All That Matters (Michael Bolton album)

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All That Matters
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Studio album by
Michael Bolton
ReleasedNovember 4, 1997
Recorded1996–97
Studio
  • A&M Studios, Conway Studios and Brandon's Way Recording (Hollywood, California)
  • Record Plant and Sierra Alegre Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
  • Bananaboat Studios (Burbank, California)
  • The Cave (Malibu, California)
  • Larrabee North (Studio City, California)
  • Soundcastle and Bindu Studio (Santa Monica, California)
  • The Bennett House (Franklin, Tennessee)
  • Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Right Track Recording, Sony Music Studios, Soundtrack Studios, Clinton Recording Studios, Quad Recording Studios and The Hit Factory (New York City, New York)
  • East Bay Studios (Tarrytown, New York)
  • Barking Dog Recording (Mount Kisco, New York)
  • Studio LaCoCo and Doppler Studios (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • Passion Studios (Westport, Connecticut)
Genre R&B, pop rock, adult contemporary, soft rock
Length64:34
Label Columbia
Producer
Michael Bolton chronology
This Is The Time: The Christmas Album
(1996)		All That Matters
(1997)		 My Secret Passion: The Arias
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C− [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

All That Matters is an album by Michael Bolton, released in 1997, and was his first studio album since 1993's The One Thing . Bolton was aided in production by Babyface and Tony Rich, and among the songwriters are Bolton, Diane Warren, Babyface, Lamont Dozier, Gary Burr, and Tony Rich.

Contents

Bolton recorded the pop version of "Go the Distance" for the soundtrack to the animated film Hercules . The song was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, but ultimately lost both to Celine Dion's hit "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic . "Go the Distance" peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and went to #1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, Bolton's ninth song to top this chart. [6] The song was also included on the All That Matters album.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Safe Place from the Storm"Michael Bolton, Diane Warren5:22
2."The Best of Love"Babyface, Bolton4:19
3."Let's Make a Long Story Longer"Bolton, Jamie Houston4:39
4."A Heart Can Only Be So Strong"Warren5:02
5."Fallin'"Tony Rich3:47
6."Forever's Just a Matter of Time"Bolton, Houston4:28
7."Whenever I Remember Loving You"Bolton, Gary Burr 4:26
8."Show Her the Way"Bolton, Barry J. Eastmond4:42
9."Why Me"Babyface, Bolton, Lamont Dozier4:36
10."Can't Get Close Enough to You"Bolton, Eastmond, Houston4:46
11."Let There Be Love"Bolton, Houston5:23
12."Pleasure or Pain"Bolton, Rich, Warren4:06
13."Go the Distance"Alan Menken, David Zippel4:40
14."When There Are No Words" (bonus track on the UK version)Bolton, Antonio Jeffries4:16

Personnel

Production

Technical

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [7] Platinum100,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [8] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [9] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [10] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. All That Matters at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Browne, David (November 21, 1997). "White Noise". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved November 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (1997-11-14). "Music: This week's pop CD releases". The Guardian .
  4. ↑ Gardner, Elysa (November 20, 1997). "You're making your list and we've made ours: tons of ideas for presents--even for those hardest to please. : From Elton to Boyz to Celine to Dylan, It's an Album Bull Market". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 90. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 36.
  7. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Michael Bolton – All That Matters". Music Canada . Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  8. ↑ Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. p. 947. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
  9. ↑ "British album certifications – Michael Bolton – All That Matters". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  10. ↑ "American album certifications – Michael Bolton – All That Matters". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved February 10, 2022.
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