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Be Not Nobody

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Be Not Nobody

Studio album by

Vanessa Carlton

Released

April 30, 2002

Genre

pop rock

Length

45:57

Vanessa Carlton chronology

Be Not Nobody
(2002)

Harmonium
(2004)

Singles from Be Not Nobody

"A Thousand Miles"
Released: February 18, 2002^[1]
"Ordinary Day"
Released: July 1, 2002^[2]
"Pretty Baby"
Released: December 2, 2002^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	C^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[6]
Slant Magazine	^[7]

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,^[8] and Variety magazine reported in July 2003 that it had sold 2.3 million worldwide.^[9] Billboard magazine placed Carlton at number twenty-one on its year-end "Top Pop Artists" list for 2002.^[10]

"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.^[11] "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".^[12]

Track listing

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All songs were written by Vanessa Carlton, except where noted.

"Ordinary Day" – 3:58
"Unsung" – 4:20
"A Thousand Miles" – 3:57
"Pretty Baby" – 3:55
"Rinse" – 4:31
"Sway" – 3:57
"Paradise" – 4:50
"Prince" – 4:09
"Paint It Black" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:30
"Wanted" – 3:55
"Twilight" – 4:49

UK bonus track

"Wanted" (Ripe Mix) – 3:55

Japanese bonus tracks

"Twilight" (Live) – 4:07
"Wanted" (Ripe Mix) – 3:55

Asian Tour Edition bonus tracks

"A Thousand Miles (Piano & Vocal - Live in Tokyo)"– 4:02
"Ordinary Day (Piano & Vocal - Live in Holland)"– 3:47
"Paradise" (Piano & Vocal Version) – 3:49
"A Thousand Miles" (Live in New York) (Video) – 4:26

Reissues

"Pretty Baby" (single version) – 4:08

Personnel

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Credits adapted from AllMusic and album's liner notes.^[13]^[14]

Musicians

Vanessa Carlton – piano, vocals
Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums
John Goux – guitar, dulcimer, sitar
Leland Sklar – bass guitar
Ron Fair – vibraphone, organ, harmonica
Alex Al – electric upright bass (8)
Chuck Berghofer – upright bass (7)
Luis Conte – percussion

Orchestra

Endre Granat (concertmaster), Eun Mee Ahn, Jackie Brand, Charlie Bisharat (electric violin on track 6), Becky Bunnell, Bruce Dukov, Franklyn D'Antonio, Mario de León, Joel Derouin, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian, Alan Grunfeld, Clayton Haslop, Tamara Hatwan, Amy Hershberger, Lily HoChen, Kirstin Fife, Tiffany Hu, Natalie Leggett, Phillip Levy, Rene Mandel, Robin Olson, Sid Page, Sara Parkins, Katia Popov, Barbara Porter, Marie Robertson, Anatoly Rosinsky, John Wittenberg, Margaret Wooten, Ken Yerke – violin
Dmitri Boviard, Paul Cohen, Matt Cooker, Brian Dembow, Karen Elaine, Marlow Fisher, Sam Formacola, Keith Grezen, Vicky Miskolczy, Simon Oswell, Karen van Sant, David Walther – viola
Bob Adcock, Larry Corbett, Steve Erdody, Suzie Katayama, Armen Ksadjikian, Tim Landauer, David Low, Cecilia Tsan – cello
Nico Abandolo, Trey Henry, Mike Valerio – double bass
Gayle Levant – harp
Rose Corrigan, Cindy Ellis, Susan Greenberg, Dan Higgins (recorder on track 5), David Shostac, Sheridon Stokes, Larry Williams – woodwinds
Emil Richards – vibraphone (11)
Tommy Morgan – harmonica (11)
Dan Greco — cymbalon (5)
Bill Hughes – orchestra contractor

Technical personnel

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

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for *Be Not Nobody*
Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[15]	13
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[16]	13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[17]	17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[18]	24
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[19]	20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[20]	14
French Albums (SNEP)^[21]	17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[22]	7
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[23]	14
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[24]	17
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[25]	23
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[26]	33
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[27]	10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[28]	44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[29]	15
UK Albums (OCC)^[30]	7
USBillboard 200^[31]	5

Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for *Be Not Body*
Chart (2002)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[32]	81
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[33]	153
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[34]	98
French Albums (SNEP)^[35]	134
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[36]	78
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[37]	63
UK Albums (OCC)^[38]	109
USBillboard 200^[39]	76

Chart (2003)	Position
USBillboard 200^[40]	188

Certifications

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Certifications and sales figures for *Be Not Nobody*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[41]	Gold	35,000^{^}
Canada (Music Canada)^[42]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Japan (RIAJ)^[44]	Platinum	250,000^[43]
United Kingdom (BPI)^[45]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[46]	Platinum	1,380,000^[8]
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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v t e Vanessa Carlton
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Be Not Nobody Harmonium Heroes & Thieves Rabbits on the Run Liberman Love Is an Art
Singles	"A Thousand Miles" "Ordinary Day" "Pretty Baby" "White Houses" "Nolita Fairytale" "Hands on Me"
Featured singles	"Big Yellow Taxi" "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"