Be Not Nobody

Be Not Nobody is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton, released on April 30, 2002, through A&M Records. As of late 2004 the album had sold 1.38 million copies in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan,[5] and Variety magazine reported in July 2003 that it had sold 2.3 million worldwide.[6] Billboard magazine placed Carlton at number twenty-one on its year-end "Top Pop Artists" list for 2002.[7]

Be Not Nobody
Studio album by Vanessa Carlton
Released	April 30, 2002 (2002-04-30)
Recorded	2001–2002
Genre	Pop pop rock
Length	45:51
Label	A&M
Producer	Ron Fair
Vanessa Carlton chronology
Rinse (2000) Be Not Nobody (2002) Harmonium (2004)
Singles from Be Not Nobody
"A Thousand Miles" Released: February 12, 2002 "Ordinary Day" Released: April 14, 2002 "Pretty Baby" Released: February 11, 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Slant Magazine	[4]

"A Thousand Miles" was released as the lead single from the album and reached the top five on the US Billboard Hot 100, number one in Australia and the top ten in the United Kingdom. Be Not Nobody was certified gold by the RIAA in June 2002, and platinum in October 2002.[8]

"Ordinary Day" charted inside the top forty on the US Hot 100.

"Pretty Baby" was remixed and released as the album's third and final single in early 2003. After the single's release, subsequent pressings of the album contained the remixed single version of the song in place of its original album version. "Pretty Baby" did not appear on the Hot 100 or the UK top seventy-five, but was nominated for a 2003 Teen Choice Award for "Choice Love Song",[9] .

Track listing

All songs were written by Vanessa Carlton, except where noted

1. "Ordinary Day" – 3:57
2. "Unsung" – 4:20
3. "A Thousand Miles" – 3:57
4. "Pretty Baby" – 4:08
5. "Rinse" – 4:30
6. "Sway" – 3:57
7. "Paradise" – 4:50
8. "Prince" – 4:10
9. "Paint It Black" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:30
10. "Wanted" – 3:55
11. "Twilight" – 4:50

UK bonus track

12. "Wanted" (Ripe Mix) – 3:55

Japanese bonus tracks

12. "Twilight" (Live)
13. "Wanted" (Ripe Mix) – 3:55

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic[10]

Musicians Vanessa Carlton – piano, vocals Nico Abandolo – double bass Bob Adcock – cello Eun Mee Ahn – violin Alex Al – electric upright bass (8) Karen Elaine Bakunin – viola Chuck Berghofer – upright bass (7) Charlie Bisharat – violin, electric violin (6) Dmitri Boviard – viola Jacqueline Brand – violin Becky Bunnell – violin Paul Cohen – viola Luis Conte – percussion Mathew Cooker – viola Larry Corbett – cello Rose Corrigan – woodwind Franklyn D'Antonio – violin Brian Dembow – viola Joel Derouin – violin Bruce Dukov – violin Cindy Ellis – woodwind Stephen Erdody – cello Ron Fair – harmonica, organ, vibraphone Kirstin Fife – violin Marlow Fisher – viola Armen Garabedian – violin Berj Garabedian – violin John Goux – dulcimer, guitar, sitar Dan Greco — cymbalon (5) Susan Greenberg – woodwind Keith Grezen – viola Alan Grunfeld – violin Clayton Haslop – violin

Tamara Hatwan – violin Trey Henry – double bass Al Hershberger – violin Dan Higgins – woodwind, recorder (5) Tiffany Yi Hu – violin Suzie Katayama – cello Armen Ksadjikian – cello Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums Timothy Landauer – cello Natalie Leggett – violin Mario de León – violin Gayle Levant – harp Phillip Levy – violin David Low – cello Rene Mandel – violin Tommy Morgan – harmonica (11) Robin Olson – violin Simon Oswell – viola Sid Page – violin Sara Parkins – violin Katia Popov – violin Barbara Porter – violin Emil Richards – vibraphone (11) Mark Robertson – violin Anatoly Rosinsky – violin David Shostac – woodwind Leland Sklar – bass guitar Sheridon Stokes – woodwind Cecilia Tsan – cello Michael Valerio – double bass Karen Van Sant – viola John Wittenberg – violin Margaret Wooten – violin Ken Yerke – violin

Technical personnel Vanessa Carlton – arranger, executive producer Ron Fair – production, arranger, executive producer, orchestral arrangements and conductor (1-10) Tal Herzberg – engineer, digital editing Hugh Padgham – mixing (4) Eddy Schreyer – mastering Michael C. Ross – engineer, mixing (7, 10, 11) Bill Schnee – engineer Jack Joseph Puig – mixing (1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9) J.D. Andrew – assistant engineer Bryan Cook – assistant engineer Jim Danis – assistant engineer Drew FitzGerald – art direction, illustration Jay Goin – assistant engineer Kurt Iswarienko – photography Randy Kerber – orchestral arrangements and conductor (11) Erik Reichers – assistant engineer Jeff Rothschild – assistant engineer Alan Silfen – photography Chris Steffen – assistant engineer Brian Vibberts – assistant engineer Chris Wonzer – assistant engineer Stephanie Woolf – stylist James "Big Jim" Wright – photography

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11]	13
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12]	13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13]	17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14]	24
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[15]	20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16]	14
French Albums (SNEP)[17]	17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18]	7
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[19]	17
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20]	23
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[21]	33
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22]	44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23]	15
UK Albums (OCC)[24]	7
US Billboard 200[25]	5

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[26]	Gold	35,000^^
Canada (Music Canada)[27]	Gold	40,000^^
Japan (RIAJ)[28]	Platinum	200,000[29]
United Kingdom (BPI)[30]	Gold	100,000^^
United States (RIAA)[31]	Platinum	1.38 million (as of 2004)[5]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

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