Hotel Paper
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Hotel Paper is the second studio album
by American singer-songwriter Michelle Branch
which was released on June 24, 2003.
Some of the major themes on Hotel Paper are leaving things behind, constantly being on the move, independence, the mysteries of bus stations and spirituality
. The album's cover is a photograph of Branch by Sheryl Nields.
Hotel Paper debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200
, selling 157,000 copies in its first week—it was Branch's highest sales week and surpassed the peak position of her previous major label album, The Spirit Room
(2001). By December 2003, Hotel Paper was certified platinum by the RIAA. The album had sold 1,116,000 copies in the U.S. as of March 2009. Hotel Paper was certified gold in Canada for shipment of 50,000 copies.
"Are You Happy Now?
", the album's first single, peaked at number sixteen on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
. It was nominated for a Grammy Award
for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, Branch's third nomination. The second single was "Breathe
", which reached number thirty-six on the Hot 100 and became a top five club
hit. A third single, "'Til I Get over You", was released with no music video and failed to chart.
Digital Deluxe Edition
Music Album
Music album is the name of:* Music Album , a 1970s Canadian television series* Album, a collection of music tracks...
by American 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...
which was released on June 24, 2003.
Some of the major themes on Hotel Paper are leaving things behind, constantly being on the move, independence, the mysteries of bus stations and spirituality
Spirituality
Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop...
. The album's cover is a photograph of Branch by Sheryl Nields.
Hotel Paper debuted at number two 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...
, selling 157,000 copies in its first week—it was Branch's highest sales week and surpassed the peak position of her previous major label album, The Spirit Room
The Spirit Room
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 . The title comes from the name of a bar in Jerome, Arizona, nearby to her hometown of Sedona...
(2001). By December 2003, Hotel Paper was certified platinum by the RIAA. The album had sold 1,116,000 copies in the U.S. as of March 2009. Hotel Paper was certified gold in Canada for shipment of 50,000 copies.
"Are You Happy Now?
Are You Happy Now?
"Are You Happy Now?" is a song by the American singer Michelle Branch which was released as the first out of two singles released from her 2003 album Hotel Paper. "Are You Happy Now?" was more successful than "Breathe" on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the UK Singles Chart...
", the album's first single, peaked at number sixteen on the 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...
. It was nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, Branch's third nomination. The second single was "Breathe
Breathe (Michelle Branch song)
"Breathe" is a song by Michelle Branch, released as the second single from her 2003 album, Hotel Paper. It hit the number-one spot in Indonesia . It peaked at number thirty-six on the USA Billboard Hot 100, a lower position than that of the album's previous single, "Are You Happy Now?"...
", which reached number thirty-six on the Hot 100 and became a top five club
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
hit. A third single, "'Til I Get over You", was released with no music video and failed to chart.
Track listing
All songs were written by Michelle Branch, except where noted.- "Intro" – 0:12
- "Are You Happy Now?Are You Happy Now?"Are You Happy Now?" is a song by the American singer Michelle Branch which was released as the first out of two singles released from her 2003 album Hotel Paper. "Are You Happy Now?" was more successful than "Breathe" on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the UK Singles Chart...
" (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....
) – 3:50 - "Find Your Way Back" – 3:45
- "Empty Handed" – 4:50
- "Tuesday Morning" – 4:43
- "One of These Days" – 3:23
- "Love Me Like That" with Sheryl CrowSheryl CrowSheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
(Branch, Shanks) – 4:35 - "Desperately" – 3:06
- "BreatheBreathe (Michelle Branch song)"Breathe" is a song by Michelle Branch, released as the second single from her 2003 album, Hotel Paper. It hit the number-one spot in Indonesia . It peaked at number thirty-six on the USA Billboard Hot 100, a lower position than that of the album's previous single, "Are You Happy Now?"...
" (Branch, Shanks) – 3:32 - "Where Are You Now?" – 3:26
- "Hotel Paper" – 4:19
- "'Til I Get Over You" (Branch, Shanks) – 4:10
- "Everywhere" (Branch, Shanks) – 3:36 (International bonus track)
- "The Game of Love" with SantanaCarlos SantanaCarlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
(Alex Ander, Rick NowelsRick NowelsRichard Wright Nowels Jr. is a Grammy / Ivor Novello award-winning songwriter/producer who has worked with many of the most vibrant artists in contemporary music...
) (International bonus track) - "It's You" – 3:14
Digital Deluxe Edition
- "Wanting Out" – 3:48
- "Lay Me Down" (Branch, Jessica HarpJessica HarpJessica Leigh Harp is an American songwriter and former country artist from Kansas City, Missouri. Between 2005 and 2007, Harp and Michelle Branch recorded and performed as The Wreckers, a duo that topped the country charts in 2006 with the Grammy-nominated "Leave the Pieces." After The Wreckers...
, Greg Wells) – 3:14 - "A Case Of YouA Case of You"A Case of You" is a song by Joni Mitchell, from her 1971 album Blue. It is one of her most well-known songs.-Writing and recording:Mitchell recorded A Case of You in 1971, during her early folk period. The song was first released on the 1971 album Blue with Mitchell playing Appalachian dulcimer,...
" (Joni MitchellJoni MitchellJoni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
) – 4:15 - "'Til I Get Over You (Acoustic Live from AOL Sessions)" – 4:06
- "Are You Happy Now (Video)" – 4:02
- "BreatheBreatheBreathe may refer to:* Breathing, to inhale and exhale consecutively, drawing oxygen from the air, through the lungs.- Albums :* Breathe , 1994* Breathe , 1996* Breathe , 1999...
(Video)" – 3:32
Personnel
- Michelle BranchMichelle BranchMichelle 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...
– acoustic guitarSteel-string acoustic guitarA steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound...
, guitar, percussion, vocals - Josh Abraham – keyboards
- 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...
– drums - Paul Bushnell – bass
- Chris Chaney – bass
- Luis ConteLuis ConteLuis Conte is a Cuban percussionist.-Early years:As a child in Cuba, Conte began his musical odyssey playing the guitar. However, he soon switched to percussion, and that has remained his mode since....
– percussion - Sheryl CrowSheryl CrowSheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
– vocals on "Love Me like That" - Rick DePofi – percussion
- Mike Elizondo – bass
- John LeventhalJohn LeventhalJohn Leventhal is a Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright, The Wreckers and many others...
– bass, guitar, keyboards - Brian McCleod – drums
- Jamie MuhoberacJamie MuhoberacJamie Muhoberac is a session keyboardist with numerous credits, including The All-American Rejects, Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones , Backstreet Boys, Aly & AJ, Bob Dylan, Goo Goo Dolls, Chris Cornell , My Chemical Romance, Paradise Lost, Girlfriend, Carmen Rizzo and Pet Shop Boys...
– keyboards - Dave NavarroDave NavarroDavid Michael "Dave" Navarro is an American guitarist who plays in the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction and cover band Camp Freddy. He has also played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Panic Channel, and many others.- Early life :...
– guitar - Shawn Pelton – drums
- Dan Rothchild – bass
- 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....
– bass, guitar - Stuart Smith – mandolinMandolinA 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...
- Patrick Warren – keyboards
- Greg WellsGreg WellsGreg Wells is a multiple Grammy nominated musician, record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Wells has produced and written hits with Adele, Weezer, Pink, Theophilus London, Deftones, Katy Perry, Rufus Wainwright, The All American Rejects, OneRepublic, Mika, Aerosmith, Burt Bacharach,...
– organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
, bass, guitar, piano, Wurlitzer - Jessica HarpJessica HarpJessica Leigh Harp is an American songwriter and former country artist from Kansas City, Missouri. Between 2005 and 2007, Harp and Michelle Branch recorded and performed as The Wreckers, a duo that topped the country charts in 2006 with the Grammy-nominated "Leave the Pieces." After The Wreckers...
– backing vocals on "Desperately"
Production
- Producers: Josh AbrahamJosh AbrahamJosh Abraham is a Grammy-winning record producer and co-owner of Pulse Management and Check Your Pulse Publishing. He has produced songs and albums for many of the industry's most successful artists such as Velvet Revolver, 30 Seconds to Mars, Linkin Park, Kelly Clarkson and Courtney Love...
, Rick DePofi, John LeventhalJohn LeventhalJohn Leventhal is a Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright, The Wreckers and many others...
, 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....
, Greg WellsGreg WellsGreg Wells is a multiple Grammy nominated musician, record producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Wells has produced and written hits with Adele, Weezer, Pink, Theophilus London, Deftones, Katy Perry, Rufus Wainwright, The All American Rejects, OneRepublic, Mika, Aerosmith, Burt Bacharach,... - Engineers: Daniel Chase, Rick DePofi, Marc DeSisto, Lars Fox, Chris Reynolds, Jeff Rothschild, Brian Scheuble, Ryan Williams
- Assistant engineers: Chris Holmes, Brian Humphrey, Eric Reichers, Mark Valentine
- Mixing: Josh Abraham, assistant: Jesse Gorman, 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....
, Roger Moutenot, Jim Scott - Mastering: Brian Gardner
- A&R: Danny Strick
- Assistant: Jorge Velez
- Production coordination: Jill Dell'Abate
- Programming: Josh Abraham
- String arrangements: David Campbell
- Photography: Sheryl Nields
Album
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| 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... |
18 |
| Top Canadian Albums | 4 |
| 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... |
4 |
| 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... |
35 |
| 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... |
2 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums | 2 |
Certifications
| Territory | Certification | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Japan Recording Industry Association of Japan The Recording Industry Association of Japan is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved the music industry... |
Gold | 100,000 |
| 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... |
Platinum | 1,116,000 |
Singles
| Single | Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| "Are You Happy Now?" | U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 3 |
| 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... |
16 | |
| 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 |
9 | |
| 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... |
4 | |
| 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... |
4 | |
| 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 ... |
31 | |
| Single | Chart (2004) | Peak position |
| "Breathe" | U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 27 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 13 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 3 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes... |
2 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 36 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 18 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks | 20 |