Everything's Eventual (album)

Everything's Eventual
Studio album by Appleton
Released	February 24, 2003
Recorded	January–May 2002
Studio	Riff Raff Sphere Metropolis
Genre	Pop [1]
Length	51:42
Label	Polydor
Producer	Gareth Young Craigie Dodds Marius de Vries Carsten Kroeyer Mike Rowe Peter de Hallivand Mike Spencer Hank Hughes Martin Harrington Ash Howes
Singles from Everything's Eventual
"Fantasy" Released: September 2, 2002 "Don't Worry" Released: February 10, 2003 "Everything Eventually" Released: July 14, 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment.ie	mixed [3]
Gaffa	[4]
The Guardian	[5]
The Independent	negative [6]
Manchester Evening News	positive [7]
Q	4/5

Everything's Eventual is the only studio album by Canadian duo Appleton, made up of sisters Natalie and Nicole Appleton. It was released on February 24, 2003, through Polydor Records. Three singles were released from the album: "Fantasy", "Don't Worry" and "Everything Eventually". The album and singles performed reasonably well on the UK charts; however, the label thought that 70,000 copies sold was too little for their contract, and this eventually led to Appleton being dropped by Polydor. ^[8]

Demon Music Group released the first-ever 12-inch vinyl versions of the album on June 17, 2023, to celebrate 20 years since its first release. Purple- and white-coloured versions were pressed with original album art, lyrics and photographs. ^[9]

Background

Natalie and Nicole Appleton had been part of the successful girl group All Saints from 1996 until the band announced in February 2001 that they were to take a break so that they "could clear the air between themselves". ^[10] The sisters wanted to continue performing and making music so went into the recording studio to try out some songs, the result being Everything's Eventual. ^[11] "We created the album ourselves off our own backs so there was no need to change any elements when we signed our new deal. It has just been mixed since we signed to Polydor," the duo said. "We love our All Saints fans and hope we can also attract new fans as our music has developed. We've been enjoying playing around with new ideas in the studio with no limits and it’s a new beginning for us." ^[12]

The album is named after the Stephen King short story collection Everything's Eventual , since Natalie Appleton is a great admirer of him. The album was initially to be named Aloud ^[12] but the name was changed to avoid any association with then labelmates Girls Aloud. ^[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Fantasy"	Andy Hayman	Gareth Young	Young	3:49
2.	"Don't Worry"	Damien Hastings Natalie Appleton	Craigie Dodds Hastings	Dodds	4:44
3.	"Hallelujah"	Natalie Appleton	Carsten Kroeyer Stephen Garrikk	Kroeyer	4:27
4.	"Everything Eventually"	Natalie Appleton Nicole Appleton	Alexis Smith Marius de Vries	de Vries	4:47
5.	"M.W.A."	Peter de Havilland	de Havilland	de Havilland	3:39
6.	"Ring-A-Ding-Ding"	Natalie Appleton	de Vries	de Vries	6:31
7.	"Supernaturally"	Mike Spencer Liz Horseman	Spencer Horseman	Ash Howes Martin Harrington Spencer	3:41
8.	"All Grown Up"	Nicole Appleton	Mike Rowe	Rowe	4:23
9.	"Waiting for Your Love"	Natalie Appleton	Kroeyer	Howes Harrington	3:34
10.	"5am"	Hastings Natalie Appleton	Hastings	Guy Farley Graeme Pleeth Howes Harrington	4:13
11.	"Long Long Road"	Charlise Rickwood	Hank Hughes	Howes Hughes Harrington	4:16
12.	"Anyone"	Natalie Appleton Nicole Appleton Hayman	Young	Howes Harrington	3:33
13.	"Blow My Mind" (UK bonus track)	Natalie Appleton Hayman	Young		3:48

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes. ^[14]

Musicians

• Roger Benou – bass guitar (track 11)
• Simon Benson – double bass (tracks 4, 6)
• Leon Bosch – double bass (tracks 4, 6)
• Marcus Brown – backing vocals (track 10)
• COOL Music – orchestral contractors (tracks 2, 10)
• Caroline Dale – cello (track 2)
• Seton Daunt – additional guitars (tracks 2, 3, 7, 10), additional bass guitar (tracks 2, 7), guitar (track 9)
• Geoff Dugmore – drums & Percussion (track 2)
• Phil Dukes – strings (track 2)
• Matt Exelby – guitar (track 1), bass guitar (track 1)
• Guy Farley – strings arrangement (track 2), keyboards (track 2), orchestral arrangements (track 10), piano (track 10)
• Stephen Garrikk – piano (track 3)
• Paul Gendler – electric guitar (tracks 4, 6), acoustic guitar (track 4, 6)
• Janice Graham – strings (track 2)
• Isobel Griffiths – strings contractor (tracks 4, 6)
• Simon Hale – piano (track 12), keyboards (track 12)
• Lynda Houghton – double bass (tracks 4, 6)
• Hank Hughes – keyboards (track 11)
• Rob Johnson – guitar (track 2)
• Carsten Kroeyer – keyboards (track 9), electronic sounds (track 9)
• Tony McAnaney – bass guitar (track 10), acoustic guitar (track 10)
• Melanie Marshall – backing vocals (track 2)
• David Rainger – guitar (track 3), additional guitar (track 9)
• Lucy Rowe – backing vocals (track 1)
• Mary Scully – double bass (tracks 4, 6)
• C. Slaski – director (track 10)
• Alexis Smith – keyboards (tracks 4, 6)
• Harvey de Souza – strings (track 2)
• Steve Sidelnyk – drum programming (track 7)
• John Themis – guitar (track 2)
• Marius de Vries – keyboards (tracks 4, 6)
• Allen Walley – bass (tracks 4, 6)
• Gareth Young – guitar (track 1)

Technical

• James Bailes – production assistant (track 5)
• Andy Bradfield – mixing (tracks 4, 6)
• Marcus Brown – original programming (track 10)
• Baz Cox – engineer (tracks 1, 13)
• Craigie Dodds – producer (track 2)
• Chris Elliott – musical director (tracks 4, 6)
• Guy Farley – additional production (tracks 2, 5), vocal recording (track 5), original production (track 10), orchestral production (track 10)
• Jack Guy – engineer (track 2)
• Martin Harrington – additional production (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 10), additional mixing (tracks 3, 5, 10), co-producer (tracks 7, 11), producer (tracks 9, 12)
• Peter de Havilland – producer (track 5), vocal recording (track 5)
• Ash Howes – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 7–9, 11–13), additional mixing (tracks 3, 5, 10), additional production (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 10), co-producer (tracks 7, 11), producer (tracks 9, 12)
• Hank Hughes – co-producer (track 11)
• Stephen Kennedy – design & art direction
• Carsten Kroeyer – producer (track 3), engineer (track 3), programming (tracks 3, 9), production concept (track 9)
• Graeme Pleeth – original guitars recording (track 2), orchestral production (track 10)
• Sean McNemony – photography
• Mike Ross Trevor – London engineer (track 10)
• Mike Rowe – producer (track 8)
• James Sanger – additional programming (tracks 2, 3, 5), programming (tracks 7– 9, 12, 13)
• Alexis Smith – programming (tracks 4, 6)
• Mike Spencer – co-producer (track 7)
• Chris Tuck – programming (track 2)
• Marius de Vries – producer (tracks 4, 6)
• Pat Walters – production assistant (track 5)
• Richard Wilkinson – additional engineering & programming (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–12)
• Gareth Young – producer (tracks 1, 13)
• Tim Young – mastering (all tracks)
• Recorded at Riff Raff, Cornwall; Sphere, Monroe and Metropolis, London

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Irish Albums (IRMA) [15]	49
Scottish Albums (OCC) [16]	9
UK Albums (OCC) [17]	9

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [18]	Silver	60,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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