Soul (Seal album)

Soul
Studio album by Seal
Released 10 November 2008
Recorded 2008
Genre Soul
Label 143 / Warner Bros.
Producer David Foster, co-producer: Jochem van der Saag.
Seal chronology
System
(2007)		 Soul
(2008)		 Hits
(2009)
Singles from Soul
  1. "A Change Is Gonna Come"
  2. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
    Released: 10 November 2008 (UK)
  3. "It's Alright"
    Released: 16 March 2009 (UK)
  4. "I Can't Stand the Rain[1]"
    Released: March 2009 (Brazil)
  5. "If You Don't Know Me By Now[2]"
    Released: March 2009 (U.S)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]
The Toronto Star [4]
PopMatters [5]
Rolling Stone [6]

Soul is the sixth studio album by British Nigerian singer Seal and was released on 10 November 2008. The album was produced by David Foster, and co-produced, engineered and mixed by Jochem van der Saag.[7] It is made up of cover versions of eleven soul music classics.[8][9] The album's lead single was "A Change Is Gonna Come". So far, the album peaked at #1 on French Album Charts for 13 consecutive weeks.[10]

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "A Change Is Gonna Come"   Sam Cooke 3:55
2. "I Can't Stand The Rain"   Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernard Miller 3:35
3. "It's A Man's Man's Man's World"   James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome 3:53
4. "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)"   Al Green, Mabon Hodges 4:10
5. "I've Been Loving You Too Long"   Otis Redding, Jerry Butler 3:08
6. "It's Alright"   Curtis Mayfield 3:47
7. "If You Don't Know Me By Now"   Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff 3:50
8. "Knock On Wood"   Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper 3:22
9. "I'm Still In Love With You"   Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson Jr. 4:37
10. "Free"   Henry Redd, Susaye Green, Nathan Watts, Deniece Williams 3:27
11. "Stand By Me"   Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller 4:06
12. "People Get Ready"   Curtis Mayfield 3:35

Chart positions

Chart (2008) Peak
position		 Certification
Argentina Albums Chart 12[11]
Australian Albums Chart[12] 16 Gold[13]
Austrian Albums Chart 8
Greek Albums Chart 7
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) 2 2x Platinum
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) 1
Canadian Albums Chart 11 Platinum[14]
Dutch Albums Chart 7
European Albums Chart 3 2x Platinum[15]
French Albums Chart 1 Diamond (1,000,000+)[16]
German Albums Chart 15
Italian Albums Chart 5 Gold (50,000+)
Netherlands Albums Chart 6
Spanish Albums Chart[17] 10
Swedish Albums Chart 6 Gold[18]
Swiss Albums Chart 4 Platinum[19]
UK Albums Chart 12 Platinum
U.S. Billboard 200 13 361,620 copies sold.
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 4

End Of Year Charts

Year Country Chart Ranking
2008 France SNEP End Of Year Singles #2[20]
2009 France SNEP End Of Year Singles #2[16]

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Position
Swiss Albums Chart[21] 14

Notes

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ The Toronto Star review
  5. ^ PopMatters review
  6. ^ Rolling Stone review
  7. ^ http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr09/articles/it_0409.htm Article by Paul Tingen on van der Saag's work on Soul, in Sound on Sound magazine
  8. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (1 October 2008). http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003857279 Seal Sings from His 'Soul' on New Album. Billboard. Retrieved on 4 October 2008.
  9. ^ Seal's Soul. Auspop (4 October 2008). Retrieved on 4 October 2008.
  10. ^ "Tops : Mylène Farmer obtient son septième n°1" (in French). Chartsinfrance.net. 24 February 2009. http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Mylene-Farmer/news-67567.html. Retrieved 4 September 2010. 
  11. ^ "Representando a la Industria Argentina de la Música" (in Spanish). CAPIF. 31 January 2010. http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?CodOp=ESCS&CO=6. Retrieved 4 September 2010. 
  12. ^ Top 50 Albums Chart – Australian Recording Industry Association. ARIA. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  13. ^ "Australian Record Industry Association". Ariacharts.com.au. 30 August 2010. http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1G50. Retrieved 4 September 2010. 
  14. ^ Gold & Platinum Certifications for March 2009, cria.com
  15. ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2010". Ifpi.com. 1 September 2005. http://www.ifpi.com/content/section_news/plat2010.html. Retrieved 4 September 2010. 
  16. ^ a b "Tops & Flops musicaux en 2009" (in French). Chartsinfrance.net. 28 December 2009. http://www.chartsinfrance.net/charts/tops-et-flops-2009.php. Retrieved 4 September 2010. 
  17. ^ "Spanish Albums Chart". Promusicae.org. http://www.promusicae.org. Retrieved 4 September 2010. 
  18. ^ "IFPI's 2008 certifications in Sweden" (PDF). http://www.ifpi.se/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-20082.pdf. Retrieved 4 September 2010. 
  19. ^ Steffen Hung (13 September 2008). "Swiss certifications 2008". Swisscharts.com. http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2008. Retrieved 4 September 2010. 
  20. ^ [3]
  21. ^ "Swiss Year-End Charts 2009". Media Control. Hung Medien. http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2009. Retrieved 6 February 2009. 
Seal
Studio albums
Seal (1991) · Seal II (1994) · Human Being (1998) · Seal IV (2003) · System (2007) · Soul (2008) · Commitment (2010) · Soul 2 (2011)
Live albums
Compilations
Best 1991–2004 (2004) · Hits (2009)
Unreleased albums
Singles
"Killer" (1990) · "Crazy" (1990) · "Future Love Paradise" (1991) · "The Beginning" (1991) · "Killer (remix)" (1991) · "Violet" (1992) · "Prayer for the Dying" (1994) · "Kiss from a Rose" (1994) · "Newborn Friend" (1994) · "Don't Cry" (1996) · "Fly Like an Eagle" (1997) · "Human Being" (1998) · "This Could Be Heaven" (2001) · "Les Mots" (2001) · "Love's Divine" (2003) · "Walk on By" (2004) · "Killer 2005" (2005) · "A Father's Way" (2006) · "Amazing" (2007) · "The Right Life" (2008) · "A Change Is Gonna Come" (2008) · "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (2008) · It's Alright (2009) · "I Can't Stand the Rain" (2009) · "If You Don't Know Me By Now" (2009) · "Secret" (2010) · "Weight of My Mistakes" (2010)  · "Let's Stay Together" (2011) · "Wishing on a Star" (2011)
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