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What If It All Means Something is the third album by Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, released in 2002.

Composition

According to MTV Taiwan, the album reflects Kreviazuk's personal emotions during the period leading up to its release by implementing folk-inspired piano and her own guitar. "In This Life" describes unconditional love and "selfless dedication.[2] Kreviazuk revealed that "Flying Home (Brenda's Song)" was about her cousin, Brenda, who died at a young age. [3]

Track listing

  1. "In This Life" (Kreviazuk) – 3:51
  2. "Time" (Kreviazuk, Raine Maida, Gregg Wattenberg) – 4:07
  3. "What If It All Means Something" (Kreviazuk, Maida) – 4:03
  4. "Julia" (Kreviazuk, J. O'Brien) – 3:43
  5. "Flying Home (Brenda's Song)" (Kreviazuk) – 3:18
  6. "Weight of the World" (Kreviazuk) – 3:33
  7. "Waiting" (Kreviazuk, Maida) – 4:29
  8. "Ready for Your Love" (G. Eaton, Kreviazuk, Prophet B.W. West) – 3:38
  9. "Morning Light" (Kreviazuk) – 3:57
  10. "Miss April" (Kreviazuk, Maida) – 3:38
  11. "Turn the Page" (Kreviazuk) – 3:47

US bonus track

  2. "Feels Like Home" (Randy Newman) – 4:41

Japan bonus tracks

  2. "Feels Like Home" (Randy Newman) – 4:41
  4. "Leaving On A Jet Plane" (John Denver) – 4:41
  6. "This Year" (Billy Steinberg, Marti Frederiksen, Leah Andreone) – 2:45

Singles

Personnel

Production

  • Producer: Gregg Wattenberg
  • Engineers: Ross Petersen, Brian Scheuble, Gregg Wattenberg, Chuck Zwicky
  • Assistant engineers: Peter Doris, Ricardo Fernandez, Femio Hernández, Claudius Mittendorfer, Ross Petersen
  • Mixing: Tom Lord-Alge, Brian Malouf
  • Mastering: Dave Donelly
  • A&R: Mike Roth
  • Programming: Shawn Pelton
  • Guitar technician: Art Smith
  • Arrangers: Chantal Kreviazuk, Gerald Eaton, Jamie Edwards, Ralph Farris, Brian West
  • Score: Ralph Farris
  • Orchestra contractor: Victor Lawrence
  • Art direction: Gail Marowitz
  • Design: Michelle Holme
  • Photography: Raphael Mazzucco[6]


Soundtracks

  • "Time" was featured in the end credits of the film Uptown Girls [7]
  • "Weight of the World" was featured on the TV series Charmed

Reception

MTV Taiwan also describes "Ready For Your Love" having a "rich oriental style". The channel also described "Julia" and "Miss April" shows the "irony of fame", "Weight of the World" "conveys the need for forgiveness". [2]

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2003 Heatseekers 2
2003 The Billboard 200 119
2003 Top Heatseekers 2

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
2003 "In This Life" Adult Top 40 17

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See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r622573/review
  2. ^ a b "MTV Networks Taiwan 新發行 | Chantal Kreviazuk (香岱兒) | What It This All Means (心的方向)". www.mtv.com.tw. MTV Taiwan.
  3. ^ "Chantal Kreviazuk | Yamaha Artists". www.yamaha.com. Yamaha. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/71217/chantal-kreviazuk-aims-to-mean-something-in-us
  5. ^ "Julia by Chantal Kreviazuk". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Release "What If It All Means Something" by Chantal Kreviazuk - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org.
  7. ^ Hay, Carla (30 August 2003). "Kreviazuk Goes "Uptown" with new single". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 6 September 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "Chantal Kreviazuk - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Billboard.
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