Seal (1991 album)
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| Studio album by Seal | ||||
| Released | May 1991 (UK) 11 June 1991 (U.S.) |
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| Recorded | November 1990 – April 1991 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Soul, electro | |||
| Length | 52:17 | |||
| Label | ZTT, Warner Music UK, Sire (U.S.) |
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| Producer | Trevor Horn | |||
| Seal chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [2] |
Seal is Seal's eponymous 1991 debut album and contained the UK singles: "Killer" (originally performed with Adamski), "Crazy", "Future Love Paradise", "The Beginning" and "Violet". The album debuted at #1 in the UK.
Seal's next album, released in 1994, was also named Seal - usually referred to as Seal II.
The song "Crazy" was covered by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their album Take a Break, by Mushroomhead on their album XIII, by Talisman on their 1995 album Life, by Alanis Morissette on her 2005 compilation album Alanis Morissette: The Collection, and by German power metal band Iron Savior.
Many of the songs (including various ZTT mixes) were featured in the Greg Stump 1991 film Groove Requiem in the Key of Ski.[citation needed] Later Seal tracks appeared in other Stump films as well.
There are two versions of the album, with minor and major differences in three songs.[3] Track lengths of both versions are given for each song affected.
The album won Best British Album at the 1992 Brit Awards.
[edit] Track listing
- "The Beginning" (Seal, Guy Sigsworth) – 5:40
- "Deep Water" (Seal) – 5:56
- "Crazy" (Seal, Sigsworth) – 4:47/5:57
- "Killer" (Adam Tinley, Seal) – 6:22
- "Whirlpool" (Seal) – 3:56/3:51
- "Future Love Paradise" (Seal) – 4:20
- "Wild" (Seal, Sigsworth) – 5:19/5:28
- "Show Me" (Seal) – 5:59
- "Violet" (Seal, Sigsworth) – 8:06/8:31
[edit] Singles
| Release date | Title | Peak |
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| 26 November 1990 | "Crazy" | 2 |
| April 1991 | "Future Love Paradise" | 12 |
| 22 July 1991 | "The Beginning" | 24 |
| 21 November 1991 | "Killer" | 8 |
| 17 February 1992 | "Violet" | 34 |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r17602
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Seal". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=3666.
- ^ http://futureloveparadise.co.uk/anthology/disc-album/seal1edit.html Seal (Debut album) remixed/edited version
| Preceded by Greatest Hits by Eurythmics |
UK number one album 1 June 1991 – 21 June 1991 |
Succeeded by Greatest Hits by Eurythmics |
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