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]

Careful Confessions
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 20, 2004
2008 (reissue)
Recorded2003
Length49:28
LabelTiny Bear Publishing
Epic Records (2008 reissue)
ProducerGabriel Mann
Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles chronology
Careful Confessions
(2004)
Little Voice
(2007)

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

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All songs written and composed by Sara Bareilles; track 3 additional composition by Javier Dunn[1][7]

No.TitleLength
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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b c "Careful Confessions - Sara Bareilles | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  2. ^ "Careful Confessions by Sara Bareilles". iTunes. January 2004. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  3. ^ "Sara Bareilles: Artist On The Rise". cbsnews.com. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 2015-07-29. Initially, Bareilles independently produced Careful Confessions,...
  4. ^ 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).
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Sara Bareilles - Careful Confessions". Discogs. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Sara Bareilles - Careful Confessions". Discogs. 2004. Retrieved 2015-11-21.