Forget the World (Afrojack album)

Forget the World
Studio album by Afrojack
Released 19 May 2014
Genre
Label
Producer
Afrojack chronology

  • It's a Matter Of...
  • (2013)
  • Forget the World
  • (2014)
Singles from Forget the World
  1. "As Your Friend"
    Released: 13 February 2013
  2. "The Spark"
    Released: 11 October 2013
  3. "Ten Feet Tall"
    Released: 3 February 2014
  4. "Dynamite"
    Released: 17 April 2014

Forget the World is the debut studio album by Dutch music producer and DJ Afrojack. It was released on 16 May 2014.[1] Afrojack said of the album title, "It's basically a message not just to my fans, but also to myself, to always remember to keep following your heart, keep following your path, and never try to let the things around you get you down."[2]

Singles

"As Your Friend" featuring Chris Brown was released on 13 February 2013. It reached number 21 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] The song appears on the album as a bonus track on the deluxe version.

"The Spark" featuring Spree Wilson was released as the album's lead single on 11 October 2013. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 17.[4]

"Ten Feet Tall" featuring Wrabel was released on 3 February 2014, as the album's second single. It is due to be released in the UK on 18 May 2014, alongside the David Guetta remix[5][6] 2 days after the album's release.

"Dynamite" featuring Snoop Dogg was released on 17 April 2014, as the album's third single.

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 49/100[7]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [8]
The Guardian [9]
Rolling Stone [10]
USA Today [11]
Paste (3.3/10)[12]

At Rolling Stone, Christopher R. Weingarten rated the album three stars out of five, stating that "anything that's not glowing with Afrojack's trademark explosions and monster melodies... is a blown opportunity."[10] David Jeffries of AllMusic rated the album three stars out of five, writing that "Forget the World plays more like a collection of 12"s than a well-tempered album."[8] At USA Today, Elysa Gardner rated the album three stars out of five, saying that "these new tracks represent EDM at its most breezily accessible".[11] Paul McInnes of The Guardian rated the album one star out of five, stating that the release has only "one truly poignant moment."[9]

Commercial performance

In the United States, the album debuted at number 32 on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 8,000 copies. It also debuted at number two on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[13]

Track listing

Standard version[14]
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Ten Feet Tall" (featuring Wrabel)
Afrojack 3:49
2. "Illuminate" (with Matthew Koma)
  • Van de Wall
  • Matthew Koma
Afrojack 4:37
3. "Born to Run" (featuring Tyler Glenn)
 4:53
4. "Freedom" (with D-Wayne featuring Jack McManus)
  • Jack McManus
  • Van de Wall
  • Dwayne Megens
  • Afrojack
  • D-Wayne
 4:03
5. "The Spark" (featuring Spree Wilson)
Afrojack 4:00
6. "Dynamite" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
  • Afrojack
  • DJ Buddha[a]
  • Polow da Don[a]
 3:48
7. "Too Wild" (featuring Wiz Khalifa and Devin Cruise)
Afrojack 3:53
8. "Three Strikes" (featuring Jack McManus)
  • Van de Wall
  • McManus
Afrojack 4:56
9. "Catch Tomorrow" (featuring Sting)
  • Van de Wall
  • Andy Sherman
  • Dorothy Sherman
  • Vargas
  • Bilal Hajji
  • Martin Kierszenbaum
  • Shirazi
  • T. Person
  • Afrojack
  • DJ Buddha[a]
  • Polow da Don[a]
 3:06
10. "We'll Be OK" (featuring Wrabel)
Afrojack 5:19
11. "Mexico" (featuring Shirazi)
  • Shirazi
  • Van de Wall
  • Vargas
  • Jones
  • Afrojack
  • DJ Buddha[a]
  • Polow da Don[a]
 4:51
12. "Keep Our Love Alive" (with Matthew Koma)
  • Van de Wall
  • Koma
  • Vargas
Afrojack 4:12
Notes

Personnel

  • Afrojack - Arranger, Drum Programming, Drums, Engineer, Keyboard Programming, Keyboards, MIDI Programming, Mixing, Orchestral Arrangements, Primary Artist, Producer, Programming
  • Nadia alHajjar - Viola
  • Kim De Beer - Violin
  • Falco Borsboom - Arranger, Engineer
  • Calvin Broadus - Composer
  • Mariam Buzghulashvili - Violin
  • Devin Cruise - Featured Artist, Vocals
  • Ron Cuijpers - Arranger
  • D-Wayne - Featured Artist, Keyboard Programming, MIDI Programming, Primary Artist, Producer
  • Thomas Deelder - Executive Producer, Management
  • Guido Dieteren - Arranger, Leader, Orchestra Leader
  • DJ Buddha - Arranger, Drum Programming, Engineer, Executive Producer, Keyboard Programming, MIDI Programming, Mixing, Producer, Programming
  • Andrew Drucker - Vocal Engineer
  • Anna Dushkina - Viola
  • Dean Gillard - A&R
  • Ryan Gillmor - Digital Editing
  • Tyler Glenn - Featured Artist, Vocals
  • O. Goldstein - Composer
  • Judith Groen - Cello, Viola
  • Guido's Orchestra - Orchestra
  • B. Hajji - Composer
  • Jasja Heijboer - Booking
  • Nadine Hilkens - Viola
  • Jarett Holmes - Vocal Engineer
  • Marije De Jong - Cello, Viola
  • Andrew Kierszenbaum - Keyboards, Piano, Producer
  • Tearce Kizzo - Keyboards, Piano, Producer
  • Matthew Koma - Featured Artist, Guitar, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocal Engineer, Vocal Producer, Vocals
  • Chantal Kreviazuk - Producer
  • Ewelina Krysiak - Violin
  • Greg Kurstin - Producer, Vocal Engineer, Vocal Producer
  • Dave Kutch - Mastering
  • Hugo Langras - Executive Producer, Management
  • Marta Lemanska - Violin
  • Annelieke Marselje - Violin
  • Rob Mathes - Engineer, Vocal Producer
  • Marleen Matser - Violin
  • M.E. Maxwell - Composer, Vocal Engineer
  • Tim McEwan - Guitar
  • Jack McManus - Featured Artist, Vocals
  • Dawn Miller - Public Relations
  • Patrick Mühren - Engineer
  • Tim Pagnotta - Vocal Producer
  • Ruud Peeters - Arranger, Orchestral Arrangements
  • Polow da Don - Drum Programming, Executive Producer, Keyboard Programming, MIDI Programming, Mixing, Producer
  • Paolo Prudencio - Vocals (Background)
  • Guido Rooyakkers - Horn
  • Julia Rusanovsky - Violin
  • Todd Russell - Art Direction, Design
  • Jesse Shatkin - Vocal Engineer
  • D. Sherman - Composer
  • Shirazi - Featured Artist, Vocals
  • Jamie Siegel - Engineer, Vocal Producer
  • Cleo Simons - Horn
  • Snoop Dogg - Featured Artist, Vocals
  • Aleksandra Stadniczenko - Violin
  • Sting - Featured Artist, Vocals
  • Nele Stuyck - Cello, Viola
  • C. Thomaz - Composer
  • Randy Urbanski - Engineer, Mixing, Vocal Engineer
  • Nick Van De Wall - Composer
  • Jelle van der Voet - Engineer
  • Dennis Van Leeuwen - Guitar
  • Anne VanEck - Violin
  • U. Vargas - Composer
  • Lars Wachelder - Horn
  • S. Watters - Composer
  • Daniel Werner - A&R
  • Spree Wilson - Featured Artist, Vocals
  • Wiz Khalifa - Featured Artist, Vocals
  • Wrabel - Featured Artist, Piano, Vocals
  • Rob Zeguers - Double Bass
  • Joel Zimmerman - Booking

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[16]

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
scope="row" Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[17] 30
scope="row" Australian Albums (ARIA)[18] 49
scope="row" Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 34
scope="row" Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] 64
scope="row" Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[21] 4
scope="row" French Albums (SNEP)[22] 195
scope="row" German Albums (Official Top 100)[23] 46
Italian Albums (FIMI)[24] 51
scope="row" Scottish Albums (OCC)[25] 33
scope="row" Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[26] 96
scope="row" Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 21
scope="row" UK Albums (OCC)[28] 76
scope="row" UK Dance Albums (OCC)[29] 8
scope="row" US Billboard 200[30] 32
scope="row" US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[31] 2

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Germany 16 May 2014
[1]
France 19 May 2014 [32]
Spain [33]
United Kingdom [14]
United States [34]
Canada 20 May 2014 [35]
Italy [36]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Forget The World (Limited Deluxe Edition): Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de.
  2. ↑ Marchese, David (13 March 2014). "Exclusive: Afrojack Announces Debut Album, 'Forget the World'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "2013-06-15 Top 40 Official Singles Chart UK Archive". Official Charts.
  4. ↑ "2013-12-07 Top 40 Official Singles Chart UK Archive". Official Charts.
  5. ↑ "Ten Feet Tall (feat. Wrabel) - Single by Afrojack". itunes.apple.com.
  6. ↑ "Ten Feet Tall (David Guetta Remix) [feat. Wrabel] - Single by Afrojack". itunes.apple.com.
  7. ↑ "Forget the World - Afrojack". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Jeffries, David (19 May 2014). "Forget the World - Afrojack | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 MacInnes, Paul (15 May 2014). "Afrojack: Forget the World review – EDM bangers with big-name guests". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Weingarten, Christopher R. (19 May 2014). "Afrojack 'Forget the World' Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Gardner, Elysa (19 May 2014). "Listen Up: Other notable releases". USA Today. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  12. ↑ Woodruff, Chase. "Afrojack: Forget the World Review". Paste Magazine. Paste Media Group. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  13. ↑ Gordon Murray, "Afrojack Stands 'Tall' On Dance, Electronic Charts", Billboard, May 30, 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "iTunes - Music - Forget the World by Afrojack". itunes.apple.com.
  15. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Forget the World (Deluxe Version) by Afrojack". itunes.apple.com.
  16. ↑ "Afrojack - Forget the World Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "Afrojack – Forget The World" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Afrojack – Forget The World". Australiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Afrojack – Forget The World" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Afrojack – Forget The World" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Afrojack – Forget The World" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Afrojack – Forget The World". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Afrojack – Forget The World". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Artisti - Classifica settimanale WK 21 (dal 19-05-2014 al 25-05-2014)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  25. ↑ "2014-05-31 Top 40 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Afrojack – Forget The World". Spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Afrojack – Forget The World". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  28. ↑ "2014-05-31 Top 40 UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  29. ↑ "2014-05-31 Top 40 Dance Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  30. ↑ "Afrojack Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for Afrojack. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  31. ↑ "Afrojack Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums for Afrojack. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  32. ↑ "Forget The World [Explicit]: Afrojack: Amazon.fr: Téléchargements MP3". Amazon.fr.
  33. ↑ "Forget The World: Afrojack: Amazon.es: Tienda MP3". Amazon.es.
  34. ↑ "Amazon.com: Forget The World (Deluxe Explicit): Music". Amazon.com.
  35. ↑ "Forget The World: Afrojack: Amazon.ca: Music". Amazon.ca.
  36. ↑ "Forget The World: Afrojack: Amazon.it: Musica". Amazon.it.