This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That

This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
Studio album by Marnie Stern
Released	October 7, 2008
Genre	Experimental, indie rock
Length	41:08
Label	Kill Rock Stars
Producer	Zach Hill
Marnie Stern chronology
In Advance of the Broken Arm (2007) This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That (2008) Marnie Stern (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(8.3/10)[2]
Slant	[3]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[4]

This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That is the second album by Marnie Stern, it was released on October 7, 2008 on Kill Rock Stars.^[5][6] The album's title comes from an Alan Watts quote^[7] in his work On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (1966), which was in turn a quotation from James Broughton's The Bard and the Harper (1965). Broughton also used the quote in his art film This Is It (1971)^[8]

Pitchfork named This Is It... the 44th greatest album of 2008.

Track listing

1. "Prime" – 2:28
2. "Transformer" – 2:09
3. "Shea Stadium" – 3:38
4. "Ruler" – 3:52
5. "The Crippled Jazzer" – 4:19
6. "Steely" – 4:00
7. "The Package Is Wrapped" – 3:45
8. "Simon Says" – 3:20
9. "Vault" – 3:26
10. "Clone Cycle" – 3:32
11. "Roads? Where We're Going We Don't Need Roads" – 2:59
12. "The Devil is in the Details" – 3:39

Personnel

Performers

• Marnie Stern: vocals, guitar, keyboards
• John-Reed Thompson: bass, keyboards, organ
• Zach Hill: drums, bass, keyboards, piano

References