Are You Happy Now? [Single, Import]

Michelle Branch | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: Wea/Warner
• ASIN: B00009V911
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,641 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Are You Happy Now?

2. Wanting Out

3. Hotel Paper [Acoustic Live][Version]

Editorial Reviews

After huge success with her 2001 debut album, 'The Spirit Room', & the Santana single, 'The Game Of Love', Michelle Branch is set to step up to the next level with this single featuring the title track from the album Hotel Paper along with two non-LP trac

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, September 4, 2003

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Linley (Vt) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Are You Happy Now? (Audio CD)

1.Are You Happy Now - Really shows off Michelle ability to write more then just pop songs. This song seems so much mroe mature then any of the songs on The Spirit Room, I definatly suggest you to buy this single if you like main stream music that has flare!

2. Wanting Out - This song is only avaible on this single. It really seems that although Michelle can write an awesome rock song, she still will write a nice pop song. But although it is pop, it doesn seem much better then the pop on The Spirit Room.

3. Hotal Paper (Live) - Not only do I love the studio version of this song, but this live version rocks. It's from her Sessions@AOL preformance, and it really shows off her vocals ability. Not to mention it's really awesome because it's just her and her guitar! Go Michelle!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Edgier and sounding great, October 1, 2003

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Patrick L. Randall (Silver Spring, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Are You Happy Now? (Audio CD)

Given that Michelle Branch was only 15 years old when she started writing the songs for her smash debut album "Spirit Room", it should come as little surprise that most of the songs on that album we of a softer and friendlier design. They were soft enough for some of the more cynical critics to dismiss her as nothing more than another puffy, fluffy, teen, bubble-gum pop star. However, if you looked closer at the songs like "All You Wanted" and "Goodbye to You", you could see small glimmers of potential for edgier, more emotional music.

"Are You Happy Now?", Branch's first single off her sophomore album, "Hotel Paper", delivers on that promise. "Are You Happy Now?" seems to be dealing with the wreckage of a broken relationship and carries the powerful emotions that go with it. The music, itself, has a more haunting sound to it while Michelle's powerful vocals (her strongest vocal performance to date) convey the raw emotion of hurt, bitterness, and anger. It will be intriguing to see what other emotional journeys the rest of "Hotel Paper" contains. "Are You Happy Now?" is as good an indication as any that Michelle Branch has the musical talent and emotional reservoir to be a prettier, and slightly less bitter, Alanis Morrisette. "Are You Happy Now?" Well, you should be with this song.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Michelle Branch's new edge rocks; yes I'm happy now!, July 5, 2003

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David Anderson (St. Cloud, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Are You Happy Now? (Audio CD)

I've loved this song since the second I first heard it on the radio. I must krank up the car radio when it comes on.

"Are You Happy Now?" proves that she is evolving as an artist. Branch experiments with new sounds and edges. It's got interesting twists and turns, especially the middle of the second verse. She starts it edgy and heartfelt, then gains more edge. Through this, she never loses her tone, which is a rarity for rock songs.

"Are You Happy Now?" is a for-sure Grammy nominee for 2003. Dissing this song would be just like had they dissed Bruce Springsteen for "The Rising".