''Only Everything'' is a solo

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, released in

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. Two singles with accompanying

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s were released from the album: "What a Life" and "Universal Heart-Beat." "Universal Heart-Beat" peaked at #5 on

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in 1995.

Overview

Upon its release in 1995, ''Only Everything'' was notable for its sound, which was more aggressive than Hatfield's previous work. Produced by

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and

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, who had previously produced

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's very successful ''

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'', the album uses heavily distorted guitar tone with catchy pop songs.ALBUM REVIEW : JULIANA HATFIELD, "Only Everything" http://articles.latimes.com/1995-04-02/entertainment/ca-49832_1_juliana-hatfield

Critical reception

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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." ''

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'' 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.'”

Track listing

Personnel

* Juliana Hatfield – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards * Jim Fitting – baritone saxophone * Dean Fisher – bass guitar *

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– drums * Mike Levesque – drums *

– drum machine *

– drum machine,

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Production

*Producers: Juliana Hatfield,

*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

References

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