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Infobox album | | Name = The Spirit Room| Type = Album | Artist = Michelle Branch | Cover = The Spirit Room 01.jpg| Released = August 14, 2001 ( United States|U.S. )| Recorded =| Genre = Pop rock , Alternative rock | Length = 42:26| Label = Maverick Recording Company|Maverick | Producer = John Shanks , Jeremy Welt | Last album = Broken Bracelet
(2000)| This album = The Spirit Room
(2001)| Next album = Hotel Paper
(2003)|Album ratings|rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = Rating|4|5Liana Jonas, Allmusic|class=album|id=r539080/review|pure_url=yes Allmusic|rev2 = Rolling Stone |rev2score = (favorable) http://web.archive.org/web/20071002074459/ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/michellebranch/albums/album/310694/review/5941402/the_spirit_room Rolling Stone review|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly |rev3score = (B) http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,255021,00.html Entertainment Weekly review|rev4 = The Daily Vault|rev4Score = (B+) http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5? review=1962 The Daily Vault review|rev5 = Robert Christgau |rev5Score = (C) http://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php? id=10319 Robert Christgau review

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 title comes from the name of a bar in Jerome, Arizona , nearby to her hometown of Sedona. In January 2002 the Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA certified The Spirit Room gold album|gold for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the U.S., http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12055897 Michelle Branch To Kick Off Solo Headling Tour In February, 2002 and just three months later, in April, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for shipping over one million copies. http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12055834 Michelle Branch Goes Platinum, Other Newcomers Find Gold http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH searchable database In August 19, 2011 the album was certified double platinum by RIAA for shipping over two million copies.cite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=Recording Industry Association of America |publisher=RIAA |date= |accessdate=2012-03-12

It reached number 28 on the U.S. Billboard 200| Billboard 200 chart and produced three Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 : " Everywhere (Michelle Branch song)|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. http://www.cria.ca/gold/1003_g.php Two French language artists hit Gold

It was also certified Gold in Australia with shipments of 35,000.cite web|url= http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030107-0000/Issue672.pdf |title=Pandora Archive |publisher=Pandora.nla.gov.au |date=2006-08-23 |accessdate=2012-03-12

Track listing


All songs written by Michelle Branch, except where noted.
#" Everywhere (Michelle Branch song)|Everywhere " (Michelle Branch, John Shanks ) – 3:36
#"You Get Me" (Branch, Abra Moore , Shelly Peiken , Shanks) – 3:53
#" All You Wanted " – 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 You (Michelle Branch song)|Goodbye to You " – 4:12
#"Drop in the Ocean" (Branch, Hagio, Will Golden, Bernie Reilly) – 4:19

;Digital Deluxe Edition
#" Life on Mars? " – 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 – guitar , keyboard instrument|keyboards , Singing|vocals

  • Kenny Aronoff – Drum kit|drum s

  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums

  • John Shanks – Bass guitar|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


    • Charts


    Album


    YearChartPeak
    position
    2001U.S. Billboard 20028
    U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums25
    2002Australian ARIA Charts25
    Recording Industry Association of New Zealand33
    UK Albums Chart 54
    2003U.S. Billboard 20028


    Certifications


    TerritoryCertificationSales
    Australian Recording Industry AssociationGold35,000
    Canadian Recording Industry AssociationGold50,000
    Recording Industry Association of America2× Platinum2,000,000


    Singles


    SingleChart (2001)Peak
    position
    "Everywhere"U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 9
    U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay36
    U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical/ Salsa Airplay31
    U.S. Billboard Billboard Hot 10012
    U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrent rotation3
    U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)5
    U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks 6
    UK Singles Chart (2002)18
    SingleChart (2002)Peak
    position
    "All You Wanted"U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary (chart)30
    U.S. Billboard Adult Top 404
    U.S. Billboard Hot 1006
    U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents1
    U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream2
    U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks3
    UK Singles Chart33
    SingleChart (2003)Peak
    position
    "Goodbye to You"U.S. Billboard Adult Top 4015
    U.S. Billboard Hot 10021
    U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream11
    U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks13
    U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents11


    References


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