Only Everything Explained

Only Everything
Type:	Album
Artist:	Juliana Hatfield
Cover:	Juliana Hatfield - Only Everything.jpg
Released:	March 28, 1995
Studio:	Fort Apache (Cambridge) Sear Sound (New York City) The Magic Shop (New York City)^[1]
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	51:20
Label:	Mammoth/Atlantic
Producer:	Juliana Hatfield Paul Q. Kolderie Sean Slade
Prev Title:	Become What You Are
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Bed
Next Year:	1998

Only Everything is a solo album by Juliana Hatfield, released in 1995.^{[2] [3]} Two singles with accompanying music videos were released from the album: "What a Life" and "Universal Heart-Beat." "Universal Heart-Beat" peaked at #5 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks in 1995.

Overview

Upon its release in 1995, Only Everything was notable for its sound, which was more aggressive than Hatfield's previous work.^[4] Produced by Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade, who had previously produced Hole's very successful Live Through This, the album features heavily distorted guitar tones with catchy pop songs.^[5]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "even with the improved musicianship, Hatfield isn't able to deliver consistently impressive songs, occasionally relying on her cuteness to cover underdeveloped lyrics and pedestrian melodies." Trouser Press wrote that "Hatfield cranked it up on Only Everything without losing her instinctive pop charms or her treatises on what she describes as 'white, middle-class angst.'”^[6]

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD liner notes.

• Juliana Hatfield – all vocals, all guitars, piano (1, 5, 7, 14), Wurlitzer piano (3), bass guitar (5, 7, 11, 12, 14), hand beats (8), Mellotron (12)
• Jim Fitting – baritone saxophone (4)
• Dean Fisher – bass guitar (1-4, 6-10, 13)
• Josh Freese – drums (1, 3-6, 9, 10, 14)
• Mike Levesque – drums (2, 7, 11-13)
• Paul Q. Kolderie – drum machine (8)
• Sean Slade – drum machine (8), clavinet (8)
• Walter Sear – theremin (4)

Production

• Producers: Juliana Hatfield, Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade
• Engineers: Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade
• Assistant engineers: Edward Douglas, Bill Emmons, Fred Kevorkian, Carl Plaster
• Mixing: Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade
• Art direction: Thomas Bricker
• Photography: Michael Lavine
• Cover art: "Buffalo Medicine" by John Nieto (1994)

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[7]	96
UK Albums Chart	59

Notes and References

1. Only Everything . Juliana Hatfield . 1995 . CD liner notes . Atlantic & Mammoth Records . 92540-2 . USA.
2. Web site: Juliana Hatfield by Steven Cantor - BOMB Magazine. bombmagazine.org. April 1995 .
3. Web site: Juliana Hatfield Cancels Tour, Stressed To The Max. MTV News Staff. MTV News.
4. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. October 13, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.
5. ALBUM REVIEW : JULIANA HATFIELD, "Only Everything" https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-02-ca-49832-story.html
6. Web site: Juliana Hatfield . Trouser Press . 13 October 2020.
7. Juliana Hatfield. Billboard.