Happy? by Jann Arden (CD, May-2005, A&M (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	731454078924
Artist:	Jann Arden
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2005
Record Label:	A&M (USA)
Genre:	Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Sound Of, The
2. Leave Me Now
3. I Know You
4. Holy Moses
5. Wishing That
6. Saved
7. Ode to a Friend
8. Shooting Horses
9. Weeds
10. Hangin' by a Thread
11. To Sir With Love

Details
Playing Time:	46 min.
Contributing Artists:	Dillon O'Brian
Producer:	Jann Arden, Ed Cherney, Mark Goldenberg
Distributor:	Fontana Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Jann Arden (vocals); Mark Goldenberg (various instruments); Greg Leisz (acoustic, electric, slide, lap steel, pedal steel & baritone guitars); Russell Broom (electric guitar); Bill Reichenbach (bass trombone); Jeffrey Vanston (piano, keyboards, Wurlitzer, synthesizer, percussion programming); Mike Lent, James Hutchinson, Jennifer Condos (bass); Jim Keltner, Kenny Aronoff (drums, percussion); Debra Dobkin, Lenny Castro (percussion); Dillon O'Brian, Lin Elder (background vocals).Recorded at Groove Masters Studio, Santa Monica, California.Personnel: Jann Arden (vocals, background vocals); Mark Goldenberg (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, piano); Greg Leisz (acoustic guitar, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, bass guitar); Russel Brom (electric guitar); Bill Reichenbach Jr. (bass trombone); Jeffrey "C.J." Vanston (piano, Wurlitzer organ, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion programming); Jim Keltner, Kenny Aronoff (drums, percussion); Lenny Castro, Debra Dobkin (percussion); Dillon O'Brian, Lim Elder (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Duane Seykora; Ed Cherney .Recording information: Groove Masters Studio, Santa Monica, CA; shabby Road Studio.Arranger: Mark Goldenberg.Living Under June solidified Jann Arden's status as a hitmaker in Canada, and it also broke the American market open for her, thanks to the single "Insensitive." While her follow-up, Happy?, doesn't have anything quite as instantly catchy as that song, it does have a number of well-crafted, melodic, introspective songs confirming that Living Under June was not a fluke. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Editorial Reviews
If you've been whipped by love and need a cathartic tear-letting, sad-girl singer-songwriter Arden's third album might be just the thing--especially if you like your pain to go down easy... - Rating: B
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