Intense

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Intense
Studio album by Armin van Buuren
Released May 3, 2013 (2013-05-03)
Genre Trance, progressive house
Length 79:11
Label Armada
Producer Armin van Buuren, Benno de Goeij
Armin van Buuren chronology

Mirage – The Remixes
(2011)		 Intense
(2013)		 The Very Best of Armin van Buuren (2002-2013)
(2015)
Singles from Intense
  1. "Waiting for the Night"
    Released: January 21, 2013 (2013-01-21)
  2. "This Is What It Feels Like"
    Released: April 5, 2013 (2013-04-05)
  3. "Who's Afraid of 138?"
    Released: August 5, 2013 (2013-08-05)
  4. "Beautiful Life"
    Released: September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20)
  5. "Intense"
    Released: November 22, 2013 (2013-11-22)
  6. "Save My Night"
    Released: January 6, 2014 (2014-01-06)
  7. "Alone"
    Released: February 11, 2014 (2014-02-11)

Intense is the fifth studio album by Dutch trance producer and DJ Armin van Buuren. It was released on May 3, 2013.[1]

The first song announced to be on the album is "Waiting for the Night", featuring the singer Fiora, which was released on January 21, 2013[2] as the theme song to the Dutch film Loving Ibiza (Verliefd op Ibiza) [3]

The second song announced to be on the album is "Forever is Ours", featuring the singer Emma Hewitt.[4]

The third song and first official single to be released is "This Is What It Feels Like", featuring the Canadian singer and songwriter Trevor Guthrie, was released on April 5th. The accompanying music video, featuring Ron Jeremy, was released on March 17th.[5]

On April 5th, the tracklist to Intense was announced by Armin van Buuren, and the pre-orders for the album also began.[6]

The album was first released exclusively on Spotify on April 29th, followed by its official release on digital and physical media on May 3rd.

An extended version of the album, called Intense (The More Intense Edition), was released on November 12, 2013. This album contains remixes from musicians such as John Ewbank, Andrew Rayel, W&W, Cosmic Gate, Tritonal, Ummet Ozcan, and Ørjan Nilsen, along with radio edits, music videos, and two new songs from Armin van Buuren: "Save My Night" and "Don't Want to Fight Love Away" with Cindy Alma.[7]

Composition

Armin van Buuren described genre composition of Intense as "more house-y electro stuff and of course trance, some rock influence, even a little bit of dubstep and classical music in there" during an interview with British DJ Pete Tong.[8]

Track listing

On the 4th of April in 2013, Armin van Buuren revealed the extended track listing for Intense.[9]

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Intense" (feat. Miri Ben-Ari)A. van Buuren; M. Ben-Ari 8:47
2. "This Is What It Feels Like" (feat. Trevor Guthrie)A. van Buuren; T. Guthrie 3:23
3. "Beautiful Life" (feat. Cindy Alma)A. van Buuren; C. Alma; P. Barry 6:08
4. "Waiting for the Night" (feat. Fiora)A. van Buuren; F. Cutler 4:29
5. "Pulsar"  A. van Buuren 6:31
6. "Sound of the Drums" (feat. Laura Jansen)A. van Buuren 6:34
7. "Alone" (feat. Lauren Evans)A. van Buuren; V. Horn; L. Evans; Dmile 6:49
8. "Turn This Love Around" (vs. NERVO feat. Laura V.)A. van Buuren; M. Nervo; O. Nervo 5:22
9. "Won’t Let You Go" (feat. Aruna)A. van Buuren 6:35
10. "In 10 Years from Now"  A. van Buuren 0:56
11. "Last Stop Before Heaven"  A. van Buuren 6:27
12. "Forever is Ours" (feat. Emma Hewitt)A. van Buuren 6:41
13. "Love Never Came" (feat. Richard Bedford)A. van Buuren; R. Bedford 7:00
14. "Who’s Afraid of 138?!"  A. van Buuren 6:21
15. "Reprise" (feat. Bagga Bownz)A. van Buuren 3:12
Total length:
 77:18
iTunes Store bonus track & deluxe edition track
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
16. "Humming the Lights" (By Armin van Buuren presents Gaia)A. van Buuren; B. de Goeij 6:57
17. "Imagine" (featuring Andy Moor)A. van Buuren; Andy Moor 9:27
18. "Brute" (Ferry Corsten vs. Armin van Buuren)System F 7:24
19. "Minack" (Armin van Buuren vs. Ferry Corsten)A. van Buuren; System F 9:41

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[ 1] 20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[ 1] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[ 1] 42
German Albums (Media Control)[ 1] 16
Irish Albums (IRMA)[ 1] 72
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[ 1] 2
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[ 1] 7
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[ 1] 82
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[ 1] 26
UK Albums (OCC)[ 1] 37
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[ 1] 8
US Billboard 200[ 1] 65
US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[ 1] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
Dutch Albums Chart[10] 6

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Poland (ZPAV)[11] Gold 10,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Armin announces 5th artist album ‘Intense' | Armin van Buuren
  2. ↑ Waiting For The Night [Armind (Armada)] :: Beatport
  3. ↑ Loving Ibiza - de officiële filmsite
  4. ↑ Armin van Buuren feat. Emma Hewitt - Forever Is Ours (Original Mix) (Preview) - YouTube
  5. ↑ Video teaser new Armin van Buuren single! | Armin van Buuren
  6. ↑ Pre-order 'Intense' kicks off this Friday! | Armin van Buuren
  7. ↑ "Armin van Buuren - Intense (The More Intense Edition) out now!". Retrieved December 6, 2013. 
  8. ↑ World Premiere BBC Radio 1: Armin van Buuren feat. Trevor Guthrie - This Is What It Feels Like - YouTube
  9. ↑ Tracklist of Armin's ‘Intense' revealed! | Armin van Buuren
  10. ↑ http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2013&cat=a
  11. ↑ "Polish album certifications" (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV). 
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