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 the 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.
Track listing
All tracks produced by Trevor Horn and Seal; additional production on "Life on the Dancefloor" by Jamie Odell.[7]
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1. | "Daylight Saving" | Seal, Stephan Moccio, Trevor Horn | Seal/Trevor Horn | 4:50 |
2. | "Every Time I'm with You" | Seal, Simon Bloor, T. Horn | Seal/T Horn | 4:31 |
3. | "Life On the Dancefloor" | Seal, Jamie Odell | Seal/T Horn; additional production Odell | 5:14 |
4. | "Padded Cell" | Seal, Bloor, Aaron Horn, T. Horn, Louis Cole | Seal/T Horn | 4:08 |
5. | "Do You Ever" | Seal, Justin Parker, T. Horn | Seal/T Horn | 4:36 |
6. | "The Big Love Has Died" | Seal, Bloor, T. Horn | Seal/T Horn | 4:30 |
7. | "Redzone Killer" | Seal, Bloor, A. Horn, T. Horn | Seal/T Horn | 4:22 |
8. | "Monascow" | Seal, Joel Compass, T. Horn | Seal/T Horn | 4:10 |
9. | "Half a Heart" | Seal, Echosmith, Jeffery David, Philip Bentley | Seal/T Horn | 3:54 |
10. | "Let Yourself" | Seal | Seal/T Horn | 4:26 |
11. | "Love" | Seal, David | Seal/T Horn | 4:35 |
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12. | "We Found Love" | Seal, David | 4:24 |
13. | "Whatever You Need" | Seal | 4:34 |
Personnel
- 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 Crème - 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)
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