''Only Everything'' is the second solo album by Juliana Hatfield, released in 1995. Two singles with accompanying

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s were released from the album: "What a Life" and "Universal Heart-Beat." "Universal Heart-Beat" peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's

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in 1995.

Overview

Upon its release in 1995, ''Only Everything'' was notable for its sound, which was more aggressive than Hatfield's previous work. Produced by Paul Q. Kolderie and

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, who had previously produced

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's very successful '' Live Through This'', the album features heavily distorted guitar tones with catchy pop songs.ALBUM REVIEW : JULIANA HATFIELD, "Only Everything" https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-02-ca-49832-story.html

Critical reception

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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." ''

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'' 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.'”

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes. * Juliana Hatfield – all vocals, all guitars, piano (1, 5, 7, 14), Wurlitzer piano (3), bass guitar (5, 7, 11, 12, 14), hand beats (8),

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(12) * Jim Fitting – baritone saxophone (4) * Dean Fisher – bass guitar (1-4, 6-10, 13) *

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– drums (1, 3-6, 9, 10, 14) * Mike Levesque – drums (2, 7, 11-13) * Paul Q. Kolderie –

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(8) *

– drum machine (8),

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(8) * Walter Sear –

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(4)

Production

*Producers: Juliana Hatfield, Paul Q. Kolderie,

*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

References

{{Authority control Juliana Hatfield albums 1995 albums Albums produced by Paul Q. Kolderie Albums produced by Sean Slade