Happenstance
by Rachael Yamagata
- Type: Album
- Released: 8 June 2004
- Label: RCA Records
- Country: United States
- Length: 53:56
- Community rating: 3.4/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The debut full-length by singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata, 'Happenstance' was produced by John Alag铆a and recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas, with Kevin Salem producing 'Paper Doll'. It had sold 143,000 copies by August 2007, and Yamagata arrived at it after six years touring and recording as the vocalist of the Chicago band Bumpus.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic
Tracklist
- Be Be Your Love (4:12)
- Letter Read (3:44)
- Worn Me Down (3:42)
- Paper Doll (5:15)
- I'll Find a Way (5:16)
- 1963 (4:02)
- Under My Skin (4:12)
- Meet Me By the Water (4:00)
- Even So (4:19)
- I Want You (2:56)
- Reason Why (5:07)
- Moments with Oliver (1:03)
- Quiet (6:02)
Credits
- Rachael Yamagata - primary artist, arranged by, vocals, piano, electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer, tambourine, written-by
- Frank London - arranged by, trumpet
- Lisa Gutkin - arranged by, violin
- Norbert Stachel - arranged by, clarinet
- Oliver Kraus - arranged by, strings, cello
- Aaron Comess - drums, drums, percussion
- Mark Batson - piano, lead guitar, written-by
- Matt Walker - drums, percussion
- Helicopter - art direction, design
- Ted Young - engineer [assistant], recorded by [assistant]
- Steve Ralbovsky - a&r
- Marty Diamond - booking [agent]
- Jon Altschiller - engineer [additional]
- Niko Bolas - engineer [additional]
- Alex Dixon - engineer [assistant]
- Oswald Bowe - engineer [assistant]
- Nicole Martin - management
- Peter Leak - management
- Ted Jensen - mastered by
- Kevin Westenberg - photography by
- Dan Wilson - written-by
- John Altschiller - recorded by