Careful Confessions is the 2004 independently produced debut studio album by Sara Bareilles.[1][2] In addition to seven studio tracks, the album features four songs recorded during live performances. Several of the songs on the album were re-recorded to appear on Bareilles' second album, Little Voice, her major label debut.[3][4]
The album was recorded and mixed at Asylum Recording Studios in Culver City, California, over roughly a one-month period in 2003. Bareilles produced alongside college friend Gabriel Mann, prolific singer/songwriter, music producer, television and video game music composer, and member of Los Angeles alternative rock band The Rescues. Mann had produced two albums for Awaken, the college a cappella group Bareilles sang in while attending UCLA.[5]
After Bareilles was signed to Epic Records in 2005 and the success of her second and major-label debut Little Voice in 2007, Careful Confessions was reissued in early 2008.[6]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Sara Bareilles; track 3 additional composition by Javier Dunn[1][7]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gravity" | 3:59 |
| 2. | "Undertow" | 4:42 |
| 3. | "Love On the Rocks" | 4:18 |
| 4. | "Responsible" | 4:34 |
| 5. | "One Sweet Love" | 3:57 |
| 6. | "Fairytale" | 2:50 |
| 7. | "Come Round Soon" | 4:51 |
| 8. | "Inside Out" (Live) | 5:19 |
| 9. | "City" (Live) | 4:36 |
| 10. | "Red" (Live) | 4:19 |
| 11. | "My Love" (Live) | 6:03 |
| Total length: | 49:28 | |
Personnel
- Sara Bareilles – piano, vocals[1][7]
- Josh Day – drums, percussion (tracks 1-7, 11)
- Travis Carlton – bass (tracks 1-8, 11)
- Javier Dunn – guitar
- Mona Tavakoli - drums, background vocals (tracks 8-10)
- Chaska Potter - background vocals (tracks 8-10)
- Josh Archibec - bass (tracks 9, 10)
References
- ^ a b c "Careful Confessions - Sara Bareilles | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ^ "Careful Confessions by Sara Bareilles". iTunes. January 2004. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ^ "Sara Bareilles: Artist On The Rise". cbsnews.com. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
Initially, Bareilles independently produced Careful Confessions,...
- ^ Chris Jones (2008). "BBC - Music - Review of Sara Bareilles - Little Voice". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
Before this she'd already recorded a self-produced album, Careful Confessions (2003).
- ^ Bareilles, Sara (6 October 2015). "Love Song". Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song. Simon & Schuster (published 2015-10-06). ISBN 978-1476727776.
- ^ "Sara Bareilles - Careful Confessions". Discogs. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Sara Bareilles - Careful Confessions". Discogs. 2004. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
