The Art of Love (album)

The Art of Love is the eighth studio album by German singer Sandra. The album was released in February 2007 and debuted at number 16 on the German album chart.

The Art of Love
Studio album by
Sandra
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2007
Recorded2006–2007
GenreSynthpop, R&B, pop rock, acoustic
Length54:44
LabelVirgin
ProducerJens Gad
Sandra chronology
Reflections
(2006)		 The Art of Love
(2007)		 Back to Life
(2009)
Singles from The Art of Love
  1. "The Way I Am"
    Released: 26 January 2007
  2. "What Is It About Me"
    Released: 31 May 2007
  3. "All You Zombies"
    Released: 2007

Three singles were released from the album, although none with a music video. Michael Cretu produced her seven previous albums, but The Art of Love was produced by Jens Gad, Michael Cretu's "right hand man". Michael Cretu was unavailable due to working on an alternative project producing his new Enigma album A posteriori. Due to the change in producer, Sandra, for the first time in her career, participated actively in composing and writing songs for The Art of Love. The lyrics are more personal, Sandra revisiting sad experiences from her childhood. During the production of the album Sandra worked at Gad's studio at nights, and cared for her twins and slept during the day. Also, for the first time, Sandra revealed her new, sexier look in the promotional pictures shot in New York by Bärbel Miebach.

The track "Casino Royale" is an alternative version of a song originally recorded by Polish singer Edyta Górniak, as "Sleep With Me", and later covered by Canadian electronic music outfit Conjure One. Sandra's own alternative version, titled "Sleep", appears as a bonus track on the CD single release of "The Way I Am". The album contains Sandra's second collaboration with Swiss artist DJ Bobo, a song called "Love is the Price". Her first was on their joint 2006 hit single, "Secrets of Love".

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
laut.de[1]

Track listing
  1. "What D'ya Think of Me" (Jens Gad, Sandra) – 4:34
  2. "The Way I Am" (Sandra, Jens Gad, Andru Donalds) – 3:31
  3. "The Art of Love" (Jens Gad, Sandra) – 4:14
  4. "What Is It About Me" (Sela, Jens Gad, Winston, McKenzie) – 3:54
  5. "Dear God... if You Exist" (Jens Gad, Sandra) – 4:27
  6. "Silence Beside Me" (Jens Gad, Sandra) – 3:38
  7. "Once Upon a Time" (F. Cuidad, Jens Gad, Sandra) – 4:52
  8. "Put Your Arms Around Me" (Sinéad O'Connor, Rick Nowels) – 5:05
  9. "What's Left to Say" (F. Cuidad, Jens Gad, John Fischer) – 4:36
  10. "Casino Royale" (Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg, Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo) – 3:51
  11. "Love is the Price" (Duet with DJ BoBo) (Long, Levis) – 3:23
  12. "Shadow of Power" (F.Cuidad, Jens Gad, Sandra) – 3:36
  13. "All You Zombies" (Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman) – 5:03

Singles
"What Is It About Me"
Single by Sandra
from the album The Art of Love
B-side
  • "What D'ya Think of Me"
  • "Les qu'est-ce que c'est"
  • "Silencio a mi lado"
Released31 May 2007
FormatCD single, Digital single
GenreLatin Pop
Length3:54
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Jens Gad, Sandra, Andru Donalds
Producer(s)Jens Gad
Sandra singles chronology
"The Way I Am"
(2007)		 "What Is It About Me"
(2007)		 "In a Heartbeat"
(2009)
"The Way I Am"

"The Way I Am" was released as the lead single from the album in January 2007 and reached number fifty on the official German Charts. The CD single contains two non-album tracks, "Logical Love" and "Sleep", an alternative version of the album track "Casino Royale".

"What Is It About Me"

"What Is It About Me" was released as the second single in May 2007.[2] The song wasn't a success and failed to chart. The song has three B-sides: "What D'ya Think of Me", "Les Qu'est-ce Que c'est" and "Silencio A Mi Lado". The first B-side track appeared on this, Sandra's eighth studio album.[3] The track "Les Qu'est-ce Que c'est" is a French version of "What's Left to Say", and the track "Silencio A Mi Lado" is a Spanish version of "Silence Beside Me".

CD single

  1. "What Is It About Me" – 3:54
  2. "What Is It About Me" (Lounge Edit) – 5:09
  3. "What D'ya Think of Me" – 4:32
  4. "Les qu'est-ce que c'est" – 4:13
  5. "Silencio a mi lado" – 3:38
"All You Zombies"

"All You Zombies" was released as a promotional single later that same year.

"Put Your Arms Around Me"

"Put Your Arms Around Me", a cover of the Sinéad O'Connor song, was supposed to be a single as Sandra stated in an interview but in another interview she stated no more singles would be released from the album.

Charts

The album debuted and peaked at number sixteen on the German Album Charts.

Chart (2007) Peak
position
France SNEP Albums Charts[4] 159
German Albums Charts 16
Swiss Albums Top 100[4] 88
Polish Top 50 Albums[5] 26
European Albums Charts 63

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Russia (NFPF)[6] Gold 10,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. laut.de review
  2. "Sandra – What Is It About Me CD Single". Cduniverse.com. 2007-05-22. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-05-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "The Art of Love". French and Swiss Albums Charts (Lescharts.com). Retrieved 4 March 2008.
  5. "The Art of Love". Polish Top 50 Albums (Olis.onyx.pl). 12 March 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. "Russian album certifications – Sandra – The Art of Love" (in Russian). National Federation of Phonogram Producers (NFPF). Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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