# Sha Sha (album)

Professional ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Austin Chronicle | |
| The Guardian | |
| NME | 6/10 |
| Pitchfork | 6.7/10 |
| The Village Voice | |
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)

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

### 2002 ATO Records version (07863 68114-2)

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

### 2023 20th Anniversary Edition Bonus Discs
#### Disc 2 (Demos & Outtakes)

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

#### Disc 3 (B-sides & Rarities)

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

## Charts
### Album

Chart performance for Sha Sha :
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 82 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions |
| Year | Single | Modern Rock Tracks |
| 2002 | "Wasted and Ready" | 29 |