Cause a Scene

Cause a Scene
Studio album by Karen Lee Batten
Released May 27, 2014
Recorded 2013
Genre Country music, country rock
Label Fontana North/Universal/KLB
Producer John MacArthur Ellis
Karen Lee Batten chronology
Every Moment
(2005)		 Cause a Scene
(2014)

Cause a Scene is a studio album by Canadian country music vocalist and songwriter Karen Lee Batten. On May 27, 2014, it was released on Fontana North. Cause a Scene led to Batten earning seven nominations at the British Columbia Country Music Association Awards,[1] including Best Album, Entertainer, Female Vocalist, Video, Single, Website and Fan’s Choice.[2] The director of "Cause a Scene," Stephano Barberis, also won Video Director of the Year.[3]

Production

By the spring of 2013 Batten was working on her sophomore album in a recording studio.[4] A number of Canadian sidemen were brought in for the recording sessions, and it was recorded with producer John MacArthur Ellis, who is known for working with artists such as Barney Bentall, Doc Walker, Ridley Bent, and Tara Oram.[5]

Some of the eleven songs were co-written by Batten during collaborative sessions in Nashville, Tennessee.[5] Batten has stated that the song selection was a careful process,[6] as "I wanted to love every word on this album... you hope to have an album that gets played for years and years... and I wanted to make sure that I loved singing those songs for years and years too. It’s all of me... wrapped up in 11 songs."[7] The tracks are diverse in style, with the soft ballad "Life Worth Living," the country rock single "Cause a Scene,"[5] to the dance track "Big Love."[7] There is also a cover of the song "Minute by Minute" by The Doobie Brothers.[5] About how the album differed from her debut Every Moment, she stated that "everyone goes through different stages in life and it’s the same thing with albums... this album is definitely a little more emotional and I feel like I have opened up a whole lot more."[7]

Music video and single


In July 2013, she filmed a music video for the album's lead single and title track "Cause a Scene,"[6] which is a country rock song [5] "about a scorned woman causing a ruckus as her ex marries the woman who stole him away."[6] A music video was filmed on a farm in rural Langley, British Columbia,[6] with Batten as the scorned ex "just showing up at the wedding to cause a scene."[6] The video was created[6] by director Stephano Barberis and David Angelski,[8] and was Batten's first video shoot since her video debut "Hearts on the Run."[6] "Cause a Scene" was released to Canadian country radio stations[9] in August 2013, and was shortly after followed by the video[6][10] through KLB Entertainment.[9] The full album was released later.[9]

Album release and reception

On May 27, 2014, Batten released Cause a Scene on Fontana North. Cause a Scene led to her earning seven nominations at the British Columbia Country Music Association Awards,[1] including Best Album, Entertainer, Female Vocalist, Video, Single, Website and Fan’s Choice.[2] In October 2014 she was named Female Vocalist of the Year for the fourth time,[1] and the director of "Cause a Scene," Stephano Barberis, also won Video Director of the Year.[3]

Track listing

  1. Let's Fall in Love" - 2:53
  2. "Big Love" - 3:27
  3. "Life Worth Living" - 4:17
  4. "Cause a Scene" - 3:28
  5. "Minute by Minute" - :47
  6. "The Next Step" - 3:34
  7. "Chance to Change the World" - 3:48
  8. "Stronger" - 3:29
  9. "Love Me Again" - 3:27
  10. "Fallin'" - 3:41
  11. "Between Goodbye and Gone" - 3:33

Awards and nominations

Yr Award Nominated work Category Result
2014 British Columbia
Country Music
Association Awards		 Cause a Scene Album of the Year Nominated[2]
"Cause a Scene" Single of the Year Nominated[2]
Video of the Year Nominated[2]

Singles

Year Single Album Release details
2014 "Cause a Scene" Cause a Scene Fontana North (2014)
"Life Worth Living" Fontana North (2014)
"Stronger" Fontana North (2014)
2015 "Big Love" Fontana North (2015)

Music videos

Year Video Director
2014 "Cause a Scene"[10] Stephano Barberis
"Life Worth Living"[11]

Personnel

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See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Karen Lee Batten Wins Female Vocalist Of The Year". karenleebatten.com. October 21, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Clark, Kristyl (October 10, 2014). "Coffee with Karen Lee Batten". valleymom.ca. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  3. 1 2 Hooper, Roxanne (October 2014). "Maple Ridge country family scoops provincial accolades". Maple Ridge Times. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  4. ↑ "Karen Lee Batten 'live' at Mustangs". Aldergrove Star. March 7, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Biography". karenleebatten.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Claxton, Matthew (July 23, 2013). "Video a blast for singer". Langley Advance. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  7. 1 2 3 "Fresh Find: Karen Lee Batten". TC Fresh Find. topcountry.ca. 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  8. ↑ "Keeping it Real". HighStreet. 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  9. 1 2 3 "Karen Lee Batten". Linkedin. 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  10. 1 2 "Cause a Scene" music video directed by Stephano Barberis (YouTube, 2014)
  11. ↑ "Life Worth Living" music video directed by Stephano Barberis (YouTube, 2014)

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