Bed (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Bed
| type = studio
| artist = Juliana Hatfield
| cover = Juliana Hatfield - Bed.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 25, 1998
| recorded = March 9 – 15, 1998
| venue =
| studio = Sound Station Seven in Providence, Rhode Island
| genre = Alternative rock
| length = 40:43
| label = Zoë
| producer = Juliana Hatfield
| prev_title = Only Everything
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Beautiful Creature
| next_year = 2000
}}
Bed is the third solo album by American singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield, released in 1998 by Zoë Records.
Recording
Bed was written in a few weeks,{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/juliana-hatfield-bed-1798193792 |access-date=October 21, 2018 |title=Juliana Hatfield: Bed |first=Keith |last=Phipps |date=March 29, 2002 |website=The A.V. Club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021141646/https://music.avclub.com/juliana-hatfield-bed-1798193792 |archive-date=October 21, 2018 |url-status=live}} and recorded and mixed from March 9 to March 15, 1998, at Sound Station Seven in Providence, Rhode Island.{{Cite AV media |title=Bed |others=Juliana Hatfield |date=1998 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Zoë Records |location=Providence, Rhode Island |id=01143-1001-2}} Hatfield chose to record the album with a stripped-down sound and did not favor any digital processing effects.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429984/juliana-hatfield-makes-own-bed-for-new-record/ |access-date=October 20, 2018 |title=Juliana Hatfield Makes Own 'Bed' For New Record |date=July 14, 1998 |website=MTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020225801/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429984/juliana-hatfield-makes-own-bed-for-new-record/ |archive-date=October 20, 2018 |url-status=dead}} According to her, "I had just been listening to things that were very raw and dry, the kind of things where you can really hear all the instruments very close to your ear when you have headphones on. I guess I was feeling raw, and I didn't want to pretty it up or put anything on top of it."{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bedside-manners-catching-up-with-juliana-hatfield-123174/ |accessdate=October 20, 2018 |title=Bedside Manners: Catching Up With Juliana Hatfield |first=Liza |last=Ghorbani |date=August 11, 1998 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020222846/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bedside-manners-catching-up-with-juliana-hatfield-123174/ |archivedate=October 20, 2018 |url-status=live}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bed-mw0000041598 |accessdate=October 20, 2018 |title=Bed |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |website=AllMusic |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506202013/https://www.allmusic.com/album/bed-mw0000041598 |archivedate=May 6, 2017 |url-status=live}}
| rev2= Entertainment Weekly
| rev2Score= A−{{Cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/09/11/bed/ |accessdate=October 20, 2018 |title=Bed |first=Beth |last=Johnson |date=September 11, 1998 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020223422/https://ew.com/article/1998/09/11/bed/ |archivedate=October 20, 2018 |url-status=live}}
}}
Writing for CMJ New Music Monthly, reviewer Brett Milano praised the album, stating that its songs have more depth than Hatfield's earlier MTV hits. Although he admitted that some tracks sounded a bit rushed, he felt that the album has enough gems to keep it interesting.{{Cite magazine |magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly |title=Juliana Hatfield: Bed |first=Brett |last=Milano |date=October 1998 |page=49 |issue=62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ikEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49 |accessdate=October 21, 2018}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = CD
| all_writing = Juliana Hatfield
| title1 = Down on Me
| length1 = 2:56
| title2 = I Want to Want You
| length2 = 4:08
| title3 = Swan Song
| length3 = 3:32
| title4 = Sneaking Around
| length4 = 4:15
| title5 = Backseat
| length5 = 6:05
| title6 = Live It Up
| length6 = 3:37
| title7 = You Are the Camera
| length7 = 4:02
| title8 = Running Out
| length8 = 3:08
| title9 = Bad Day
| length9 = 5:02
| title10 = Let's Blow It All
| length10 = 4:01
| total_length = 40:46
}}
{{track listing
| headline = UK Bonus Tracks
| title11 = Sellout
| length11 = 3:59
| title12 = Trying Not To Think About It
| length12 = 3:07
| total_length = 47:52
}}
Personnel
;Musicians
- Juliana Hatfield – guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Todd Philips – percussion, drums
- Mikey Welsh – bass
;Technical
- Producer: Juliana Hatfield
- Engineer: Jon Williams
- Package design: Tom Bonauro, Jim Goldberg
- Design assistant: Richard Turtletaub
- Photography: Jim Goldberg