The Spirit Room

The Spirit Room
Studio album by Michelle Branch
Released	August 14, 2001 (U.S.)
Recorded	2000-01
Genre	Pop rock alternative rock
Length	42:26
Label	Maverick Records
Producer	John Shanks Nick Spanos Jeremy Welt Holly Adams
Michelle Branch chronology
The Spirit Room (2001) Hotel Paper (2003)
Singles from The Spirit Room
"Everywhere" Released: 24 July 2001 "All You Wanted" Released: 22 January 2002 "Goodbye to You" Released: 20 August 2002

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

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"	Michelle Branch John Shanks	3:36
2.	"You Get Me"	Branch Abra Moore Shelly Peiken Shanks	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

Digital deluxe edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Life on Mars?"	David Bowie	3:42
13.	"Goodbye to You" (Unplugged)	Branch	4:10
14.	"All You Wanted" (Unplugged)	Branch	3:34
15.	"Everywhere" (Acoustic)	Branch Shanks	3:34
16.	"Goodbye to You" (Music video)		3:56
17.	"All You Wanted" (Music video)		3:40
18.	"Everywhere" (Music video)		3:33

Singles

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

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

• "You Get Me" became the theme song for the MTV reality series Sorority Life.
• "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.

References

1. Liana Jonas, Allmusic
2. The Daily Vault review
3. Entertainment Weekly review
4. CD Reviews at CD Universe
5. Robert Christgau review
6. Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 2, 2007)
7. "Michelle Branch: "She's Everywhere"". MTV. 2001. Retrieved May 23, 2010. in front of this bar called the Spirit Room.
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. "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
12. Two French language artists hit Gold
13. "Pandora Archive" (PDF). Pandora.nla.gov.au. 2006-08-23. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
14. Martens, Todd (2003-07-02). "Beyonce, Branch Albums Storm The Chart". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc). Retrieved 2009-02-02.
15. "GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2002年5月度" [Gold Albums, and other certified works. May 2002 Edition] (PDF). The Record (Bulletin) (in Japanese) (Chūō, Tokyo: Recording Industry Association of Japan) 512: 12. July 10, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 2, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2014.