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 studio album by Marnie Stern

Studio album by

Marnie Stern

Released

October 7, 2008

Genre

Experimental rock
indie rock
math 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
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The A.V. Club	B+^[3]
Pitchfork	8.3/10^[4]
PopMatters	8/10^[5]
Slant Magazine	^[6]
Spin	^[7]
Sputnikmusic	4.0/5^[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes	^[9]

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, released on October 7, 2008 on Kill Rock Stars.^[10] The album's title comes from an Alan Watts quote^[11] 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)^{[citation needed]}. Broughton also used the quote in his art film This Is It (1971).^[12]

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

Composition

Alongside experimental rock and indie rock, This Is It takes on "gleeful, choppy, and ambitious" math rock.^[8]

Track listing

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

Personnel

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

References

^ "This Is It & I Am It & You Are It & So Is That & He Is It & She Is It & It Is It & That Is That by Marnie Stern". Metacritic. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ Jurek, Thom. "Marnie Stern - This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It And She I". AllMusic. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ Battaglia, Andy (October 13, 2008). "Marnie Stern: This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That He Is It And She Is It And It Is It And That Is That". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ Powell, Mike (October 9, 2008). "Marnie Stern: 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". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ Mathers, Ian (December 16, 2008). "Marnie Stern: 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". PopMatters. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ Rybicki, Steven (October 6, 2008). "Marnie Stern: This Is It & I Am It & You Are It & So Is That & He Is It & She Is It & It Is It & That Is That". Slant Magazine. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ Suarez, Jessica (October 2008). "Marnie Stern, 'This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It…' (Kill Rock Stars)". Spin. 24 (10): 114, 116. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Marnie Stern - This Is It and I am It and You Are It… (album review) | Sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^ Roesgen, Jeff. "Marnie Stern - 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". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
^ "news and stuff". Kill Rock Stars. July 9, 2008. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ http://proxy.espn.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=23708 ^{[dead link]}
^ "james broughton, this is it - artforum.com / video". artforum.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2012.

Marnie Stern

Studio albums

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)
The Chronicles of Marnia (2013)
The Comeback Kid (2023)