The Spirit Room

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
The Daily Vault B+[5]
Entertainment Weekly B[4]
Q 4/5 stars[3]
Robert Christgau C[6]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[2][3]

The Spirit Room is the major-label debut album by singer-songwriter Michelle Branch, released by Maverick Recording Company 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.

Etymology

The album's title comes from the name of a bar in Jerome, Arizona, near Branch's hometown of Sedona.[7]

History

In January 2002 the RIAA certified The Spirit Room gold for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the United States,[8] and just three months later, in April, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipping over one million copies.[9][10] In August 19, 2011, the album was certified double platinum by RIAA for shipping over two million copies.[11]

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.[12]

It was also certified Gold in Australia with shipments of 35,000.[13]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Everywhere"  
3:36
2. "You Get Me"  
3:53
3. "All You Wanted"   Branch 3:38
4. "You Set Me Free"  
  • Branch
  • Shanks
 3:11
5. "Something to Sleep To"  
  • Branch
  • Jennifer Hagio
  • Shanks
 4:15
6. "Here with Me"  
  • Branch
  • Shanks
 3:26
7. "Sweet Misery"   Branch 3:43
8. "If Only She Knew"   Branch 4:19
9. "I'd Rather Be in Love"   Branch 3:55
10. "Goodbye to You"   Branch 4:12
11. "Drop in the Ocean"  
  • Branch
  • Hagio
  • Will Golden
  • Bernie Reilly
 4:19
Total length:
 42:26

Singles

  • "Everywhere" – July 24, 2001
  • "All You Wanted" – January 22, 2002
  • "Goodbye to You" – August 20, 2002

Personnel

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

Charts

Commercial performance

The Spirit Room debuted at number 28 with 68,000 copies sold on Billboard 200.[14]

Album

Year Chart Peak
position
2001 U.S. Billboard 200 28
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 25
2002 Australian ARIA Albums Chart 25
New Zealand Albums Chart 33
UK Albums Chart 54
2003 U.S. Billboard 200 28

Certifications

Territory Certification Sales
Australian Gold 35,000
Canada Gold 50,000
Japan Platinum 200,000[15]
United States 2× Platinum 2,000,000[11]

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 12
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents 3
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 5
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks 6
UK Singles Chart (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

In popular culture

References

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  1. ↑ Liana Jonas, Allmusic
  2. ↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 2, 2007)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 CD Reviews at CD Universe
  4. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ↑ The Daily Vault review
  6. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Michelle Branch To Kick Off Solo Headling Tour In February, 2002
  9. ↑ Michelle Branch Goes Platinum, Other Newcomers Find Gold
  10. ↑ searchable database
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Two French language artists hit Gold
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