So-called chaos

So-called chaos
Alanis Morissette's studio album
Publication (s)	May 18, 2004 United Kingdom
admission	2003
Label (s)	Maverick Records
Genre (s)	Pop rock , alternative rock
Title (number)	10
running time	46:14
occupation	Singing : Alanis Morissette Acoustic guitar : Joel Shearer Electric guitar : David Levita, Jason Orme Electric guitar, keyboard : John Shanks Keyboard: Jamie Muhoberac Piano , keyboard, vibraphone : Zac Rae Bass : Paul Bushnell, Tim Thorney Drums : Kenny Aronoff, Blair Sinta
production	Alanis Morissette, John Shanks
Studio (s)	Groovemasters , Santa Monica The Village Recorder , Los Angeles Henson Studios , Los Angeles Stage and Sound , Los Angeles
chronology Feast on Scraps (2002) So-called chaos Jagged Little Pill Acoustic (2005)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

So-called chaos   DE 1 05/31/2004 (19 weeks)   AT 1 05/30/2004 (20 weeks)   CH 2 05/30/2004 (19 weeks)   UK 8th 05/29/2004 (4 weeks)   US 5 06/05/2004 (14 weeks)

Singles

Everything   DE 29 05/17/2004 (9 weeks)   AT 12 05/16/2004 (12 weeks)   CH 22nd 05/16/2004 (12 weeks)   UK 22nd 05/22/2004 (3 weeks)   US 76 06/05/2004 (9 weeks) Out is through   DE 75 07/19/2004 (4 weeks)   CH 67 08/08/2004 (1 week)   UK 56 07/31/2004 (1 week)

So-Called Chaos is the sixth studio album released on May 17, 2004 by the American - Canadian singer Alanis Morissette . In the album, the songs of which were all written by herself, she processes the romance with the Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds , with whom she later became engaged. The album was recorded in 2003 in various studios in the California cities of Los Angeles and Santa Monica .

Chart successes

The album debuted at number two on the Canadian album charts with 11,200 sales, as well as at number five on the US Billboard Top 200 with 115,000 copies sold in the first week after release. Worldwide, 887,000 albums were sold in the first week. As of September 2008, 470,000 albums had been sold in the United States. The second single released outside the United States was after Out Is Through , but it had only moderate success in the UK. The second US single was Eight Easy Steps , which, despite an elaborate music video, did not make it into the Top 100 charts. Excuses was released as a radio single in Brazil.

Track list

The German edition of the album contains only ten titles, while other editions are supplemented with bonus tracks or multimedia files.

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

reception

Alexander Cordas sees a “more positive basic tendency” on laut.de than in previous albums and says “The change in thinking results in a more subdued emotionality, which does not mean, however, that she is content with superficialities.” Morissette could “conflict now too to gain positive sides where she was previously just frustrated and angry. ”He rates her unconventionality positively and that the“ cliché ballad is not in sight ”. Alanis "avoided the shallow tones on most of the tracks" and "freed himself from the shackles of the past". The once "angry young lady from" Jagged Little Pill "times has given way to a self-confident woman who seems to have found her peace".

Stephen Thomas Erlewine says in the All Music Guide , "[...] she's certainly never recorded an album where she seems so in love and at peace as she has with her fourth album, So-Called Chaos." (... she certainly never has an album recorded, in which she appears as in love as her fourth album, So - called Chaos.) "[...] but as an overall record, it's her most satisfying since her blockbuster breakthrough." (All in all, it's her best album since her breakthrough)

In the culture magazine Kulturnews it is said “[...] with her fourth album she can easily rock with the first guard again. [...] it's wilder and less thought-provoking than the last two records. " Q Magazine judged:" The most solid collection of AOR (Adult Oriented Rock) you're likely to encounter this year. " which you will encounter this year.) and rated it with "3 out of 5 stars".

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold 1 × platinum	190,000

Main article: Alanis Morissette / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sources chart placements: DE / AT / CH
2. ↑ So-Called Chaos in the Official UK Charts (English)
3. ^ All Music Guide Review So-called Chaos
4. ^ "Krall beats out Alanis on charts" . Jam! Showbiz dated May 26, 2004, accessed January 25, 2007.
5. ↑ "Usher Album Remains On Top" . Billboard dated May 26, 2004, accessed January 25, 2007.
6. ↑ Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard - Losing 'Flavor'" ( September 24, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive ). Billboard dated September 8, 2008.
7. ↑ Cohen, Jonathan. "Alanis 'Steps' Back Into The Past In New Video" . Billboard dated August 13, 2004, accessed January 25, 2007.
8. ↑ Chaos and anger are no longer in the foreground. Review by Alexander Cordas on laut.de
9. ↑ All Music Guide
10. ↑ Amazon.de
11. ↑ CD Universe product information

Web links

• Official website for the album release ( Memento from November 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (requires Flash )