The album was recorded and produced by Anders Bagge and recorded in Stockholm, while still on tour during the summer of 2016 throughout the year. Regarding the album title, Anastacia said: "At first I wanted to title this album Stamina, but the word sounded too clinical. When I wrote it, I realized I was stronger than I thought. I would like to awaken strength and courage in my listeners too."[3] Universal Music Group describes the album as pure energy with bursting rock numbers, catchy pop songs and touching ballads.[4] Anastacia performed in Austria on September 1, 2017 on "Starnacht in Der Wachau" and Nürburgring in Germany on September 10, 2017 to promote the album.[5] From September 10 to 14, Anastacia did several interviews in radio stations, such as Bayern 1, RTL Radio Center, Hamburg Zwei[6] and Hamburg Journal.[7] In Germany, Anastacia will present her new album on German talk show Riverboat on September 29, 2017.[8]
Critical reception
The Guardian rated the album a 3 out of 5 stars with a mixed review of the album "Evolution, her seventh album, is unlikely to propel her back into similar levels of stardom, but it once again provides a welcome alternative to the current pop status quo – a slightly nauseating sound that mixes nursery rhyme chants with loud, abrasive production. Managing to feel anthemic in a gentler and more pleasingly melodic way, its songwriting proves as robust as Anastacia’s still inimitable pipes, genre-hopping between rock, dance and slower, musical-style numbers with dexterity and warmth."[1]
Singles
The lead single "Caught in the Middle" was written by Anders Bagge, Lauren Dyson, Javier Gonzalez & Ninos Hanna and was released on iTunes and Spotify on July 28, 2017.[9] The song had some technical issues with its release in the UK, therefore it was only released 3 days later. The video for the single was released one week later on August 4, 2017 on VEVO, and just like it happened to Spotify, the video was only made available in the UK three days later and had over 250.000 views in that first week.
Track listing
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1. | "Caught in the Middle" | | | 2:55 |
2. | "Redlight" | - Anastacia
- Bagge
- Jimmy Claeson
- Y. Gonzalez
- Faye Medeson
| | 3:14 |
3. | "Stamina" | | | 3:45 |
4. | "Boxer" | | | 3:48 |
5. | "My Everything" | | | 3:05 |
6. | "Nobody Loves Me Better" | - Robin Ahlm
- Bagge
- Stran Cetin
- Emelie Eriksson
- Alvora Larsdotter
| | 3:22 |
7. | "Reckless" | | | 3:07 |
8. | "Not Coming Down" | - Anastacia
- Y. Gonzalez
- Eriksson
- Hanna
- Marcus Holmberg
| | 3:21 |
9. | "Before" | - Anastacia
- Wilhelm Börjesson
- Jakob Redtzer
- Poli
| | 3:48 |
10. | "Pain" | - Anastacia
- Bagge
- Tommy Denander
- Y. Gonzalez
- Tony Malm
- Santi Rodriguez Liem
- Emil Schmidt
| | 3:52 |
11. | "Why" | | | 4:17 |
12. | "Boomerang" | - Anastacia
- Steve Diamond
- John Fields
| | 3:03 |
13. | "Higher Livin'" | | | 3:16 |
Total length: | 44:54 |
References
- 1 2 3 "Anastacia: Evolution review – melodic, warm pop-rock alternative". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
genre-hopping between rock, dance and slower, musical-style numbers
- 1 2 3 "Evolution by Anastacia on Apple Music". Apple Music (UK Store). Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ "Evolution Album Bio by Universal". Anastacia fanily. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ "Anastacia announces her new album "Evolution" with "Caught In The Middle"". Universal Music. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ "VIDEO DTM: Anastacia rockt die DTM am Nürburgring". speed-magazin.de. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ↑ "Hamburb Zwei - FabianKuhne singt Anastacia". Facebook.com/HamburgZwei. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
- ↑ "Anastacia ist mit neuem Album zurück". Hamburg Journal.de. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
- ↑ "Bald bei uns: Radio Doria, Anastacia, Sunrise Avenue, die Marshalls". mdr.de/. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
- ↑ "Caught in the Middle - Single by Anastacia on Apple Music". Apple Music (UK Store). Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Anastacia – Evolution" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Anastacia – Evolution" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Anastacia – Evolution" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
- ↑ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 201742 on the field besides the word "Zobrazit", and then click over the word to retrieve the correct chart data. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Anastacia – Evolution" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Anastacia – Evolution" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 38 (dal 2017-09-15 al 2017-09-21)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Anastacia – Evolution". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Anastacia – Evolution". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ↑ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Evolution by Anastacia on Apple Music". Apple Music (U.S. Store). Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ "Evolution by Anastacia on Apple Music". Apple Music (France Store). Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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