2015 studio album by Seal
7 Released 6 November 2015 (2015-11-06 ) Genre Label Warner Bros. Producer "Every Time I'm with You" Released: 11 September 2015 "Do You Ever" Released: 11 September 2015
7 is the ninth studio album by British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal .[6] The album was released on 6 November 2015 by Warner Bros. Records . Its title comes from being Seal's seventh album of original songs, his first since Seal 6: Commitment (2010).
The singles "Every Time I'm with You" and "Do You Ever" were released on 11 September 2015. Two promotional singles were released in advance of the album: "Life on the Dancefloor" on 2 October and "Padded Cell" on 16 October. The bonus track "Whatever You Need" is a reworked version of a Togetherland track called "Breathe", making it only the second officially released song from that unreleased album, following "This Could Be Heaven" from the Family Man soundtrack.
Track listing [ edit ] All tracks produced by Trevor Horn and Seal, except as noted.[7]
Standard edition Title Writer(s) Producers 1. "Daylight Saving" 4:50 2. "Every Time I'm with You" 4:31 3. "Life on the Dancefloor" Seal T. Horn Odell (additional) [7] 5:14 4. "Padded Cell" 4:08 5. "Do You Ever" 4:36 6. "The Big Love Has Died" 4:30 7. "Redzone Killer" 4:22 8. "Monascow" 4:10 9. "Half a Heart" 3:54 10. "Let Yourself" Seal 4:26 11. "Love" 4:35 Total length: 49:16
Target edition bonus tracksTitle Writer(s) 12. "We Found Love" 4:24 13. "Whatever You Need" Seal 4:34 Total length: 58:14
Personnel [ edit ] Seal – vocals (all), programming (4, 7, 10) Joel Peters – drums (1, 4, 5, 7), programming (4, 5, 9), percussion (7, 10) Earl Harvin – drums (1, 2, 4), cymbals (4) Ash Soan – drums (4, 5, 7, 9) Abe Rounds – drums (8) Aaron Horn – programming (1, 4, 7) Stephan Moccio – piano (1), keyboards (1), programming (1) Julian Hinton – keyboards (1), programming (6, 9) Jamie Odell – keyboards (3, 8), programming (3, 4, 7, 8) Cameron Gower Poole – programming (4, 5, 9, 10), percussion (7) Dave McCracken – programming (4) Justin Parker – keyboards (5), programming (5) Anne Dudley – piano (5) Tim Weidner – programming (5), sound FX (6) Trevor Horn – bass guitar (2, 3, 5, 7–9), keyboards (all), guitar (1, 4, 5), backing vocals (9) Chris Bruce – bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 6–8, 11), guitar (1, 4, 5, 7) Jamie Muhoberac – bass guitar (9, 10), piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11), Hammond organ (2, 4, 9), keyboards (1, 2, 4, 5, 7–11), programming (1, 3–5, 7, 9–11) Paul Turner – bass guitar (4) Simon Bloor – guitar (1–9), piano (4, 6, 10), keyboards (2, 7–10), programming (2, 3, 6, 10, 11) Phil Palmer – guitar (2, 4–6, 8, 9) Lol Creme – guitar (4, 7–9), percussion (9), backing vocals (9) Josh Campbell – guitar (7) Luís Jardim – percussion (1, 2, 5–7, 9, 10) Paul Spong – trumpet (3, 8) Steve Sidwell – trumpet (3, 8) Andy Wood – trombone (3, 8) Dave Bishop – saxophone (3, 8) Minnetonka – backing vocals (4) Mr Probz – backing vocals (4) orchestral arrangement/orchestra conducted by Anne Dudley (1, 2, 4, 6), Nick Ingman (5, 7, 10), Hinton (9) additional orchestration – Hinton (6), Bloor (9) brass arrangement – Steve Sidwell (3, 8) Weekly charts [ edit ] Year-end charts [ edit ]
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