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| Label = [[Maverick Recording Company|Maverick]] |
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| Producer = [[John Shanks]], [[ |
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| Last album = ''Broken Bracelet''<br />(2000) |
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| This album = '''''The Spirit Room'''''<br />(2001) |
| This album = '''''The Spirit Room'''''<br />(2001) |
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The Daily Vault | B+[5] |
Entertainment Weekly | B[4] |
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Robert Christgau | C[6] |
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The Spirit Room is the major-label debut album by singer-songwriter Michelle Branch, released by Maverick Recording Company in the United States on August 14, 2001. The album recorded at Sunset Sound, Henson Recording Studios and Ananda Studios in Hollywood, California and mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering in Los Angeles, California.
Etymology
The title comes from the name of a bar in Jerome, Arizona, nearby to her hometown of Sedona.
History
In January 2002 the RIAA certified The Spirit Room gold for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the United States,[7] and just three months later, in April, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipping over one million copies.[8][9] In August 19, 2011 the album was certified double platinum by RIAA for shipping over two million copies.[10]
The Spirit Room reached number 28 on the American Billboard 200 chart and produced three Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: "Everywhere" (which peaked at number 12), "All You Wanted" (number 6) and "Goodbye to You" (number 21).
The Spirit Room was certified gold in Canada, selling 50,000 copies by the end of October 2003.[11]
It was also certified Gold in Australia with shipments of 35,000.[12]
Track listing
All songs written by Michelle Branch, except where noted.
- "Everywhere" (Michelle Branch, John Shanks) – 3:36
- "You Get Me" (Branch, Abra Moore, Shelly Peiken, Shanks) – 3:53
- "All You Wanted" – 3:38
- "You Set Me Free" (Branch, Shanks) – 3:11
- "Something to Sleep To" (Branch, Jennifer Hagio, Shanks) – 4:15
- "Here with Me" (Branch, Shanks) – 3:26
- "Sweet Misery" – 3:43
- "If Only She Knew" – 4:19
- "I'd Rather Be in Love" – 3:55
- "Goodbye to You" – 4:12
- "Drop in the Ocean" (Branch, Hagio, Will Golden, Bernie Reilly) – 4:19
- Digital Deluxe Edition
- "Life on Mars?" – 3:42
- "Goodbye to You" (Unplugged) – 4:10
- "All You Wanted" (Unplugged) – 3:34
- "Everywhere" (acoustic) – 3:34
- "Goodbye to You" (video)
- "All You Wanted" (video)
- "Everywhere" (video)
Singles
- "Everywhere" – July 24, 2001
- "All You Wanted" – January 22, 2002
- "Goodbye to You" – August 20, 2002
Personnel
- Michelle Branch – guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Kenny Aronoff – drums
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
- John Shanks – bass, guitar, keyboards
- Patrick Warren – keyboards
Production
- Producers: John Shanks, Jeremy Welt
- Engineers: Marc DeSisto, Lars Fox
- Assistant engineers: Steve Kaplan, Tom Nellen, Chris Reynolds, Jason Schweitzer
- Mixing: Marc DeSisto, Chris Lord-Alge, Dave Way
- Mastering: Stephen Marcussen
- Pro-Tools: Lars Fox
- Programming: Lars Fox, John Shanks
- Production coordination: Shari Sutcliffe
- Art direction: Kim Biggs, David Harlan
- Photography: Matthew Welch
Charts
Album
Year | Chart | Peak position |
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2001 | U.S. Billboard 200 | 28 |
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums | 25 | |
2002 | Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 25 |
New Zealand Albums Chart | 33 | |
UK Albums Chart | 54 | |
2003 | U.S. Billboard 200 | 28 |
Certifications
Territory | Certification | Sales |
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Australian | Gold | 35,000 |
Canada | Gold | 50,000 |
United States | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000[10] |
Singles
Single | Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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"Everywhere" | U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 9 |
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay | 36 | |
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay | 31 | |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 12 | |
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 3 | |
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 5 | |
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks | 6 | |
UK Singles Chart (2002) | 18 | |
Single | Chart (2002) | Peak position |
"All You Wanted" | U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 30 |
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 4 | |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 6 | |
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 1 | |
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 2 | |
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks | 3 | |
UK Singles Chart | 33 | |
Single | Chart (2003) | Peak position |
"Goodbye to You" | U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 15 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 21 | |
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 11 | |
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks | 13 | |
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents | 11 |
In popular culture
- "You Get Me" became the theme song for the MTV reality series Sorority Life.
- "You Set Me Free" can also be heard towards the closing credits of the 2003 film Just Married.
References
- ^ Liana Jonas, Allmusic
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ a b CD Reviews at CD Universe
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ The Daily Vault review
- ^ Robert Christgau review
- ^ Michelle Branch To Kick Off Solo Headling Tour In February, 2002
- ^ Michelle Branch Goes Platinum, Other Newcomers Find Gold
- ^ searchable database
- ^ a b "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
- ^ Two French language artists hit Gold
- ^ "Pandora Archive" (PDF). Pandora.nla.gov.au. 2006-08-23. Retrieved 2012-03-12.