7 (Seal album)
7 is the ninth studio album by the British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal. 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.
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
All tracks produced by Trevor Horn and Seal, except as noted.Personnel
- Seal – vocals, programming
- Stephan Moccio – acoustic piano, keyboards, programming
- Julian Hinton – keyboards, programming, additional orchestration, orchestral arrangements
- Aaron Horn – programming
- Trevor Horn – keyboards, guitars, bass, backing vocals
- Jamie Muhoberac – acoustic piano, keyboards, programming, organ, bass, arrangements, drum programming
- Jamie Odell – keyboards, programming
- Dave McCracken – programming
- Cameron Gower-Poole – programming, percussion
- Justin Parker – keyboards, programming
- Tim Weidner – programming, sound effects
- Jeffrey David – acoustic piano, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
- Simon Bloor – guitars, keyboards, programming, acoustic piano, additional orchestration
- Chris Bruce – guitars, bass
- Phil Palmer – guitars
- Lol Creme – guitars, percussion, backing vocals
- Josh Campbell – guitars
- Josh Tyrrell – guitars
- Paul Turner – bass
- Earl Harvin – drums, cymbals
- Joel Peters – drums, programming, percussion
- Ash Soan – drums
- Abe Rounds – drums
- Luís Jardim – percussion
- Dave Bishop – saxophones
- Andy Wood – trombone
- Steve Sidwell – trumpet, brass arrangements
- Paul Spong – trumpet
- Anne Dudley – orchestral arrangements and conductor, acoustic piano
- Nick Ingman – orchestral arrangements and conductor
- Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contractor and fixer
- Minnetonka – backing vocals
- Mr Probz – backing vocals
Production
- Jeff Fenster – A&R direction
- Allen Wolfe – A&R administration
- John Chen – A&R coordinator
- Mark Taylor – A&R coordinator
- Gavin Taylor – art direction, design
- David Drebin – cover photography
- Hélène-Marie Pambrun – additional photography
- Nick Watson – mastering at Fluid Mastering
- Oli Morgan – mastering assistant
- Cameron Gower-Poole – recording, mixing
- Joel Peters – recording, mixing
- Mat Bartam – string recording
- Tim Weidner – mixing, recording
- Simon Bloor – additional engineer, recording
- Josh Campbell – assistant engineer, additional engineer, recording
- Chris Parker – string recording assistant
- Alex Williams – mix assistant
- Josh Tyrrell – mix assistant
Charts