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Released
  
August 14, 2001 (U.S.)

Length
  
42:26

Artist
  
Michelle Branch

Recorded
  
1999–2001

The Spirit Room (2001)
  
Hotel Paper (2003)

Release date
  
14 August 2001

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Producer
  
John Shanks Nick Spanos Jeremy Welt Holly Adams

Label
  
Maverick Recording Company

Genres
  
Pop music, Rock music, Pop rock, Alternative rock

Similar
  
Michelle Branch albums, Pop rock albums

Michelle branch album the spirit room


The Spirit Room is the major-label debut album by singer-songwriter Michelle Branch, released by the Maverick Recording Company and Warner Bros. Records in the United States on August 14, 2001. The album was 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.

Contents

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Etymology

The album's title comes from the name of a bar in Jerome, Arizona, near Branch's 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, 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.

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.

It was also certified Gold in Australia with shipments of 35,000.

Track listing

All tracks written by Michelle Branch, except where noted.

Singles

  • "Everywhere" – July 17, 2001
  • "All You Wanted" – October 28, 2001
  • "Goodbye to You" – September 9, 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
  • Commercial performance

    The Spirit Room debuted at number 28 with 68,000 copies sold on Billboard 200.

  • "You Get Me" became the theme song for the MTV reality series Sorority Life.
  • "You Get Me" is featured in the 2003 film What a Girl Wants
  • "You Set Me Free" was featured in the trailer of the 2002 DreamWorks animated film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.
  • "You Set Me Free" can also be heard towards the closing credits of the 2003 film Just Married.
  • "You Set Me Free" is featured in the 2005 film Ice Princess and is featured on the movie's soundtrack.
  • Songs

    1Everywhere3:36
    2You Get Me3:59
    3All You Wanted3:38

    References

    The Spirit Room Wikipedia