Hotel Paper

Hotel Paper is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Michelle Branch. It was released on June 24, 2003 through Maverick. The production on the album was handled by a variety of record producers such as Josh Abraham, Rick DePofi, John Leventhal, John Shanks & Greg Wells.

Hotel Paper
Studio album by
Michelle Branch
ReleasedJune 24, 2003 (US)
Recorded2002–2003
GenrePop rock
Length47:05
LabelMaverick
Producer
Michelle Branch chronology
The Spirit Room
(2001)		 Hotel Paper
(2003)		 Everything Comes and Goes
(2010)
Singles from Hotel Paper
  1. "Are You Happy Now?"
    Released: May 26, 2003
  2. "Breathe"
    Released: November 25, 2003
  3. "'Til I Get Over You"
    Released: February 9, 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic57/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC[3]
PopMattersMixed[4]
Q[1]
Rolling Stone[5]
Slant Magazine[6]
Spin6/10[7]
Stylus MagazineC−[8]
Yahoo! Music UK[9]

Hotel Paper was supported by three singles: "Are You Happy Now?", "Breathe" and "'Til I Get over You". The album received mixed critical reviews and debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, selling 157,000 copies in its first week.[10] The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in December 2003.[11]

Background

Some of the major themes on Hotel Paper are leaving things behind, constantly being on the move, independence, the mysteries of bus stations and spirituality.[5] The album's cover is a photograph of Branch by Sheryl Nields.

Singles

"Are You Happy Now?", the album's first single, peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, Branch's third nomination. The second single was "Breathe", which reached number 36 on the Hot 100 and became a top five club hit. A third single, "'Til I Get over You", was released with no music video and failed to chart.

Commercial performance

Hotel Paper debuted at number two on US Billboard 200 chart, selling 157,000 copies in its first week.[10] This became Branch's first US top-ten debut and highest first-week sales to date.[10] In its second week, the album dropped to number four on the chart, selling an additional 85,000 copies.[12] In its third week, the album dropped to number six on the chart, selling 65,000 more copies.[13] On December 9, 2003, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over a million copies.[11] As of March 2009, the album had sold 1,116,000 copies in the United States.[14]

In Canada, the album peaked at number four on the Canadian Album Chart and was certified gold for shipments of over 50,000 copies.[15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michelle Branch, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" 0:12
2."Are You Happy Now?"
3:50
3."Find Your Way Back" 3:45
4."Empty Handed" 4:50
5."Tuesday Morning" 4:43
6."One of These Days" 3:23
7."Love Me Like That" (with Sheryl Crow)
  • Branch
  • Shanks
4:35
8."Desperately" 3:06
9."Breathe"
  • Branch
  • Shanks
3:32
10."Where Are You Now?" 3:26
11."Hotel Paper" 4:19
12."'Til I Get Over You"
  • Branch
  • Shanks
4:10
13."It's You" (Outro begins at 2:30) 3:14
International edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Everywhere"
  • Branch
  • Shanks
3:36
14."The Game of Love" (with Santana)
4:15
15."It's You" 3:14
Digital deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."It's You" (Outro excluded) 2:29
14."Wanting Out" 3:48
15."Lay Me Down"
3:14
16."A Case of You"Joni Mitchell4:15
17."'Til I Get Over You" (Acoustic live from AOL Sessions)
  • Branch
  • Shanks
4:06
18."Are You Happy Now?" (Music video) 4:02
19."Breathe" (Music video) 3:32

Personnel

Production
  • Producers: Josh Abraham, Rick DePofi, John Leventhal, John Shanks, Greg Wells
  • Engineers: Daniel Chase, Greg Collins, Rick DePofi, Marc DeSisto, Lars Fox, Chris Reynolds, Jeff Rothschild, Brian Scheuble, Ryan Williams
  • Assistant engineers: Chris Holmes, Brian Humphrey, Eric Reichers, Mark Valentine
  • Mixing: Josh Abraham, assistant: Jesse Gorman, Chris Lord-Alge, Roger Moutenot, Jim Scott
  • Mastering: Brian Gardner
  • A&R: Danny Strick
  • Assistant: Jorge Velez
  • Production coordination: Jill Dell'Abate
  • Programming: Josh Abraham
  • String arrangements: David Campbell
  • Photography: Sheryl Nields

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] 18
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 4
French Albums (SNEP)[18] 79
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 43
Irish Albums (IRMA)[20] 53
Japan (Oricon Albums Chart)[21] 8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 34
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 35
US Billboard 200[25] 2

Year-end charts
Chart (2003) Position
US Billboard 200[26] 86

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[27] Gold 50,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[28] Gold 10,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[29] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
  2. Allmusic review
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  4. PopMatters review
  5. "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on December 23, 2007. Retrieved December 10, 2006.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. Sal Cinquemani (June 25, 2003). "Michelle Branch: Hotel Paper". Slant Magazine. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  7. Spin review
  8. Todd Burns (September 1, 2003). "Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  9. "Yahoo! Music UK review". Archived from the original on August 10, 2004. Retrieved September 16, 2012.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. Martens, Todd (July 2, 2003). "Beyonce, Branch Albums Storm The Chart". Billboard. Retrieved February 2, 2009.
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  12. "Ashanti Returns To No. 1 With 'Chapter II'". Billboard. July 9, 2003. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  13. "Ashanti, Beyonce Albums Remain On Top". Billboard. July 16, 2003. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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  28. "香港唱片銷量大獎 2003". IFPI Hong Kong. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
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