Seven Lives Many Faces

Seven Lives Many Faces
Studio album by Enigma
Released	19 September 2008
Recorded	2007–2008 at various places with the "Alchemist" (all in one computed mobile studio)
Genre	New Age, pop, electronica
Label	Virgin / EMI 50999 2 37979 0 2 V0-37979
Producer	Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
Eppur si muove (2006) Seven Lives Many Faces (2008) The Platinum Collection (2009)

Seven Lives Many Faces is a 2008 music album created by the musical project Enigma. It is Enigma's 7th album. The album was released on 19 September 2008 worldwide and on 30 September 2008 in North America. Michael Cretu stated that the new album will feature an omnicultural sound unlike anything on its previous releases. On 12 September, the album was released on Enigma's MySpace page for pre-listening.^{[citation needed]} After enjoying a huge success on MySpace (with over 400,000 listens in 2 days), several international MTV and VH1 web sites started streaming the album until 22 September.

Seven Lives Many Faces was released in DVD format with 5.1 surround sound, similar to their previous album A posteriori.

Singles

The first 2 singles on the album are "Seven lives" and "La puerta del cielo." The videos for each song use scenes from Enigma previous videos, "Push the limits" for "Seven lives" and "Age of Loneliness" for "La puerta del cielo". The single for "The same parents" was released as the third single of the album .

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic's James Christopher Monger gave the album three stars out of five. While he praised the singles "Seven Lives" and "La Puerta del Cielo" calling them "quietly stunning", he found that in most cases "the new age, fortune-cookie derived lyrics... mirror the unimaginative, two-chord melodies that carry them along."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Encounters"	Michael Cretu	3:12
2.	"Seven Lives"	Cretu	4:25
3.	"Touchness"	Cretu	3:35
4.	"The Same Parents"	Cretu	5:19
5.	"Fata Morgana"	Cretu	3:23
6.	"Hell's Heaven"	Cretu	3:51
7.	"La Puerta del Cielo"	Cretu, Margalida Roig	3:28
8.	"Distorted Love"	Cretu, Andru Donalds	4:11
9.	"'Je t`aime' 'till My Dying Day"	Cretu, Donalds	4:18
10.	"Déjà Vu"	Cretu	2:56
11.	"Between Generations"	Cretu, Roig	4:31
12.	"The Language of Sound"	Cretu	6:52
Total length:			50:01

Japanese bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Epilogue"	1:57

Bonus disc

All songs written and composed by Michael Cretu. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Superficial"	2:58
2.	"We Are Nature"	3:51
3.	"Downtown Silence"	2:08
4.	"Sunrise"	2:38
5.	"The Language of Sound (Slow Edit)"	3:56
Total length:		15:31

iTunes version

In addition to the bonus track "Where are we from", the iTunes online store include comments for each track and album title, spoken by Michael Cretu.

• "Comments on Album Title" – 0:45
• "Comments on "Seven Lives" – 0:40
• "Comments on "Touchness" – 0:38
• "Comments on "The Same Parents" – 0:54
• "Comments on "Fata Morgana" – 0:43
• "Comments on "Hell's Heaven" – 0:31
• "Comments on "La Puerta del Cielo" – 0:59
• "Comments on "Distorted Love" – 0:59
• "Comments on "'Je t`aime' till my dying day" – 0:39
• "Comments on "Déjà Vu" – 0:39
• "Comments on "Between Generations" – 0:52
• "Comments on "The Language of Sound" – 0:45
• "Where Are We From?" – 2:29

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak position Austria Albums Chart 30 France Albums Chart 93 Germany Albums Chart 15 Italy Albums Chart 36 Mexico Albums Chart 59 Netherlands Albums Chart 22 Poland Albums Chart 48 Portugal Albums Chart 29 Spain Albums Chart 75 Switzerland Albums Chart 18 US Top New Age Albums 1 USA Billboard Top 200 92 Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments GCC (IFPI Middle East) Gold 3,000* Russia (NFPF) Gold 10,000* *sales figures based on certification alone Release history Country Date Worldwide 19 September 2008 North America 30 September 2008 DVD release The entire album was released on DVD, with claimed 5.1 surround sound. Unlike previous DVD release called A Posteriori, Seven Lives, Many Faces features video movies to each song. References