Beautiful Creature is the fourth solo album by American singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield, released on May 16, 2000. It was released simultaneously with Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure.

Release

A collectors' edition of both Beautiful Creature and Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure was also simultaneously released. It contained a third enhanced CD that included a Juliana Hatfield screensaver, a photo gallery consisting of six pictures, a web link to Hatfield's webpage at Zoë Records, a cover of The Police's "Every Breath You Take", "When You Loved Me" (Mex Mix) and an open letter from Hatfield to her fans. The letter read as follows:

"Every Breath You Take" and "When You Loved Me" (Mex Mix) (instead referred to as the "US Mix") appear as bonus tracks on the Japanese edition.

Critical reception

Beautiful Creature received far more favorable reviews from critics than Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure. It was described as a "Stripped down, intimate work that harkened back to Hatfield's early 90s material."

Scripp's Howard News Service's Mark Brown ranked both Beautiful Creature and Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure as #5 on his list of the top 10 albums of 2000.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

• Juliana Hatfield – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica

• Jim Boggia – guitar, background vocals

• Brian Brown – electric piano

• Davíd Garza – bass guitar, guitar, piano, drums

• John Thomasson – bass guitar

• Duke Roth – cello

• Michael Hale – drums, percussion

• Andy Kravitz – drums, keyboards

• Scott Litt – drums

• Todd Philips – drums

• Damon Richardson – drums

• Jason Sutter – drums

Technical

• Producers: Juliana Hatfield, Wally Gagel, Davíd Garza, Andy Kravitz, Scott Litt

• Engineers: Brian Brown, Matthew Ellard, Keith Floyd, Wally Gagel, Andy Kravitz, Scott Litt

• Assistant engineer: Victor Janacua

• Mixing: Wally Gagel

• Mastering: Brian Lee, Dr. Toby Mountain

• Recorder: Wally Gagel

• Programming: Wally Gagel

• Photography: Gary Smith

References