hooks, and confident voice" on songs such as "Ding Dong" and "The Suitcase Song." The Austin Chronicles Matt Dentler was also more skeptical of the album, awarding the album 2 stars and criticizing some of McKay's lyrics, but feeling that McKay has "talent" and concluding that McKay will "only get better as she figures out who the real Nellie McKay is." Commercial performance Get Away from Me debuted at number 16 on the Billboard Heatseekers album chart on the chart dated March 13, 2004. The following week, the album rose to its number 7 peak on the Heatseekers chart and debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 181. The album remains her highest-charting album in the US, her only other album to reach the Billboard 200 being her Doris Day tribute album, Normal As Blueberry Pie. Track listing All songs written by Nellie McKay.Get Away From Me album booklet Disc 1 "David" – 2:47 "Manhattan Avenue" – 3:38 "Sari" – 3:27 "Ding Dong" – 3:11 "Baby Watch Your Back" – 3:28 "The Dog Song" – 3:04 "Waiter" – 4:15 "I Wanna Get Married" – 4:01 "Change the World" – 3:58 Disc 2 "It's a Pose" – 3:30 "Toto Dies" – 4:02 "Won't U Please B Nice" – 2:09 "Inner Peace" – 2:53 "Suitcase Song" – 2:33 "Work Song" – 4:08 "Clonie" – 1:56 "Respectable" – 4:07 "Really" – 3:56 Personnel Adapted from the liner notes of Get Away From Me and AllMusic.InstrumentsJay Berliner – Spanish guitar Cenovia Cummins – violin, fiddle Patricia Davis – violin Joyce Hammann - violin Paul Holderbaum - orchestra director Jim Hynes - flugelhorn, trumpet Birch Johnson - trombone Billy Kaye - drums Richard Locker - cello Nellie McKay - chimes, glockenspiel, organ, percussion, piano, recorder, vibraphone, synthesizer, xylophone Emily Mitchell - harp Norman Panto - accordion Charles Pillow - flute, alto saxophone Carol Pool - violin Ari Roland - upright bass Rob Shaw - violin Andy Snitzer - clarinet, tenor saxophone Andy Stein - violin Corin Stiggall - electric bass Jade Synstelien - guitar Belinda Whitney-Barratt - concertmasterProductionStuart Breed - assistant engineer Greg Calbi - mastering Geoff Emerick - engineer, producer Steve Genewick - assistant engineer Nellie McKay - associate producer Bill Airey Smith - assistant engineerMiscellaneous' Timothy Dark - rap consultant Phillip Stewart - rhythm consultant Elinda Whitney - contractor Amy T. Zielenski - photography Charts References Nellie McKay albums 2004 debut albums Albums