Happenstance (Rachael Yamagata album)

Happenstance
Studio album by Rachael Yamagata
Released June 8, 2004 (United States)
Genre Alternative rock, blues rock
Length 63:06
Label RCA Victor
Producer John Alagia
Rachael Yamagata chronology

Rachael Yamagata EP
(2003)		 Happenstance
(2004)		 Live at the Loft & More (EP)
(2005)
Additional cover
UK release front cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Blender [2]
Contactmusic.com (positive)[3]
Metacritic (74/100)[4]
MSN Music [5]
PopMatters [6]
Rolling Stone [7]
Stylus Magazine [8]
The Guardian [9]

Happenstance is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata. It was released on RCA Victor on June 8, 2004 in the U.S., and May 16, 2005 in the UK. Three months after its release in the United States, on September 8, 2004, a limited edition including two bonus tracks was released in Japan.

As of August 17, 2007 the album had sold 143,000 copies.[10]

The album was produced by John Alagia, at Compass Point Studios except for the songs "Paper Doll" (produced by Kevin Salem), and "Collide" (part of the Japanese release produced by Doug McBride).

Track listing

American & UK release

  1. "Be Be Your Love" (Rachael Yamagata and John Alagia) —4:12
  2. "Letter Read" (Rachael Yamagata) —3:44
  3. "Worn Me Down" (Rachael Yamagata) —3:42
  4. "Paper Doll" (Rachael Yamagata and Kevin Salem) —5:15
  5. "I'll Find a Way" (Rachael Yamagata) —5:14
  6. "1963" (Rachael Yamagata and Mark Batson) —4:02
  7. "Under My Skin" (Rachael Yamagata) —4:11
  8. "Meet Me by the Water" (Rachael Yamagata) —3:58
  9. "Even So" (Rachael Yamagata) —4:18
  10. "I Want You" (Rachael Yamagata and Dan Wilson) —2:56
  11. "Reason Why" (Rachael Yamagata) —5:06
  12. "Moments with Oliver" [instrumental] (Rachael Yamagata) —1:02
  13. "Quiet" (Rachael Yamagata) —6:02
  14. "Ode To..." [unlisted track] (Rachael Yamagata) —5:47

Japanese Limited Edition release

  1. "Be Be Your Love" —4:12
  2. "Worn Me Down" —3:42
  3. "Letter Read" —3:44
  4. "Collide" —5:02
  5. "Paper Doll" —5:15
  6. "Moments with Oliver" —1:02
  7. "Quiet" —5:02
  8. "Under My Skin" —4:11
  9. "1963" —4:02
  10. "Edith" —7:01
  11. "Even So" —4:18
  12. "Meet Me by the Water" —3:58
  13. "I Want You" —2:56
  14. "I'll Find a Way" —5:14
  15. "Reason Why" —5:06
  16. "Ode to..." —5:47

Japan 2005 Tour Sampler

Japan 2005 Tour Sampler is another Promo EP by Rachael Yamagata released by RCA in 2005.

  1. "Worn me Down" (Album version from Happenstance)
  2. "1963" (Album version from Happenstance)
  3. "Be your Love" (Album version from Happenstance)
  4. "The Reason Why" (Live version from Live at the Loft & More)
  5. "Be your Love" (Live version from Live at the Loft & More)

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
2004 Billboard Top Heatseekers (U.S.) 17

Singles

Title Chart Position
Worn Me Down U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 33

Release history

Region Date
United States June 8, 2004
Japan September 8, 2004
United Kingdom May 16, 2005

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Blender review
  3. ↑ Contactmusic.com review
  4. ↑ Metacritic review
  5. ↑ MSN Music review
  6. ↑ PopMatters review
  7. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  8. ↑ Stylus Magazine review
  9. ↑ The Guardian review
  10. ↑ Caulfield, Keith, Billboard.com. "Ask Billboard". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-17.

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