System (album)

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System
Studio album by Seal
Released 12 November 2007
Genre Electronica, pop
Length 47:22
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Stuart Price
Seal chronology
One Night to Remember
(2006)		 System
(2007)		 Soul
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
IM 3/5 stars[2]
The Observer 4/5 stars[3]
Okayplayer 4/5 stars[4]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[5]

System is the fifth studio album by British soul singer Seal, released on 12 November 2007. In his online blog, Seal described the album as a return to his dance roots and his best album since his debut.[6] However, it is his lowest-selling album to date in the U.S., selling 155,000 copies in the first year of its release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[7]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All lyrics written by Seal. 

No. Title Music Length
1. "If It's in My Mind, It's on My Face"   Seal, Eric Schermerhorn, Stuart Price 5:11
2. "Amazing" (Thin White Duke Edit) Seal 3:27
3. "Just Like Before"   Seal, Schermerhorn, Price 4:42
4. "Loaded"   Seal, Bill Bottrell, Price 5:20
5. "Wedding Day" (Duet with Heidi Klum) Seal, Schermerhorn, Price 3:57
6. "System"   Seal, Schermerhorn 3:48
7. "Dumb"   Seal, Christopher Bruce, Schermerhorn 4:12
8. "The Right Life"   Seal, Price 5:09
9. "Rolling"   Seal, Schermerhorn 4:30
10. "Immaculate"   Seal 4:14
11. "Amazing"   Seal 3:02

[edit] Charts and certifications

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[10] 5
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) 56
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) 51
Czech Albums Chart[11] 6
Dutch Albums Chart[12] 42
French Albums Chart[13] 33
German Albums Chart 13
Italian Albums Chart[14] 44
Portuguese Albums Chart[15] 27
Spanish Albums Chart 71
Swedish Albums Chart[16] 37
Swiss Albums Chart[17] 3
UK Album Chart[18] 37
US Billboard 200[19] 35

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
France (SNEP)[20] Gold 75,000*
Germany (BVMI)[21] Gold 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[22] Gold 15,000x

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ IM review
  3. ^ The Observer review
  4. ^ Okayplayer review
  5. ^ Rolling Stone review
  6. ^ "Blog Archive » SEAL-REPORT". Seal. 5 June 2007. http://www.seal.com/index.php/2007/06/05/seal-report-8/. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  7. ^ Up for Discussion Jump to Forums. "Seal Sings From His "Soul" On New Album". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003857279&inp=true. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  8. ^ "iTunes - Music - System by Seal". iTunes Store. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/system/id271493949. Retrieved 3 February 2012. 
  9. ^ "iTunes - Music - System (Bonus Track Version) by Seal". iTunes Store. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/system-bonus-track-version/id266897368. Retrieved 3 February 2012. 
  10. ^ Steffen Hung. "Austrian Top 75 Albums". Austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Seal&titel=System&cat=a. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  11. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – TOP50 Prodejní. IFPI Czech Republic. http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=tyden&hitparada=14&tyden=1861&sec=5c66a02eb141e850cc6c7f2955142908. Retrieved 3 February 2012. 
  12. ^ Steffen Hung. "Dutch Mega Top 100 Albums". Dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Seal&titel=System&cat=a. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  13. ^ Steffen Hung. "French Top 200 Albums". Lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Seal&titel=System&cat=a. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  14. ^ Italy Top 100 Albums[dead link]
  15. ^ Steffen Hung. "Top Portuguese Position". Portuguesecharts.com. http://portuguesecharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Seal&titel=System&cat=a. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  16. ^ Steffen Hung. "Swedish Chart Position". Swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Seal&titel=System&cat=a. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  17. ^ Steffen Hung. "Swiss Top 100 Albums". Swisscharts.com. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Seal&titel=System&cat=a. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  18. ^ "UK Chart Stats". Chartstats.com. 24 November 2007. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=6795. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 
  19. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Keys Storms Chart With Mega-Selling 'As I Am'", Billboard.com, 21 November 2007.
  20. ^ "Les Certifications 2007" (in France). InfoDisc. http://www.infodisc.fr/Cd_Certif_07.php?debut=60. Retrieved 3 February 2012. 
  21. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Seal; 'System')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=System&strInterpret=Seal&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked. 
  22. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Seal; 'System')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Seal+System. 
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