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Careful Confessions (2004)

Where the lyrics of Careful Confessions take you, and where it was really made.

Several songs on this 2004 debut were re-recorded for her major-label album Little Voice, so the same songs now exist in two versions.

Key places

Where Careful Confessions was recorded and mixed (2004)

Recording site Cocoa-Butt — The album was recorded and mixed at Asylum Recording Studios in Culver City, California, over roughly a one-month period in 2003. The point marks the city centre, not the studio building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Careful Confessions: 2004 debut studio album by Sara Bareilles
• Independently produced
• Seven studio tracks plus four songs recorded during live performances, 11 tracks in total
• Track 3 carries additional composition credit to Javier Dunn
• All other songs written and composed by Bareilles

Background

• Several songs later re-recorded for Little Voice, her second album and major-label debut
• Bareilles sang in Awaken, the college a cappella group she belonged to while attending UCLA
• Gabriel Mann, her college friend, had produced two albums for Awaken
• Mann is a singer/songwriter, music producer, television and video game music composer, and a member of the Los Angeles alternative rock band The Rescues

Recording

• Recorded and mixed at Asylum Recording Studios in Culver City, California
• Sessions ran over roughly a one-month period in 2003
• Bareilles produced the album alongside Gabriel Mann
• Mixed by Gabriel Mann according to the Discogs credit
• Personnel: Bareilles on piano and vocals; Josh Day on drums and percussion; Travis Carlton on bass; Javier Dunn on guitar
• Mona Tavakoli on drums and background vocals on tracks 8 to 10; Chaska Potter on background vocals on tracks 8 to 10
• Josh Archibec on bass on tracks 9 and 10

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born December 7, 1979 in Eureka, California.
• Studied communication studies at UCLA and sang in the co-ed a cappella group Awaken a Cappella.
• Taught herself several instruments, including piano.

Career

• Self-published the debut album Careful Confessions in 2004, then signed with Epic Records in 2005.
• Breakthrough album Little Voice (2007); lead single "Love Song" peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Kaleidoscope Heart (2010) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200; The Blessed Unrest (2013) earned a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year.
• Composed music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Waitress (2015), earning Tony and Grammy nominations.
• Known for television work, including Mary Magdalene in NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018) and the lead role in Girls5eva.
• Won two Grammy Awards, and was nominated for several Primetime Emmy and Tony Awards.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Debut studio album by Sara Bareilles, released in 2004
• Independently produced, before her major-label signing
• Seven studio tracks and four songs recorded during live performances
• Mixed by Gabriel Mann, as listed in the Discogs credit
• Discogs lists Tiny Bear Publishing as the record company
• A music video for "Fairytale" was released in 2004

Reappraisal

• Several songs were re-recorded to appear on Little Voice, her second album and major-label debut
• Discogs notes say the re-recorded versions of 'City', 'Fairytale', 'Come Round Soon', 'Gravity', 'Love On The Rocks' and 'One Sweet Love' differ slightly in voice, sound and instrument
• Bareilles was signed to Epic Records in 2005
• Little Voice succeeded in 2007
• Careful Confessions was reissued in early 2008 after that success

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• A music video for "Fairytale" was released in 2004.
• Gabriel Mann produced two albums for Awaken, the UCLA college a cappella group Bareilles sang in.
• Discogs notes list six songs whose versions here differ slightly from the Little Voice versions.
• The track 3 additional composition is credited to Javier Dunn.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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