Seal 6: Commitment


Seal 6: Commitment is the seventh studio album by British singer Seal. It was released worldwide on 20 September 2010 with the exception of the United States where it was released on 28 September 2010. The album is produced by David Foster, who also produced Seal's previous sixth studio album Soul. It debuted at number eleven on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Seal's highest-charting album on the chart since Seal IV in 2003. As of January 2012, the album had sold 52,932 copies in the United Kingdom. The album has produced two singles – "Secret" and "Weight of My Mistakes".

Background

In an interview with Reuters Seal attributed the title of the album to his wife Heidi Klum, saying, "I think that commitment is the recurring theme that kept popping up. Certainly the last seven years of my life since I met my wife have been extremely committed. But not just in our personal life. My work has a level of commitment to it. The team around me consists of people who are committed." According to Seal the recurring themes on the album range from "relationships to searching to sacrifice to digging in the dirt." He said, "I had to do that on one or two songs. In order to write things that are going to resonate with people, you are going to have to dig in certain places."
Angus Batey of The Guardian stated in his interview with Seal that:

Reception

Commercial reception

On 26 September 2010, Seal 6: Commitment debuted at number 11 on the official UK Albums Chart, outpeaking previous studio album Soul and his Hits album. It became Seal's fifth top 20 album in his homeland.

Critical reception

Dave Simpson of The Guardian gave Seal 6: Commitment a mixed review, rating the album two stars, expressing:

Singles

"Secret" was released as the album's first single in the UK on 12 September 2010, where it reached number 82. The second single from the album is "Weight of My Mistakes", which has been remixed by Brio Taliaferro for the single release. The music video for the song was directed by Nabil. The radio mix of "Weight of My Mistakes" was due for release 21 November 2010.

Track listing

All tracks produced by David Foster; co-production by Jochem van der Saag.

Personnel

  • Seal – all vocals, instruments, programming, guitars, bass
  • David Foster – instruments, programming, arrangements, orchestral arrangements
  • Jochem van der Saag – instruments, programming
  • Marcus Brown – keyboards, acoustic piano, organ, bass, arrangements, instruments, programming
  • Mark Summerlin – guitars, instruments, programming
  • Gus Isidore – guitars, instruments, programming
  • Michael Thompson – electric guitars
  • Dean Parks – guitars
  • Steve Sidelnyk – drums, instruments, programming
  • William Ross – orchestration
  • Brad Dechter – orchestration
  • Gina Zimmitti – orchestra contractor
  • Jerome Leroy – music preparation
  • Thanh Tran – music preparation
  • Courtney Blooding – additional backing vocals

Production

Charts and certifications

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Belgian Albums 71
French Albums 120