Kaleidoscope Dream

Kaleidoscope Dream
Studio album by Miguel
Released September 25, 2012
Recorded Platinum Sound Recording Studios in New York City; MJP Studios and Gustavo's Golden Gloves Gymnasium in Los Angeles
Genre R&B
Length 42:11
Label RCA
Producer Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Arden "Keyz" Altino, Fisticuffs, Happy Perez, Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis, Miguel, Phatboiz, Salaam Remi, Warren "Oak" Felder
Miguel chronology

All I Want Is You
(2010)		 Kaleidoscope Dream
(2012)		 Wild Heart
(2015)
Singles from Kaleidoscope Dream
  1. "Adorn"
    Released: August 7, 2012
  2. "Do You..."
    Released: September 18, 2012
  3. "How Many Drinks?"
    Released: March 3, 2013

Kaleidoscope Dream is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist Miguel, released on September 25, 2012, by RCA Records. After attaining commercial standing with his 2010 debut album All I Want Is You, Miguel wanted to play a larger creative role in his music and principally produced and wrote Kaleidoscope Dream. He recorded most of the album at Platinum Sound Recording Studios in New York City and MJP Studios in Los Angeles, and worked with producers Warren "Oak" Felder, Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis, and Salaam Remi, among others.

An idiosyncratic album, Kaleidoscope Dream features sparse production, eccentric details, thick bass lines, buzzing synthesizers, and hazy, reverbed sounds. Its music incorporates R&B, pop, funk, rock, and soul styles, as well as electronic flourishes, psychedelic textures, and funk rock guitar. Lyrically, the album generally discusses sexual and romantic themes, with existential subject matter on some songs. Miguel titled Kaleidoscope Dream as a metaphor for life and sought to represent his own lifestyle and personality with its music and lyrics.

Prior to its release, the album's songs were previewed virally through a series of free digital EPs released by Miguel. It was also promoted with three singles, including Miguel's highest charting single "Adorn", and his touring in North America and Europe during 2012 to 2013. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 71,000 copies and, as of February 20, 2013, has sold 321,400 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Kaleidoscope Dream received rave reviews from music critics, who praised its eccentric style and Miguel's singing and songwriting, and was named one of the best albums of 2012 in several publications' year-end lists.

Background

After it was shelved by Jive Records for two years, Miguel released his debut album All I Want Is You in November 2010.[1] It initially performed poorly and was underpromoted by Jive,[1] amid the label's dissolution.[2] However, as its singles attained radio airplay and Miguel toured in its promotion,[3] the album became a sleeper hit and helped him garner an audience and commercial standing.[1][4] He also garnered a following with his fervent concert performances.[5] After Jive was shut down and absorbed by RCA Records, Miguel acquired a new marketing team to develop himself as more than a typical urban artist,[3] having felt pigeonholed into being marketed as one by Jive.[6] He said that the experience of balancing creativity and business sense on his first album made him more confident in his approach on Kaleidoscope Dream.[7]

Miguel sought to reintroduce himself artistically with the album.[3] Inspired by his more alternative musical influences,[8] he wanted to change the sound and expectations of R&B songs on urban radio.[3] He explained the album's title as "a metaphor for our life; everyone has their own Kaleidoscope Dream, it is the life that they project and it is the life that they are solidifying with their conscious decision and their subconscious feelings."[9] Miguel also said that the album represents the fantasies that are conveyed through dreams, which he felt embody "the purest form of fantasy we unleash through our subconscious ... the truest freedom we can experience. Totally unrepressed and totally creative."[10]

Writing and recording

Alicia Keys co-wrote and sang on "Where's the Fun in Forever".

Miguel worked on the album for approximately three months.[11] He sought to play a larger creative role than he had on All I Want Is You,[9] and produced most of Kaleidoscope Dream and either wrote or co-wrote every song on the album.[12] He recorded most of the album at Platinum Sound Recording Studios in New York City and MJP Studios in Los Angeles; the songs "Arch & Point" and "Gravity" were recorded at Gustavo's Golden Gloves Gymnasium in Los Angeles.[13] He spent almost two years in New York City, which he felt let him explore "the edgy side" of his life and consequently made his sonical approach grittier, saying in an interview for The Village Voice, "I'm not the 'go to the club and pop bottles' kind of guy. That's not my lifestyle. I really like to party, but it's ... just darker. I'm looking for the speakeasy on the Lower East Side that has a secret door and a password."[14] Miguel recorded "Adorn" in 2011 in the bedroom of his Los Angeles apartment, which he used as a makeshift studio at the time.[6] Parts of the album were edited by Miguel and his engineers using Pro Tools.[13]

Miguel wanted the album to be "a pure and honest projection of my lifestyle and my kaleidoscope dream", and used the music's pace and sound to represent his lifestyle and the lyrics to represent his personality.[15] To sustain his creative approach, Miguel avoided media outlets that he usually visited for music, including radio and Internet blogs. He drew on musical influences from early in his life, including classic rock, country rock, and funk, to incorporate rock flourishes on the album. He also incorporated the Roland TR-808 to give the music a distinct percussive feel.[15] He enlisted an orchestra and incorporated string arrangements, along with a drum loop, to the album's title track, which he felt aurally defined the moods of his personality.[16] Miguel also worked with previous collaborators Salaam Remi and Nathan "Happy" Perez, among other producers.[12] Recording artist Alicia Keys sang background vocals on the song "Where's the Fun in Forever", Elle Varner co-wrote "Use Me",[13] and Brook D'Leau of J*Davey played keyboards on "Candles in the Sun".[12]

Apart from sexual themes, Miguel wrote about conversational and existential topics.[15] When writing "Pussy Is Mine", he drew on his sexual behavior as a single man and "moments of power and vulnerability" with a sexually promiscuous woman.[16] Miguel originally wrote "Where's the Fun in Forever" with Alicia Keys for her 2012 album Girl on Fire at a recording studio in Jamaica.[17] He conceived the song while spending time with Keys on the roof of the studio, which he recounted in an interview for MTV News: "[A]ll I had was this amazing blanket of stars in the sky and the sound of waves in the distance, great vibe ... So here I am trying to be creative for Alicia and it just dawned on me: Well, what if we did live forever? Could we have accomplished all of these amazing things? Would we have come so far? ... Would we have come up with all these theories or built all of these amazing, amazing architectural beautiful things ... or would we have been lazy?"[16] The album's title track was written by Miguel while he was working on All I Want Is You. In reaction to Jive's request for more conventional R&B songs, he composed the song with unusual lyrics and without a hook, chorus, or form.[6]

Music and lyrics

The album's title works: on Kaleidoscope Dream images and sounds repeat, refract and coalesce ... It's made up of love songs, but they are more specifically songs arguing for love, acting casual, wishing and hoping and then imagining what it would be like to consummate. Early days and misadventures. It's soul-baring, but mirrored and fairly guarded.

“
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— Frannie Kelley, NPR[18]

An idiosyncratic album,[7] Kaleidoscope Dream incorporates R&B, pop, funk, rock, and soul genres.[18] It features sparse production,[19] eccentric details,[20] thick bass lines,[6] buzzing synthesizers,[5] and hazy, reverbed sounds.[21] Allmusic's Andy Kellman finds the album "funkier and weirder" than All I Want Is You and observes an "illusory atmosphere ... intensified by some unexpected touches".[12] Music journalist Maura Johnston comments that much of it "sounds, as the title might suggest, fractal."[21] Stylistically, its music is characterized by electronic flourishes,[22] psychedelic textures, and funk rock guitar.[1] Music journalist Greg Kot writes that the album "blends the raw and the refined; everything from 808 drum machines to orchestras figure in the mix."[7] Miguel sings with expressive falsetto and tenor registers on the album.[19][22] Alfred Soto of The Quietus observes a "joy" in his singing that "leavens the often brooding nature" of the music.[23]

As an R&B album, Kaleidoscope Dream deviates from genre conventions by minimizing the influence of hip hop,[1] and drawing heavily on psychedelic rock and pop.[24] Music writers compare the album's style to Prince,[25] particularly his mid-1980s works such as "Darling Nikki" (1983) and Around the World in a Day (1986).[24][26] Alex Macpherson of The Guardian perceives a "headier aesthetic" than on All I Want Is You, with "faded psychedelia" and "intimate experiments in Purple Rain-esque rock".[27] In an interview for the Chicago Tribune, Miguel said that he "definitely think it's an R&B record, though other people may not," feeling that listeners "are so conditioned to expect certain things out of current R&B, and it's about following a formula. But R&B was once live music, it was psychedelic, it was rock, it was funk, and all these genres stem from soul music ... There would be no hip-hop or rock without R&B. It was important for me to be true to what R&B is, and that is soulful."[7]

The album's lyrics generally deal with themes of adult love, meaningful sex,[6] and romance.[1] Andrew Ryce of Pitchfork Media interprets its "overarching theme" to be "the highly sexualized seen through the lens of the eager and innocent."[28] Miguel's lyrics express modesty,[28] yearning, vulnerability,[6] and cheeky humor.[18] NPR's Frannie Kelley likens his songwriting to Tony! Toni! Toné! and observes "Little Richard-level insinuations" and "absurd provocations in the style of Akinyele".[18] Music journalist Jim DeRogatis views that Miguel eschews braggadocio and is "man enough to admit his own insecurities and question whether he's worthy of love—or lustful indulgence."[24] Kaleidoscope Dream also explores the anxiety and momentary nature of sex and clubbing.[29] Consequence of Sound's Jeremy D. Larson views that Miguel employs a "fangs-out approach to R&B" similar to Frank Ocean and The Weeknd, writing that "nothing shrouds Miguel and his directives, and worries, and prayers, and cat calls – it's all there, full of light and love, refracting through a kaleidoscope of rocks glasses, rainy windshields, and blood-shot eyes."[19]

Songs

"Use Me"
The ballad about sexual vulnerability features shoegaze guitars, oscillating beats, and echo-laden pleas to a lover.[30][31]
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"Adorn" has both digital and analog sensibilities,[12] and lyrics comprising brazen declarations of affection,[12] including promises of adoration to a female subject.[32] "Don't Look Back" features amplified bass,[2] bombastic drums,[21] and metallic synths.[29] Rob Markman of MTV News writes that the song "represents the morning after when the reality of the previous night's efforts creep in."[33] Its closing interlude has Miguel crooning lyrics from The Zombies' 1969 song "Time of the Season" over sentimental synths and musky,[12] psychedelic music.[28] "Use Me" features hollow, electronic sounds,[32] heavily multitracked vocals, metronomic rhythms,[23] and an industrialized mix of guitar and percussion.[2] Its lyrics blur expressions of sexual nerves with gentle dominance,[6] as the narrator instructs his lover how she can toy with him,[21] An atmospheric pop rock song,[34] "Do You..." portrays a narcotic tryst and mixes ambiable come-ons with drug imagery.[27][21] The psychedelic title track incorporates synthesizer arpeggios, minor chords,[34] oscillating blips, fuzzy guitar,[35] and a bassline interpolation of Labi Siffre's 1975 "I Got The".[12] The sample's groove is played at a different tempo than other instruments on the song.[1] The song's lyrics feature synesthetic imagery ("I taste you, infinite colors"),[34] and a boast by the narrator about kissing his subject's third eye.[35]

"The Thrill" has a sparse bass groove, layered keyboards,[20] and existential lyrics with YOLO imagery.[21] "How Many Drinks?" has sardonic,[28] swaggering lyrics and a rap verse by Miguel,[21] who veers between seducer and user.[20] "Where's the Fun in Forever" features atmospheric drums and bass,[12] an a cappella bridge,[26] and rolling dynamics with measures that advance an argument.[36] The song celebrates youthful bliss and preachs a carpe diem philosophy.[26][27] It transitions into the rock song "Arch & Point",[34] which has sexually charged ballet metaphors and bare power pop elements.[26][12] "Pussy Is Mine" features a high vocal range by Miguel, a rudimentary chord progression played on electric guitar,[23] and a stripped, demo quality.[34] The song is about sexual jealousy and an ignoble man's plea for exclusivity in a casual relationship.[29] Its sexually explicit, bawdy lyrics eschew masculine hip hop tropes for feelings of insecurity.[20] The song is bookended by background studio chatter.[37] "Candles in the Sun" is a slow burning,[34] political soul song.[38] It touches on senseless killings, drug-infested communities,[39] and questions the existence of God and the motives of governments.[40] Chris Kelly of Fact writes that, along with "Adorn", "Candles in the Sun" "bookend[s] the album with another tribute to Marvin Gaye, a la 'What's Going On?'"[34]

Promotion

After pitching the strategy to RCA,[7] Miguel marketed Kaleidoscope Dream virally with a three-volume series of EPs entitled Art Dealer Chic,[41] which were released as free downloads during February to April 2012 and previewed songs from the album.[12] He released two more EPs—Kaleidoscope Dream: Water Preview on July 31 and Air Preview on September 11—[42] to digital retailers.[3] In an interview for The Village Voice, Miguel said that the strategy allowed listeners to absorb the songs at his desired pace and called it "a great way for me to reconnect with my peers ... the people that I hang out with—that go to the same shows, listen to the same music, read the same blogs, same magazines."[41]

Miguel embarked on a short promotional tour in the United States on September 26.[3] He also promoted the album with television performances on 106 & Park, The Wendy Williams Show, Late Show with David Letterman, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[43] He subsequently toured in support of the album for six months throughout North America and Europe,[3] including concert dates as a supporting act on Trey Songz' Chapter V World Tour during November 2012 to February 2013,[44] and a headlining tour in the UK and Ireland during January 2013.[45] Miguel opened for Alicia Keys on her Set The World On Fire Tour during March and April.[46] Although he did not choreograph his shows, he routinely rehearsed in a dance studio and practiced singing in front of a mirror. In concert, he performed dramatic leaps, staggers, and other moves fashioned after Little Richard and James Brown.[6] He started ripping his shirt off during performances after being inspired by Songz' concerts.[47]

Commercial performance

Kaleidoscope Dream was first released by RCA in vinyl LP format on September 25 to make the deadline for the Grammy Awards' eligibility period without charting prematurely on lower sales.[48] The following week, it debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 on sales of 71,000 copies.[49] It sold 30,000 copies in its second week on the chart.[50] In the United Kingdom, the album charted for 15 weeks on the UK R&B Chart,[51] peaking at number 13.[52] It was Miguel's first album to be released in the UK.[45]

The album's lead single "Adorn", which had been released on August 7,[53] became a sleeper hit on urban radio.[5] It was Miguel's second number-one single on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs,[12] and his highest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 17.[54] By September, the single had sold 190,000 copies.[3] According to NPR's Audie Cornish, Miguel "broke through to a national audience in 2012" with both "Adorn" and Kaleidoscope Dream.[55] The second single "Do You..." was released on September 18,[56] and reached number 32 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[57]

By November 21, the album had sold 180,900 copies.[58] On March 3, 2013, "How Many Drinks?" was released as its third single.[47] By February 20, Kaleidoscope Dream had charted for 20 weeks on the Billboard 200 and sold 321,400 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[59]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [12]
The A.V. Club A–[1]
Chicago Tribune [20]
Robert Christgau A–[60]
The Guardian [27]
The Irish Times [61]
Pitchfork Media 8.4/10[28]
Q [62]
Rolling Stone [32]
Spin 9/10[21]

Kaleidoscope Dream received rave reviews from music critics.[63] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 86, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 20 reviews.[64] Allmusic's Andy Kellman dubbed it "2012's most pleasurable pop-R&B album" and felt that, although the lyrics occasionally veer "too close to 'artsy' teenage erotic poetry," each song has "an attractive quality, whether it's a heavenly melody, a riveting rhythm, or a boggling production nuance."[12] Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune complimented both his "left turns" and older influences, writing that he "creates a fluid, dreamscape environment that floats across eras with a connoisseur's discerning feel for the telling detail."[20] Alex Macpherson of The Guardian found Miguel's occasional "appeal to indie tropes" balanced by "genuinely thoughtful songwriting", and commended him for using his commercial breakthrough "as a springboard to radically change course".[27] Spin magazine's Maura Johnston was impressed by his singing and songwriting, and called the album "startling and invigorating, a fully formed statement from an artist hungrily surging toward the front of pop music's creative pack."[21] Sean McCarthy of PopMatters wrote that, along with Frank Ocean's Channel Orange, it "shows that in terms of mainstream music, the trailblazers of 2012 are firmly entrenched in the R&B community."[2] Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times felt that the "searing" album "offers further evidence of a genre being reborn in 2012."[36]

In a mixed review, Ken Capobianco of The Boston Globe felt that "some tracks are simply overproduced" and found Miguel "too remote for a true soul singer."[22] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times found the album to be "purposefully, a little washed-out, a blend of Prince-isms and slurry grooves", and stated, "Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's on the verge."[38] Frannie Kelley of NPR critiqued that the album "requires a few twists to bring Miguel's vision into focus", but commended his effort as a "perfectionist" and found him comparable to "Stevie Wonder, Prince and Van Morrison."[18] Pitchfork Media's Andrew Ryce found the album to be "respectful of tradition, quietly ambitious, and deeply personal", and cited Miguel as "the rare vocalist who makes you feel what he's singing about, even when his lyrics can be transparent."[28] Alfred Soto of The Quietus was pleasantly surprised by "the range of sonic ideas, fully realized songs, and prodigious vocal talent" by Miguel after a "tentative" debut and commented that he "articulates how a love man can be louche without being a douche."[23]

Accolades

Kaleidoscope Dream appeared on several critics' year-end top albums lists.[65] Music critic Ann Powers named it the best album of the 2012.[66] The album was also ranked number 26 by Robert Christgau,[67] number 23 by Pitchfork Media,[68] number 13 by The A.V. Club,[69] number 12 by the Chicago Sun-Times and Exclaim!,[70][71] number 11 by The Guardian,[72] number 10 by the Chicago Tribune, number eight by Slate, number six by the Los Angeles Times, number five by Allmusic, Okayplayer, and Spin, number four by Entertainment Weekly, number three by Billboard, New York, and Now, and number one by Idolator.[65] Metacritic named it the 12th best-reviewed album of 2012.[73]

The album was voted the fifth best album of 2012 in The Village Voice‍ '​s annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[74] In an essay for the poll, the newspaper's Brian McManus wrote that the album's "raw bits of sexuality and frank freak talk were absent in much of r&b in 2012" and called it "a fantastical, steamy, colorful, gritty-but-polished, polished-but-gritty, dripping-with-sex-sweat bacchanal of Marvin Gaye smoothness."[14] Kaleidoscope Dream was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album. "Adorn" was nominated for Best R&B Performance and Song of the Year, and won for Best R&B Song at the 2013 Grammy Awards.[75]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Adorn"  Miguel PimentelMiguel 3:13
2. "Don't Look Back"  Nathan Perez, PimentelHappy Perez, Miguel 4:26
3. "Use Me"  Warren Felder, Ronnie James, Steve Mostyn, Pimentel, Nycole Russell, Elle Varner, Andrew WanselAndrew "Pop" Wansel, Miguel (co.), Steve "Ace" Mostyn (co.), Warren "Oak" Felder 4:40
4. "Do You..."  Arden Altino, Jerry Duplessis, Paul Pesco, PimentelArden "Keyz" Altino (co.), Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis, Miguel (co.) 3:28
5. "Kaleidoscope Dream"  Pimentel, Salaam Remi, Labi SiffreMiguel (co.), Salaam Remi 4:17
6. "The Thrill"  Allen Arthur, Keith Justice, Pimentel, Glayton ReillyMiguel, Phatboiz 3:04
7. "How Many Drinks?"  Roger Nichols, Pimentel, Remi, Paul WilliamsSalaam Remi 4:32
8. "Where's the Fun in Forever"  Felder, Alicia Keys, Mostyn, Pimentel, WanselAndrew "Pop" Wansel, Steve "Ace" Mostyn (co.), Warren "Oak" Felder 3:29
9. "Arch & Point"  Pimentel, Mac Robinson, Brian WarfieldFisticuffs 3:17
10. "Pussy Is Mine"  PimentelMiguel 2:53
11. "Candles in the Sun"  PimentelMiguel 4:55
Total length:
 42:11
Notes[13]

Personnel

Credits for Kaleidoscope Dream adapted from liner notes.[13]

  • Arden "Keyz" Altino – producer
  • Wayne Barrow – executive producer
  • Delbert Bowers – assistant
  • Tanisha Broadwater – production coordination
  • Tyler Bunting – assistant, engineer
  • Darius Campo – violin
  • Roberto Cani – violin
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Tim Davies – string arrangements
  • Dru DeCaro – guitar
  • Brian Dembrow – principal, viola
  • Gleyder "Gee" Disla – engineer
  • Brook D'Leau – keyboards
  • Bruce Dukov – principal, violin
  • Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis – producer
  • Steve Erdody – celli, principal
  • Eun-Mee Anh – violin
  • Warren "Oak" Felder – producer
  • Fisticuffs – musician, producer
  • Chris Galland – assistant
  • Erwin Gorostiza – creative director
  • Jessica E. Guideri – violin
  • Koby Hass – assistant
  • Tamara Hatwan – violin
  • Paula Hochhalter – celli
  • Eric Isip – assistant engineer
  • Chris Kasych – Pro Tools
  • Ronald Kelly – drums
  • Alicia Keys – background vocals
  • Phillip Levy – violin
  • Kim Lumpkin – production coordination
  • Shawn Mann – viola
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Donnie Meadows – production coordination
  • Michel Michelakis – drum programming
  • Miguel – art direction, background vocals, creative director, design, drums, engineer, executive producer, primary artist, Pro Tools, producer
  • Victoria Miskolczy – viola
  • Alyssa Park – violin
  • Sarah Parkins – violin
  • Happy Perez – producer
  • Paul Pesco – guitar
  • Phatboiz – producer
  • Mark Pitts – A&R, executive producer
  • Christian Plata – mixing
  • Lance Powell – assistant, engineer, Pro Tools
  • Salaam Remi – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, producer
  • Rafael Rishik – violin
  • Andrew Robertson – assistant
  • Peter Rotter – contractor
  • Timothy Saccenti – photography
  • George Kim Scholes – celli
  • Jayme Silverstein – bass
  • Lisa M. Sutton – violin
  • Sarah Thornblade – violin
  • Sergio "Sergical" Tsai – engineer
  • Cecelia Tsan – celli
  • Jo Ann Turovsky – harp
  • Courtney Walker – art direction, design
  • Kristin Walstrom – assistant
  • David F. Walther – viola
  • Andrew "Pop" Wansel – producer
  • Brian Warfield – Pro Tools
  • Phillana Williams – management
  • Kevin "Kev-O" Wilson – assistant

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
UK R&B Albums[52] 9
US Billboard 200[80] 3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[81] 1
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Danish Albums Chart[82] 26
scope="row" Australian Albums (ARIA)[83] 45

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
US Billboard 200[84] 161
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[84] 38
Chart (2013) Position
US Billboard 200[85] 89
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[85] 20

Release history

Region Date Label Format
United States[86] September 25, 2012 RCA Records LP
United Kingdom[87] October 1, 2012 ByStorm Entertainment, RCA digital download
Canada October 2, 2012 digital download,[88] CD[89]
United States digital download,[90] CD[91]
United Kingdom[92] November 12, 2012 Sony Music Entertainment CD
Australia[93] November 16, 2012
Denmark[94] December 17, 2012
Germany[95] May 31, 2013 digital download, CD
Austria[96] May 31, 2013 digital download, CD
Switzerland[97] May 31, 2013 digital download, CD

See also

References

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