The Heart of Everything

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The Heart of Everything

Studio album by Within Temptation
Released	March 9, 2007 March 12, 2007 March 15, 2007 March 17, 2007 April 4, 2007 July 24, 2007^[1]
Recorded	2005 - 2006
Genre	Gothic Metal, Symphonic metal
Length	57:06
Label	Roadrunner Records
Producer(s)	Daniel Gibson
Amazon.co.uk English link Planet Internet Dutch link
Within Temptation chronology
The Silent Force (2004)	The Heart of Everything (2007)	TBA

The Heart of Everything is the fourth full-length studio album by the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation, released in mid-March 2007. Unlike the band's previous albums, The Heart of Everything is to be released in the United States.

1 Album Information
2 Chart Reception
3 Track listing
4 B-sides
5 Certifications and Peak positions
6 Singles
7 References

[edit] Album Information

The track "What Have You Done" is the first single for the album, and was released in January 2007. In addition to lead singer Sharon den Adel, the track features guest singer Keith Caputo from hard rock American band Life of Agony, the band's video for What Have You Done was recently released and can be viewed on their myspace page.

The song "Our Solemn Hour" takes samples from Winston Churchill's "Be Ye Men of Valor" speech.

[edit] Chart Reception

The album debuted at #1 in their home country, a first for the band. In the rest of Europe the album performed well, where it reached the top 10 in Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany and Finland. According to Mediatraffic, the album sold 50,000 copies in their first week where it debuted at #38. This is the first time any Dutch act ever charted within the United World Chart.

[edit] Track listing

"The Heart of Everything" track listing^[2]:

"The Howling" - 5:33
"What Have You Done" (feat. Keith Caputo) - 5:13
"Frozen" - 4:28
"Our Solemn Hour" - 4:17
"The Heart of Everything" - 5:35
"Hand of Sorrow" - 5:36
"The Cross" - 4:51
"Final Destination" - 4:43
"All I Need" - 4:51
"The Truth Beneath the Rose" - 7:05
"Forgiven" - 4:54
"What Have You Done (Rock Mix)" (Bonus track only on digipak version) - 3:52

The track listing for the US release features the 11 songs in a slightly different order and contains a bonus track - a past single from The Silent Force. ^[3]:

"The Howling" - 5:33
"What Have You Done" (featuring Keith Caputo) - 5:13
"Frozen" - 4:28
"The Heart of Everything" - 5:35
"All I Need" - 4:51
"Our Solemn Hour" - 4:17
"Hand of Sorrow" - 5:36
"The Cross" - 4:51
"Final Destination" - 4:43
"Forgiven" - 4:54
"The Truth Beneath the Rose" - 7:05
"Stand My Ground" (Bonustrack from The Silent Force, intended for U.S. release) - 4:26

The iTunes version of The Heart of Everyting contains three live tracks instead of "What Have You Done (Rock Mix)" or "Stand My Ground": "Memories", "Angels" and "Stand My Ground".

[edit] B-sides

"Blue Eyes"

[edit] Certifications and Peak positions

Chart	Provider(s)	Peak position	Sales/ shipments
Austria Album Chart^[4]	Media Control	12
Australia Album Chart^[5]	ARIA	88
Belgium Album Chart^[6]	Ultratop/IFPI	2
Billboard 200 (U.S.)^[7]	Billboard
Billboard Top Rock Albums (U.S.)
Billboard Top Digital Albums (U.S.)
Billboard Top Internet Albums (U.S.)
Czech Album Chart^[8]	IFPI	12
Denmark Album Chart^[9]	IFPI	32
Europe Album Chart^[10]	IFPI	5
Finland Album Chart^[4]	GLF	2
France Album Chart ^[11]	SNEP/IFOP	26	^[12]
Germany Album Chart^[13]	Media Control	5
Italy Album Chart^[14]	FIMI	48
Netherlands Album Chart^[15]	NPVI/GFK Megacharts BV	1
Norway Album Chart^[16]	GLF	24
Spain Album Chart^[17]	Promusicae	23
Sweden Album Chart^[4]	GLF	4
Switzerland Album Chart^[4]	Media Control	8
Poland Album Chart^[18]	IFPI	22
Portugal Album Chart^[19]	AFP	5
UK Album Chart^[20]	BPI/The Official UK Charts Company	38
United World Chart^[21]	Media Traffic	38	113,000
World Wide Sales	+7,5% Mediatraffic doesn't cover		121,475