Everything You Want (Vertical Horizon album)

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Everything You Want
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Studio album by
Vertical Horizon
ReleasedJune 15, 1999
Recorded1998
Genre
Length45:45
Label RCA
Producer
Vertical Horizon chronology
Live Stages
(1997)		Everything You Want
(1999)		 Go
(2003)
Singles from Everything You Want
  1. "We Are"
    Released: April 26, 1999 [1]
  2. "Everything You Want"
    Released: October 19, 1999 [2]
  3. "You're a God"
    Released: June 13, 2000 [3]
  4. "Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)"
    Released: January 8, 2001 [4]
Professional ratings
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Everything You Want is the third studio album by Vertical Horizon [6] and its first major label effort. [7] Released in 1999, it was a breakthrough album for the band. [8] Four singles were released from the album. [9] The second single, "Everything You Want", became one of the most played singles of 2000, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 . In 2001, the album was certified double platinum by the RIAA, having sold two million copies in the United States, making it the band's best selling album. [10]

Contents

Background

In the late 1990s, Vertical Horizon's indie albums began to attract record executives from several record labels. [11] The band signed with RCA Records in 1998. [11]

Release and commercial success

The album was released on June 15, 1999. [12] The album's first single was "We Are", which managed to reach the Modern Rock Tracks chart and peaked at no. 21. [13] The album's second single was "Everything You Want". The song became a massive hit, reaching number one at the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Adult Top 40 chart and becoming Billboard's Most Played Single of 2000. [8] "Everything You Want" remains Vertical Horizon's most successful single. [14] Two other singles from the album, "You're a God" and "Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)", were also hits; they peaked at 23 and 58, respectively, at the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [15]

The album peaked at number 40 at the Billboard 200 albums chart and number three at the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. [15]

Track listing

All songs written by Matt Scannell, except "Shackled" by Keith Kane.

  1. "We Are" – 4:00
  2. "You're a God" – 3:38
  3. "Everything You Want" – 4:17
  4. "Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)" – 4:30
  5. "You Say" – 3:58
  6. "Finding Me" – 4:32
  7. "Miracle" – 4:22
  8. "Send It Up" – 3:42
  9. "Give You Back" – 4:22
  10. "All of You" – 3:04
  11. "Shackled" – 5:19

Personnel

Vertical Horizon [16]

Additional personnel [16]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Everything You Want
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [22] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [23] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Vertical Horizon Moves Up with ACA Debut 'Everything'". Billboard . Vol. 11, no. 20. May 15, 1999. p. 14. ...on April 26 RCA shipped the first radio single, 'We Are,' to modern rock, mainstream rock, triple-A, and modern adult formats...
  2. ↑ "Alternative: Going for Adds". Radio & Records . No. 1321. October 15, 1999. p. 204.
  3. ↑ "Alternative: Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1354. June 9, 2000. p. 122.
  4. ↑ "Hot AC: Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1382. December 22, 2000. p. 72.
  5. ↑ Allmusic review
  6. ↑ "Christina Aguilera to Enrique Iglesias: No.1 Songs From 2000". Billboard.
  7. ↑ Tribune, Allison Stewart Special to the. "Vertical Horizon is enjoying their hard-won success". chicagotribune.com.
  8. 1 2 "Vertical Horizon to headline World Food & Music Festival in Des Moines". Des Moines Register. August 13, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  9. ↑ Moser, John J. "REVIEW: Vertical Horizon at Musikfest Cafe strong, but not everything you want; Tonic still has kick". mcall.com.
  10. ↑ "Gold and Platinum Database Search" . Retrieved June 18, 2009.
  11. 1 2 Inc, Nielsen Business Media (May 12, 2001). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  12. ↑ "Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  13. ↑ "Artist Search for "vertical horizon"". AllMusic.
  14. ↑ "Vertical Horizon". Billboard.
  15. 1 2 "Album Search for "everything you want"". AllMusic.
  16. 1 2 Everything You Want (booklet). RCA. 1999.
  17. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 294.
  18. ↑ "Vertical Horizon Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Vertical Horizon Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  20. ↑ "Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000". Jam! . Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  22. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Vertical Horizon – Everything You Want". Music Canada . Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  23. ↑ "American album certifications – Vertical Horizon – Everything You Want". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved July 3, 2022.
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