Bruce Hornsby & The Range's Debut Album 'The Way It Is' Turns 40
By
Tom Breihan
Not artisan, but a perfectly fine bagel. Hits the spot.
Summary
Bruce Hornsby & The Range's debut album The Way It Is turned 40 years old on April 24, 2026. The album went triple platinum, its title track reached #1 and has been widely sampled in hip-hop. Hornsby won Best New Artist at the Grammys and went on to have a long, successful career. Rather than building a tour or promotional campaign around the anniversary, the article notes that this low-key approach is characteristic of Hornsby.
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Hornsby won the Best New Artist Grammy, and then he went on to a long and interesting career, which is not something that happens with every winner of that particular award.
Another artist might build a tour, or at least a promotional blitz, around such an anniversary, but that is not the Bruce Hornsby way.
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