music.wikisort.org - Composition

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 90's.

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs additional citations for verification. (August 2019) This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. (October 2020)

So-Called Chaos
Studio album by Alanis Morissette
Released	May 18, 2004
Recorded	2003–2004
Studio	Groovemasters, Santa Monica The Village Recorder, Los Angeles Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles Stage and Sound, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock
Length	41:05
Label	Maverick
Producer	Alanis Morissette Tim Thorney John Shanks
Alanis Morissette chronology
Feast on Scraps (2002) So-Called Chaos (2004) iTunes Originals – Alanis Morissette (2004)
Alanis Morissette studio album chronology
Under 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 studio album not to open atop the 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.

Background and release

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."[1]

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

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	56/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Blender	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[5]
The Guardian	[6]
PopMatters	(unfavorable)[7]
Robert Christgau	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Slant Magazine	[10]
Stylus	F[11]
Yahoo! Music UK	[12]

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]."[9]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number two on the Canadian albums chart with first week sales of 11,200,[13] 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.[14] 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.[15] 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,[16] 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

Personnel

• Alanis 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 – photography

Charts

Singles

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

Certifications

Certifications and sales for So-Called Chaos

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[42]	Gold	15,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[43]	Gold	50,000*
Germany (BVMI)[44]	Gold	100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[45]	Platinum	40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[46]	Silver	60,000^
United States	—	474,000[15]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

References

• "Alanis Morissette - Everything". MusicSquare.net. Retrieved December 1, 2006.
• "Alanis Morissette - Out Is Through". MusicSquare.net. Retrieved December 1, 2006.

External links

• So-Called Chaos at Metacritic

На других языках

---

[de] So-Called Chaos

So-Called Chaos ist das am 17. Mai 2004 veröffentlichte sechste Studioalbum der US-amerikanisch-kanadischen Sängerin Alanis Morissette. In dem Album, dessen Songs allesamt von ihr selbst geschrieben wurden, verarbeitet sie die Romanze mit dem kanadischen Schauspieler Ryan Reynolds, mit dem sie sich später verlobte.[3] Aufgenommen wurde das Album im Jahr 2003 in verschiedenen Studios in den kalifornischen Städten Los Angeles und Santa Monica.

---

- [en] So-Called Chaos

---

[es] So-Called Chaos

So-Called Chaos es el sexto álbum de estudio y el cuarto lanzado internacionalmente de la intérprete canadiense Alanis Morissette, lanzado en mayo de 2004. La placa debutó en el número 2 en Canadá y en el número cinco en el US Billboard 200 vendiendo 115 000 copias en los Estados Unidos en su primera semana. Los sencillos fueron "Everything", "Out Is Through" y por último "Eight Easy Steps". El sencillo "Excuses" fue lanzado solo en Brasil donde alcanzó el top 40. Para septiembre de 2008 el álbum había vendido alrededor de 3 millones de copias en el mundo, de las cuales 470 000 habían sido vendidas en los Estados Unidos.

---

[ru] So-Called Chaos

So-Called Chaos — четвёртый студийный (шестой в Канаде) альбом Аланис Мориссетт, вышел в мае 2004 года. В США было продано 472 000 копий альбома[1].

---

---