Happy Nowhere Explained

Happy Nowhere
Type:	Album
Artist:	Dog's Eye View
Cover:	Happy Nowhere.jpg
Released:	October 10, 1995
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	58:31
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	James Barton, Peter Stuart
Next Title:	Daisy
Next Year:	1997

Happy Nowhere is the debut studio album by the American rock band Dog's Eye View. The album is best known for its lead single, "Everything Falls Apart", which achieved considerable airplay and chart success in 1996.

The album was released at select retail locations in October 1995.^[1] Happy Nowhere received a nationwide release in the United States on January 30, 1996.^[1]

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Daily News wrote: "Packed with catchy, well-constructed acoustic-based songs with peppy up-to-date arrangements, Happy Nowhere ... reveals why Stuart was taken under the wing of both Counting Crows and Tori Amos on tour."^[2]

Chart

The album reached number one on the Billboard Heatseekers and number seventy-seven on the Billboard 200.^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Peter Stuart; except where indicated.

1. "I Wish I Was Here" – 5:48
2. "Everything Falls Apart" – 3:54
3. "Small Wonders" – 4:02
4. "The Prince's Favorite Son" – 4:06
5. "Cottonmouth" – 4:24
6. "Haywire" – 5:59
7. "Would You Be Willing" – 3:02
8. "Speed of Silence" – 4:17
9. "Waterline" – 3:56
10. "What I Know Now" – 3:23
11. "Subject To Change" (Arch Alcantara and Peter Stuart) – 4:35
12. "Bulletproof and Bleeding" – 4:25
13. "Shine" – 6:40

Personnel

• John Abbey – double bass, electric bass, guitarrón, cello, guitar
• Alan Bezozi – drums, percussion
• Oren Bloedow – electric guitar, baritone guitar, lap steel guitar, classical guitar, resonator guitar
• Marvin Etzioni – mandolin, electric guitar
• Danny Frankel – percussion
• Brad Peterson – backing vocals
• Peter Stuart – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Notes and References

1. News: Carrie. Borzillo. Things Fall Into Place For Columbia's Dog's Eye View (page 12). . April 20, 1996 . September 25, 2012.
2. News: Shuster . Fred . Pop . Los Angeles Daily News . 16 Feb 1996 . L25.
3. News: Dog's Eye View's Happy Nowhere Awards . . June 12, 2012.
4. News: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=dog's eye view|chart=all}} Happy Nowhere – Dog's Eye View]. . June 12, 2012.