So-Called Chaos is the sixth studio album (fourth released internationally) by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released on May 18, 2004, through Maverick Records. It was preceded by the single "Everything" on April 13, which went on to become Morissette's lowest peaking song on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 76. The album was met with mixed reviews from critics upon release, with some calling it her most accessible record since Jagged Little Pill (1995) while others criticized the project's confusing messages and felt the singer had lost what made her a cultural icon of the '90s.
With 115,000 copies sold in its opening week, So-Called Chaos debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 and became Morissette's first international studio album not to reach the top of that chart. It failed to surpass predecessor Under Rug Swept (2002), which debuted at number-one with 215,000 first week sales. Two subsequent singles, "Out Is Through" and "Eight Easy Steps", were released in July and October respectively, but neither managed to help improve album sales and both songs failed to enter the Hot 100.
It had been two years since Morissette released her fifth studio album, Under Rug Swept. In that time she had met her then fiancé Ryan Reynolds, inspiring many of the songs she wrote for So-Called Chaos. The album found her in a more contented and relaxed state than her previous output, 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."[2]
The first single, "Everything", was released to US radio in the spring of 2004, and was met with mixed reaction. US 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 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]."[10]
Commercial performanceedit
The album debuted at number two on the Canadian albums chart with first week sales of 11,200,[14] and at number five on the US Billboard 200, selling 115,000 copies in its first week in the US and 287,000 that same week worldwide.[15] In the United States, So-Called Chaos became Morissette's first album to miss the number-one spot. It spent a week in the US top ten before falling down the chart. As of March 2012, the album has sold 474,000 copies in the US.[16] The second single outside the US was "Out Is Through", which had a poor showing in the UK. The second US single was "Eight Easy Steps", which, despite being accompanied by an elaborate music video,[17] 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 40.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources So Called Chaos news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message So Called Chaos is the sixth studio album fourth released internationally by Canadian singer songwriter Alanis Morissette released on May 18 2004 through Maverick Records It was preceded by the single Everything on April 13 which went on to become Morissette s lowest peaking song on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 76 The album was met with mixed reviews from critics upon release with some calling it her most accessible record since Jagged Little Pill 1995 while others criticized the project s confusing messages and felt the singer had lost what made her a cultural icon of the 90s So Called ChaosStudio album by Alanis MorissetteReleasedMay 18 2004Recorded2003 2004StudioGroove Masters Santa Monica Village Recorder Los Angeles Henson Hollywood Stage and Sound Los AngelesGenreAlternative rock pop rock 1 Length41 05LabelMaverickProducerAlanis MorissetteTim ThorneyJohn ShanksAlanis Morissette chronologyFeast on Scraps 2002 So Called Chaos 2004 iTunes Originals Alanis Morissette 2004 Alanis Morissette studio album chronologyUnder Rug Swept 2002 So Called Chaos 2004 Flavors of Entanglement 2008 Singles from So Called Chaos Everything Released March 22 2004 Out Is Through Released July 19 2004 Eight Easy Steps Released October 19 2004 With 115 000 copies sold in its opening week So Called Chaos debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 and became Morissette s first international studio album not to reach the top of that chart It failed to surpass predecessor Under Rug Swept 2002 which debuted at number one with 215 000 first week sales Two subsequent singles Out Is Through and Eight Easy Steps were released in July and October respectively but neither managed to help improve album sales and both songs failed to enter the Hot 100 Contents 1 Background and release 2 Critical reception 3 Commercial performance 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 Charts 6 1 Weekly charts 6 2 Year end charts 6 3 Singles 6 4 Other charts 7 Certifications 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksBackground and release editIt had been two years since Morissette released her fifth studio album Under Rug Swept In that time she had met her then fiance Ryan Reynolds inspiring many of the songs she wrote for So Called Chaos The album found her in a more contented and relaxed state than her previous output 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 2 The first single Everything was released to US radio in the spring of 2004 and was met with mixed reaction US 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 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic56 100 3 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Blender nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Entertainment WeeklyC 6 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 PopMatters unfavorable 8 Robert Christgau nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 Slant Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 StylusF 12 Yahoo Music UK nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 13 Some reviews of So Called Chaos were positive with many critics calling it her most accessible and mainstream record since her 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 10 Commercial performance editThe album debuted at number two on the Canadian albums chart with first week sales of 11 200 14 and at number five on the US Billboard 200 selling 115 000 copies in its first week in the US and 287 000 that same week worldwide 15 In the United States So Called Chaos became Morissette s first album to miss the number one spot It spent a week in the US top ten before falling down the chart As of March 2012 the album has sold 474 000 copies in the US 16 The second single outside the US was Out Is Through which had a poor showing in the UK The second US single was Eight Easy Steps which despite being accompanied by an elaborate music video 17 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 40 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Alanis MorissetteNo TitleLength1 Eight Easy Steps 2 522 Out Is Through 3 523 Excuses 3 324 Doth I Protest Too Much 4 035 Knees of My Bees 3 386 So Called Chaos 5 037 Not All Me 3 588 This Grudge 5 079 Spineless 4 1510 Everything 4 36 Enhanced contentNo TitleLength11 Eight Easy Steps live from sessions AOL 12 Excuses live from sessions AOL 13 This Grudge acoustic 14 Making of So Called Chaos video Brazilian edition hidden trackNo TitleLength11 Offer 4 05Personnel editAlanis Morissette vocals producer piano keyboards art direction Eric Avery bass guitar Kenny Aronoff drums Paul Bushnell bass Scott Gordon programming engineer drum programming Jamie Muhoberac keyboards Tim Thorney acoustic guitar electric guitar bass piano keyboards producer Joel Shearer acoustic guitar bouzouki guitar electric guitar Paul Livingstone sitar John Shanks guitar bass keyboards producer Zac Rae piano keyboards vibraphone David Levita acoustic guitar electric guitar Jeff Rothschild programming engineer Jason Orme electric guitar Blair Sinta drums programming Technical Mark Valentine engineer Bill Lane Kevin Mills Errin Familia Rich Tosi Jason Wormer assistant engineer Chris Lord Alge mixing Stephen Marcussen mastering Frank Maddocks art direction design Shari Sutcliffe project coordinator Sheryl Nields photographyCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for So Called Close Chart 2004 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 18 15 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 19 1 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 20 13 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 21 8 Canadian Albums Billboard 22 2 Danish Albums Hitlisten 23 24 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 24 1 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 25 20 French Albums SNEP 26 5 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 27 1 Irish Albums IRMA 28 15 Italian Albums FIMI 29 4 Japanese Albums Oricon 30 13 Norwegian Albums VG lista 31 2 Portuguese Albums AFP 32 9 Scottish Albums OCC 33 12 Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 34 14 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 35 10 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 36 2 UK Albums OCC 37 8 US Billboard 200 38 5 Year end charts edit 2004 year end chart performance for So Called Chaos Chart 2004 Position Austrian Albums O3 Austria 39 21 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 40 68 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 41 28 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 42 23 US Billboard 200 43 188 Singles edit Year Title Chart positions CAN US Hot 100 US Hot 100 Airplay US Adult Top 40 US Top 40 Pop UK AUS 2004 Everything 3 76 75 4 36 22 15 Out Is Through 56 79 Eight Easy Steps 27 Other charts edit Single Chart 2004 Peakposition Everything Italian Singles Chart 6 Austrian Singles Chart 12 Norwegian Singles Chart 17 Swiss Singles Chart 22 Single Chart 2004 Peak position Everything Irish Singles Chart 26 German Singles Chart 29 French Singles Chart 63 Out Is Through UK Singles Chart 56 Swiss Singles Chart 67 German Singles Chart 75 Eight Easy Steps US Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play1 9 1 RemixesCertifications editCertifications and sales for So Called Chaos Region Certification Certified units sales Austria IFPI Austria 44 Gold 15 000 Brazil Pro Musica Brasil 45 Gold 50 000 Germany BVMI 46 Gold 100 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 47 Platinum 40 000 United Kingdom BPI 48 Silver 60 000 United States 474 000 16 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Notes edit https www allmusic com album so called chaos mw0000697023 ICE Magazine archive Metacritic score AllMusic review Blender review Archived November 22 2005 at the Wayback Machine So Called Chaos CD Alanis Morissette So Called Chaos The Guardian 2004 05 14 Archived from the original on 2022 10 30 PopMatters review Robert Christgau review a b Rolling Stone review Rolling Stone Archived from the original on April 30 2007 Retrieved 2007 01 25 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link 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Billboard Retrieved January 17 2021 Austrian album certifications Alanis Morissette So Called Chaos in German IFPI Austria Brazilian album certifications Alanis Morissette So Called Chaos in Portuguese Pro Musica Brasil Gold Platin Datenbank Alanis Morissette So called Chaos in German Bundesverband Musikindustrie The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community Awards So Called Chaos IFPI Switzerland Hung Medien British album certifications Alanis Morissette So Called Chaos British Phonographic Industry Selectalbumsin the Format field SelectSilverin the Certification field TypeSo Called Chaos in the Search BPI Awards field and then press Enter References edit Alanis Morissette Everything MusicSquare net Retrieved December 1 2006 Alanis Morissette Out Is Through MusicSquare net Retrieved December 1 2006 External links editSo Called Chaos at Metacritic nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title So Called Chaos amp oldid 1224012059, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
