What if It All Means Something
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What If It All Means Something is the third album
Album
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 by Canadian
Canada
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 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk is a Canadian singer-songwriter of the adult contemporary music genre. She is also a classically trained pianist, and can play the guitar.-Albums:...

, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music
2002 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI...

).

Track listing

  1. "In This Life" (Kreviazuk) – 3:51
  2. "Time" (Kreviazuk, Raine Maida, G. 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

Japan bonus tracks

  1. "Feels Like Home" (Randy Newman
    Randy Newman
    Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant pop songs and for film scores....

    ) – 4:41
  2. "Leaving On A Jet Plane
    Leaving on a Jet Plane
    "Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song written by John Denver in 1966 and most famously recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary. The original title of the song was "Oh Babe I Hate to Go" but Denver's then producer, Milt Okun, convinced him to change the title....

    " (John Denver
    John Denver
    Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. , known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After growing up in numerous locations with his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success...

    ) – 4:41
  3. "This Year" (Billy Steinberg
    Billy Steinberg
    William Endfield "Billy" Steinberg is an American songwriter. He has achieved most of his success as part of a song writing team, most notably with Tom Kelly. He has also co-written several hit songs with Rick Nowels.-Biography:...

    , Marti Frederiksen
    Marti Frederiksen
    Martin Harold Frederiksen is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. He writes and produces music primarily in rock, country, and pop...

    , Leah Andreone
    Leah Andreone
    Leah Andreone is an American musician.-Early life and career:Andreone was born and raised in San Diego and attended Helix High School in La Mesa. She became interested in music early in life, finding it an easy way to express emotion...

    ) – 2:45

Singles

  • "In This Life"
  • "Time"
  • "Julia"
  • "What If It All Means Something"
  • "Weight of the World" (featured on the TV Series Charmed
    Charmed
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    )

Personnel

  • Chantal Kreviazuk - piano
    Piano
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    , keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A 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...

    , vocals
    Singing
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  • Jeff Allen - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Sherrod Barnes - acoustic guitar, guitar
    Guitar
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    , electric guitar
    Electric guitar
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  • 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...

     - background vocals
  • Avril Brown - violin
    Violin
    The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

  • Cenovia Cummins - violin
  • Sylvia Davanzo - violin
  • Jamie Edwards - acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
  • Ralph Farris
    Ralph Farris
    Ralph Farris is an American violist, violinist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor. He specializes in new music and is a founding member of the string quartet ETHEL....

     - conductor, viola
    Viola
    The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...

  • David Gold - viola
  • Adam Grabois - cello
    Cello
    The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

  • Joyce Hammann - violin
  • Conrad Harris - violin
  • Adam Hyman - viola
  • John Kalodner - voices
  • Conway Kuo - viola
  • Victor Lawrence - cello
  • Dorothy Lawson - cello
  • Gerry Leonard - guitar, electric guitar
  • Shawn Pelton - percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

    , drums
    Drum kit
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  • Todd Reynolds - violin
  • Mary Rowell - violin
  • Gregg Wattenberg - guitar, mandolin
    Mandolin
    A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...

    , electric guitar
  • Mary Whitaker - violin
  • Krystof Witek - violin
  • Paul Woodiel - violin

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
    Tom Lord-Alge
    Tom Lord-Alge is a four-time Grammy Award–winning record producer and mixer. He is the youngest of Vivian Lord's five children, Mark Lord-Alge, Lisa Lord-Alge, Chris Lord-Alge, Jeff Lord-Alge and 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

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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