The Spirit Room
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The Spirit Room is the major-label debut album
by singer-songwriter Michelle Branch
, released by Maverick Records
in the United States
on August 14, 2001 (see 2001 in music
). The title comes from the name of a bar in Jerome, Arizona
, nearby to her hometown of Sedona. In January 2002 the RIAA
certified The Spirit Room gold for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the U.S., and just three months later, in April, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipping over one million copies. In August 19, 2011 the album was certified double platinum by RIAA for shipping over two million copies.
It reached number 28 on the U.S. 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). "You Get Me" became the theme song for the MTV reality series Sorority Life
.
The Spirit Room was certified gold in Canada, selling 50,000 copies by the end of October 2003.
It was also certified Gold in Australia with shipments of 35,000.
Digital Deluxe Edition
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by singer-songwriter Michelle Branch
Michelle Branch
Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper, and was subsequently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2003...
, released by Maverick Records
Maverick Records
Maverick Recording Company is an American record label owned and operated by Warner Music Group, and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on August 14, 2001 (see 2001 in music
2001 in music
See also:* 2001 in music Record labels established in 2001-Events:*January 1**Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues**Hum disbands.*January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band....
). The title comes from the name of a bar in Jerome, Arizona
Jerome, Arizona
Jerome is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 353.-History:...
, nearby to her hometown of Sedona. In January 2002 the RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
certified The Spirit Room gold for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the U.S., and just three months later, in April, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipping over one million copies. In August 19, 2011 the album was certified double platinum by RIAA for shipping over two million copies.
It reached number 28 on the U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart and produced three Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
: "Everywhere" (which peaked at number 12), "All You Wanted" (number 6) and "Goodbye to You" (number 21). "You Get Me" became the theme song for the MTV reality series Sorority Life
Sorority Life
Sorority Life is a reality television show on MTV that aired from June 24, 2002 to 2004. The show consisted of girls pledging to become part of a sorority.-First season:The first season occurred at University of California, Davis...
.
The Spirit Room was certified gold in Canada, selling 50,000 copies by the end of October 2003.
It was also certified Gold in Australia with shipments of 35,000.
Track listing
All songs written by Michelle Branch, except where noted.- "Everywhere" (Michelle Branch, John ShanksJohn ShanksJohn Matthew Shanks is a modern rock writer and Grammy Award–winning producer.Born in New York City, Shanks moved to Los Angeles when he was 17....
) – 3:36 - "You Get Me" (Branch, Abra MooreAbra MooreAbra Moore is a folk-styled rock singer-songwriter. Her 1997 album Strangest Places included the hit "Four Leaf Clover", which received airplay in Midwest U.S. radio markets and VH1 and MTV2 rotation, and charted on the Billboard Hot 100.-Biography:Moore's parents named Abra after the heroine of...
, Shelly PeikenShelly PeikenShelly Peiken is a multi-platinum Grammy nominated songwriter who is best known for her #1 hits "What a Girl Wants" and "Come on Over Baby ".Shelly and Meredith Brooks earned a Grammy nomination for Brooks's hit song "Bitch"....
, Shanks) – 3:53 - "All You WantedAll You Wanted"All You Wanted" is a song by Michelle Branch, released as the second single from her debut album The Spirit Room. It has been her biggest hit to date as a solo artist, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, the week of May 25, 2002....
" – 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 YouGoodbye to You (Michelle Branch song)"Goodbye to You" is a song by Michelle Branch, and was the third and the final single from her second album, The Spirit Room . It reached #21 on the Billboard Hot 100....
" – 4:12 - "Drop in the Ocean" (Branch, Hagio, Will Golden, Bernie Reilly) – 4:19
Digital Deluxe Edition
- "Life on Mars?Life on Mars?"Life on Mars?" is a song by David Bowie first released in 1971 on the album Hunky Dory. The song—which BBC Radio 2 later called "a cross between a Broadway musical and a Salvador Dalí painting"—featured guest piano work by keyboardist Rick Wakeman. When released as a single in 1973,...
" – 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 – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Kenny AronoffKenny AronoffKenny Aronoff is an American drummer. He has played drums for many musicians, including John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, Belinda Carlisle, Elton John, John Fogerty, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Meat Loaf, The BoDeans, Gregg Alexander, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tony Iommi, Jon Bon Jovi, Vasco Rossi, Cinderella and...
– drumDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
s - Vinnie ColaiutaVinnie ColaiutaVincent Colaiuta is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Republic, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14...
– drums - John ShanksJohn ShanksJohn Matthew Shanks is a modern rock writer and Grammy Award–winning producer.Born in New York City, Shanks moved to Los Angeles when he was 17....
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, 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-AlgeChris Lord-AlgeChris Lord-Alge is a mixer who has worked on various albums. He is the brother of Tom Lord-Alge, another audio engineer. Chris Lord-Alge is known for his extreme use of dynamic range compression in both hardware and software plug-in versions....
, 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
Album
| Year | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
28 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums | 25 | |
| 2002 | Australian ARIA Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
25 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
33 | |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
54 | |
| 2003 | U.S. Billboard 200 | 28 |
Certifications
| Territory | Certification | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
Gold | 35,000 |
| Canada Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada... |
Gold | 50,000 |
| United States Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... |
2× Platinum | 2,000,000 |
Singles
| Single | Chart (2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| "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 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
12 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrent Recurrent rotation Recurrent rotation refers to a group of songs still frequently aired on a contemporary hit radio station even several months or even years after the initial debut. It is also used to describe core songs in other radio formats as well... s |
3 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart... |
5 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks Top 40 Tracks Top 40 Tracks is a defunct airplay chart from Billboard Magazine. It was created in 1998, when Billboard Magazine changed the airplay profile of The Hot 100 Airplay to include more R&B, Country, and Rock stations to its profile . To preserve the notion of the former chart, Top 40 Tracks was... |
6 | |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... (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 |