Recorded	1996 McClear Pathe Studios and Zoomar Studios in Toronto
Genre	Pop
Length	43:58
Label	Guardian Records
Producer	Fred Mollin
Jimmy Webb chronology
Suspending Disbelief (1993) Ten Easy Pieces (1996) Twilight of the Renegades (2005)

Ten Easy Pieces is the ninth album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, released in October 1996 by Guardian Records. The album consists of new arrangements of some of Webb's most popular songs.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Uncut

In his review for AllMusic, Bruce Eder called Ten Easy Pieces "the best and most accessible of all Webb's albums". Eder continued:

His voice is more expressive than ever, and the performances are generally grittier, with more raw emotion than the better known hit versions display. The arrangements are generally very simple and straightforward, with Webb's piano the primary instrument, and several of the songs are performed in a deeply personal manner, more akin to home recording for Webb's own pleasure than to a commercial release—"Wichita Lineman", in particular, sounds here like the most personal and private of performances, filled with wrenching loneliness at which the Glen Campbell version only hints. The notes are very personal and revealing as well.

The AllMusic website gave the album four and a half out of five stars.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jimmy Webb

Personnel

Charts

References

1. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Ten Easy Pieces". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
2. Lowe, Richard (October 1997). "Jimmy Webb: Ten Easy Pieces". Uncut. No. 5. p. 81.
3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 298.

• 1996 albums
• Jimmy Webb albums