Only Everything

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Only Everything
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 28, 1995
Studio
GenreAlternative rock
Length51:20
LabelMammoth/Atlantic[2]
ProducerJuliana Hatfield
Paul Q. Kolderie
Sean Slade
Juliana Hatfield chronology
Become What You Are
(1993)
Only Everything
(1995)
Bed
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[2]
Spin7/10[5]

Only Everything is a solo album by Juliana Hatfield, released in 1995.[6][7] Two singles with accompanying music videos were released from the album: "What a Life" and "Universal Heart-Beat." "Universal Heart-Beat" peaked at #5 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks in 1995.

Overview[edit]

Upon its release in 1995, Only Everything was notable for its sound, which was more aggressive than Hatfield's previous work.[3][8] Produced by Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade, who had previously produced Hole's very successful Live Through This, the album uses heavily distorted guitar tone with catchy pop songs.[9]

Critical reception[edit]

AllMusic wrote that "even with the improved musicianship, Hatfield isn't able to deliver consistently impressive songs, occasionally relying on her cuteness to cover underdeveloped lyrics and pedestrian melodies."[3] Trouser Press wrote that "Hatfield cranked it up on Only Everything without losing her instinctive pop charms or her treatises on what she describes as 'white, middle-class angst.'”[10]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Juliana Hatfield

No.TitleLength
1."What a Life"3:22
2."Fleur de Lys"3:45
3."Universal Heart-Beat"3:25
4."Dumb Fun"3:26
5."Live on Tomorrow"2:59
6."Dying Proof"2:50
7."Bottles and Flowers"5:25
8."Outsider"3:16
9."OK OK"2:38
10."Congratulations"4:42
11."Hang Down from Heaven"3:22
12."My Darling"2:52
13."Simplicity Is Beautiful"4:14
14."You Blues"5:04
Total length:51:20

Personnel[edit]

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.[1]

Production[edit]

  • Producers: Juliana Hatfield, Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade
  • Engineers: Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade
  • Assistant engineers: Edward Douglas, Bill Emmons, Fred Kevorkian, Carl Plaster
  • Mixing: Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade
  • Art direction: Thomas Bricker
  • Photography: Michael Lavine
  • Cover art: "Buffalo Medicine" by John Nieto (1994)

Charts[edit]

Chart (1995) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[11] 96
UK Albums Chart 59

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Only Everything (CD liner notes). Juliana Hatfield. USA: Atlantic & Mammoth Records. 1995. 92540-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 530.
  3. ^ a b c "Only Everything - Juliana Hatfield | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Spins". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. May 13, 1995 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Juliana Hatfield by Steven Cantor - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. April 1995.
  7. ^ MTV News Staff. "Juliana Hatfield Cancels Tour, Stressed To The Max". MTV News.
  8. ^ Buckley, Peter (October 13, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ ALBUM REVIEW : JULIANA HATFIELD, "Only Everything" http://articles.latimes.com/1995-04-02/entertainment/ca-49832_1_juliana-hatfield
  10. ^ "Juliana Hatfield". Trouser Press. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Juliana Hatfield". Billboard.