So-Called Chaos

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So-Called Chaos
Studio album by Alanis Morissette
Released	May 18, 2004 (U.S.)
Recorded	2003
Genre	Pop/Rock
Length	40:59
Label	Maverick
Producer(s)	Alanis Morissette, John Shanks, Tim Thorney
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Winnipeg Sun (unfavourable) Jam! May 14, 2004 Rolling Stone June 10, 2004
Alanis Morissette chronology
Feast on Scraps (2002)	So-Called Chaos (2004)	Jagged Little Pill Acoustic (2005)

So-Called Chaos is the seventh album (sixth studio album) by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released in May 2004 (see 2004 in music).

Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 3 Credits 4 Charts 4.1 Album 4.2 Singles 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] History

It had been two years since Morissette released her third studio album, Under Rug Swept. In that time she had met her fiancee Ryan Reynolds, so her cheery disposition made its presence felt in many of the songs she wrote for So-Called Chaos. The album found her in a more contented and relaxed state than ever, and her songs were brighter and happier than her more volatile works like "You Oughta Know" and "Uninvited". One reporter asked if the song "This Grudge" was based on the same person as "You Oughta Know", and Morissette replied, "Different person, same era."^[1]

The first single, "Everything", was released to U.S. radio in the spring of 2004, and was met with mixed reaction. U.S. Adult Top 40 radio stations gave the song good airplay, but mainstream and top 40 stations were colder in their reception, and consequently it became Morissette's lowest peaking single on the Billboard Hot 100. "Everything" was included on the Totally Hits 2004, Vol. 2 compilation, and in 2006 it was featured in the film Clerks II.

Some reviews of So-Called Chaos were positive, with many critics calling it her most accessible and mainstream record since her landmark debut Jagged Little Pill (1995). Still, others thought she had "sold out" for the sake of sales and radio play; Rolling Stone magazine, for example, said the album "attempts to reverse the sliding record sales following [Jagged Little Pill]."^[2]

The album debuted at number one on the United World Albums Chart,^[3] at number two on the Canadian albums chart with first week sales of 11,200,^[4] and at number five on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 115,000 copies in its first week.^[5] It only spent a week in the U.S. top ten before it fell down the chart at a very quick pace. As of 2006 it had sold 456,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan, making it Morissette's poorest selling studio album at the time.^[6] The second single outside the U.S. was "Out Is Through", which had a poor showing in the UK. The second U.S. single was "Eight Easy Steps", which, despite being accompanied by an elaborate music video,^[7] failed to chart on the Hot 100 or cause a significant increase in sales of the album, which had already fallen off the Billboard 200. "Excuses" was released as a radio single in Brazil, where it peaked outside the top forty.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Alanis Morissette.

1. "Eight Easy Steps" – 2:52
2. "Out Is Through" – 3:52
3. "Excuses" – 3:32
4. "Doth I Protest Too Much" – 4:03
5. "Knees of My Bees" – 3:41
6. "So-Called Chaos" – 5:03
7. "Not All Me" – 3:58
8. "This Grudge" – 5:07
9. "Spineless" – 4:15
10. "Everything" – 4:36

[edit] Credits

• Alanis Morissette - Vocals, Producer, Piano, Keyboards, Art Direction
• Eric Avery - Bass
• Chris Lord-Alge - Mixing
• Kenny Aronoff - Drums
• Paul Bushnell - Bass
• Scott Gordon - Programming, Engineer, Drum Programming
• Bill Lane - Assistant Engineer
• Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
• Kevin Mills - Assistant Engineer
• Jamie Muhoberac - Keyboards
• Tim Thorney - Bass, Piano, Keyboards, Producer
• Guy Oseary - A&R
• Joel Shearer - Guitar (Acoustic), Bouzouki, Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
• Paul Livingston - Sitar
• John Shanks - Dulcimer, Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Programming, Producer
• Shari Sutcliffe - Project Coordinator
• Sheryl Nields - Photography
• Errin Familia - Assistant Engineer
• Mark Valentine - Engineer
• Zac Rae - Piano, Keyboards, Vibraphone
• David Levita - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
• Jason Wormer - Assistant Engineer
• Jeff Rothschild - Programming, Engineer
• Rich Tosi - Assistant Engineer
• Danny Strick - A&R
• Frank Maddocks - Art Direction, Design
• Jason Orme - Guitar (Electric)
• Blair Sinta - Drums, Programming

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Chart (2004) Peak position Canada Albums Chart 2 Austria Albums Chart 1 European Top 100 Albums[8] 1 Germany Albums Chart 1 Holland Albums Chart[9] 1 United World Albums Chart 1 Switzerland Albums Chart 2 Italy Albums Chart 4

Chart (2004) Peak position Brazil Albums Chart 5 France Albums Chart 5 U.S. Billboard 200 5 UK Albums Chart 8 Sweden Albums Chart 10 Israel Albums Chart[citation needed] 12 Australia Albums Chart[citation needed] 15 Czech Albums Chart 1

[edit] Singles

Single Chart (2004) Peak position "Everything" Canada Top 50 Singles 3 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 76 U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 4 U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks 36 Italy Top 50 Singles 6 Spain Top 20 Singles 6 Tokio Hot 100 6 United World Chart 10 Austria Top 75 Singles 12 Australia Top 100 Singles 15 Brasil Top 100 Singles 15 Norway Singles Top 20 17 Switzerland Top 100 Singles 22

Single Chart (2004) Peak position "Everything" UK Top 75 Singles 22 Ireland Top 50 Singles 26 Germany Top 100 Singles 29 France Singles Top 100 63 "Out Is Through" Tokio Hot 100 39 UK Top 75 Singles 56 Spain Los 40 Principales 32 Switzerland Top 100 Singles 67 Germany Top 100 Singles 75 "Eight Easy Steps" U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 27 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play 1 9 "Excuses" Brasil Top 100 Singles 44 1 Remixes

[edit] Notes

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ Walters, Barry. "Alanis Morissette - So-Called Chaos". Rolling Stone. June 10, 2004. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
3. ^ "United World Chart - Albums". Media Traffic. June 5, 2004. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
4. ^ "Krall beats out Alanis on charts". Jam! Showbiz. May 26, 2004. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
5. ^ "Usher Album Remains On Top". Billboard. May 26, 2004. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
6. ^ Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard". Billboard. January 3, 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
7. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Alanis 'Steps' Back Into The Past In New Video". Billboard. August 13, 2004. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
8. ^ Sexton, Paul. "Lavigne Returns To Top Of U.K. Album Chart". Billboard. May 31, 2004. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
9. ^ Bauder, David. "Alanis Morissette's 'So-Called Chaos' Sells 887,000 Units Around the World in First Week". Associated Press. June 1, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2006.

[edit] References

• "Alanis Morissette - Artist Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2006.
• "Alanis Morissette - Billboard Singles". Billboard and All Music Guide. Retrieved December 1, 2006.
• "Alanis Morissette". Mariah-charts.com. Retrieved December 1, 2006.
• "Alanis Morissette - Everything". MusicSquare.net. Retrieved December 1, 2006.
• "Alanis Morissette - Out Is Through". MusicSquare.net. Retrieved December 1, 2006.