Love Saves
Love Saves is the thirteenth studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Tina Arena, released on 14 July 2023. The album was announced on 26 May 2023 alongside the release of two lead singles. Also included is the single "Church", released in 2021. "Love Saves" debuted at number 2 on the ARIA Charts.
At the 2023 ARIA Music Awards, the album was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album.
Critical reception
Retropop Magazine called the album "her most personal body of work to date" saying "the LP sees the Australian superstar working through a period of personal turmoil and laying herself bare through her pointed lyrics and exceptional vocal performance."Jeff Jenkins from Stack Magazine said "Her voice remains an instrument of beauty, but Arena refuses to trade on past glories in this collection of soaring, dramatic pop."
Bryget Chrisfield from Beat Magazine said " boasts one of the greatest Australian voices of all time and Love Saves rightfully places Tina's impeccable pipes front and centre." Chrisfield closed her review by saying "with her first album of original material in eight years, it's thrilling to witness Tina strutting into full power."
Commercial performance
Love Saves debuted at number 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart with 2,023 sales. In its second week, the album fell to number 371.Track listing
Personnel
- Mattias Lindblom – producer
- Robert L. Smith – mastering
- Mark Broughton – mixing
- Lewis Mitchell – mastering
- Andy Taylor – guitar
- Tony Levin – bass
- André Ferrari – drums
- Dea Norberg – backing vocals
- Tania Doko – backing vocals
- Steve Van Velvet – keyboards, programming, guitar
- Jack Earle – piano
- Michael Zlanabitning – piano
- Anders Wollbeck – keyboards, guitar
- Mattias Lindblom – drums
- Michael Paynter – backing vocals, engineering
- Aaron Dobos – engineering
- Mats Landberg – engineering
- William Rousseau – engineering
Charts