Song:Everything You Want
Album:Everything You Want
Everything You Want topped the charts in 1999 and was one of the most played songs of the time. But Vertical Horizon's success was short lived mostly due to the BMG/Sony merger and I would guess that a lot of music fans don't remember them. Vertical Horizon was formed in 1991 by Georgetown University students Matt Scannell (lead singer, lead guitarist, songwriter) and Keith Kane (guitar). They released an album independently in 1992. After a second album in 1995, they added drummer Ed Toth. They releasd a live CD in 1997 and then added bassist Sean Hurley after signing with RCA Records. The 1999 CD Everything You Want was their major label debut. Scannell wrote all the songs including the #1 hit Everything You Want and the album was produced by veteran producer David Bendeth. He was very successful with another RCA act Bruce Hornsby & The Range. The album was certified Double Platinum in 2001. Vertical Horizon's follow up CD Go was released in 2002. But the BMG/Sony merger resulted in a lack of promotion and tour support and it didn't sell. This upset Scannell and Vertical Horizon was released by RCA in 2004. Go was reissued in 2005. Ed Toth left Vertical Horizon for The Doobie Brothers. Scannell started his own label Outfall Records and Burning The Days was released in Sept. 2009. But Keith Kane had left before it was released. He actually returned but left for good in June 2010. Matt Scannell still leads a version of Vertical Horizon. A very short time in the spotlight for Vertical Horizon with one really great song. The CD Everything You Want seems to be out of print but it's not difficult to get. Here's the video for Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon.
Out of print? What are you talking about? There are so many inaccuracies in this post that I must comment here to dispel this misinformation. Everything You Want, Go and Burning the Days are all readily available on Amazon.com (for those who want old school cds) or via Itunes, where one can also download songs from the early VH records too. Keith Kane didn't leave the band before BTD was released, he just didn't contribute any songs or play guitar on the record. He didn't have any songs on Go, and he only had one song on EYW. He has a family now and choose not to tour with the band, which continues on alive and well. Vertical Horizon toured throughout the summer, including going to Iraq and Kuwait to play for the troops on the 4th of July. Matt Scannell, the lead singer/guitarist/songwriter. also writes with and for other artists, including Neil Peart of RUSH, Richard Marx (with whom he perform acoustic shows around the world), Cassadee Pope, Alyssa Milano, and Daniel Powter. He also writes songs for film and tv shows.
ReplyDeleteThe CD is out of print but it's not difficult to get. Amazon doesn't stock it but they give links where you can get it. And I can't consider anything else because my ad is for Amazon. My guess is Scannell owns the recordings and plans to release them himself. Kane left and returned a couple of times. He annouced his final departure in June. The other stuff is irrelevant to the song and I'm not writing a book.
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