The Heart of Everything

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The Heart of Everything
Studio album by Within Temptation
Released Netherlands March 9, 2007
Europe March 12, 2007
Finland March 15, 2007
Australia March 17, 2007
Japan April 4, 2007
United States July 24, 2007
Recorded The Metal Cemetery, Studio Arnold Mühren, Netherlands, 2005–2006
Genre Symphonic metal, symphonic rock, gothic metal[1]
Length 57:06
Label Sony BMG/GUN
Producer Daniel Gibson, Stefan Helleblad
Within Temptation chronology
The Silent Force
(2004)		 The Heart of Everything
(2007)		 The Unforgiving
(2011)
Singles from The Heart of Everything
  1. "What Have You Done"
    Released: February 14, 2007
  2. "The Howling"
    Released: May 1, 2007
  3. "Frozen"
    Released: June 11, 2007
  4. "All I Need"
    Released: November 12, 2007
  5. "Forgiven"
    Released: September 12, 2008

The Heart of Everything is the fourth studio album by Dutch symphonic metal/rock band Within Temptation, released by GUN Records on March 12, 2007 in Europe. It was released in North America on July 24, 2007 by Roadrunner Records.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Standard edition

This is the track listing for the standard edition of The Heart of Everything.

All lyrics written by Sharon den Adel and Robert Westerholt. 

No. Title Music Length
1. "The Howling"   Westerholt, den Adel 5:36
2. "What Have You Done" (featuring Keith Caputo) Westerholt, den Adel 5:13
3. "Frozen"   Westerholt, den Adel 4:28
4. "Our Solemn Hour"   den Adel, Spierenburg 4:17
5. "The Heart of Everything"   Gibson, den Adel 5:35
6. "Hand of Sorrow"   Westerholt, den Adel 5:36
7. "The Cross"   Westerholt, den Adel 4:52
8. "Final Destination"   Westerholt, den Adel 4:45
9. "All I Need"   Den Adel 4:52
10. "The Truth Beneath the Rose"   Westerholt, den Adel 7:05
11. "Forgiven"   Den Adel, Spierenburg 4:54

[edit] Additional tracks

Title Writers Length Editions
"What Have You Done" featuring Keith Caputo (U.S single edit) Den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson 3:24 Track #2 in the U.S. edition, the original version is called "extended version" and put at #13.[2][3]
"Stand My Ground" Den Adel, Westerholt, Kooreneef 4:28 Track #10 in the U.S. edition, between "All I Need" and "The Truth Beneath the Rose".[2][3]
Originally released on The Silent Force.
"What Have You Done" (rock mix) Den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson 3:53 Track #12 in the yellow and pink special editions, as well as the digipak version
"What Have You Done" (acoustic) Den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson 4:12 Track #13 in the yellow and pink special editions.
"Ice Queen" (acoustic) Den Adel, Westerholt 4:31 Track #14 in the yellow and pink special editions.
Originally released on Mother Earth, but this is an acoustic version.
"Stand My Ground" (acoustic) Den Adel, Westerholt, Kooreneef 3:43 Track #15 in the yellow and pink special editions.
Originally released on The Silent Force, but this is an acoustic version.
"What Have You Done" (European mainstream mix) Den Adel, Westerholt, Gibson 4:01 Track #16 in the pink special edition.
"Memories" (live) Den Adel, Westerholt, Kooreneef 3:54 Track #12 in the European iTunes Store edition.
Originally released on The Silent Force, but this is a live version.
"Angels" (live) Den Adel, Westerholt, Spierenburg 4:04 Track #13 in the European iTunes Store edition.
Originally released on The Silent Force, but this is a live version.
"Stand My Ground" (live) Den Adel, Westerholt, Kooreneef 4:29 Track #14 in the European iTunes Store edition.
Originally released on The Silent Force, but this is a live version.

[edit] Yellow Special Edition DVD

The yellow special edition includes a DVD with the following video tracks:

  1. "Our Solemn Hour" (live in Tokyo)
  2. "The Howling" (live in Tokyo)
  3. "Frozen" (live in Tokyo)
  4. "Stand My Ground" (live in Tokyo)
  5. "The Cross" (live in Tokyo)
  6. "The Heart of Everything" (live in Tokyo)
  7. "Mother Earth" (live in Tokyo)
  8. "Deceiver of Fools" (live in Tokyo)
  9. "Ice Queen" (live in Tokyo)
  10. "The Howling" (game trailer for The Chronicles of Spellborn)
  11. "What Have You Done" featuring Keith Caputo (video)
  12. "Frozen" (video)
  13. "The Howling" (video)
  14. "What Have You Done" featuring Keith Caputo (U.S. version video)

[edit] B-sides

  • "Blue Eyes"
  • "Sounds of Freedom"
  • "The Last Time" (Demo)

Some more demos were released, these are arguably b-sides as they have extreme differences, lyrically and musically (and often named differently) to the originals.

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[4]
Metal Storm 6/10 stars[5]
Planet Internet (favorable)[6]
PopMatters 7/10 stars[7]
Sputnikmusic 4/5 stars[8]
Ultimate Guitar Archive (8.7/10)[1]
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The criticism about "The Heart of Everything" was generally positive, with particular praise for the symphonic elements and Sharon's vocals. sputnikmusic gave it four stars out of five, praising how Sharon uses her voce and stating that "here is a better balance between the different elements. The instruments create a great flow in the tracks while the symphonic parts add depth and texture." [9]

allMusic gave it three and a half stars out of five, stating that "the sextet isn't afraid to get downright symphonic".[10]

MetalStorm was less favorable, giving it 6 out of 10, stating that "t's simply hard to find amazing songs, real hits. Of course if you're not looking for something new and a bit deep, it should be ok but on the other hand I didn't find anything special on this release." and finnished the review sayind that "this is not the worst album ever but Within Temptation is able to do something better." [11]

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Band members

[edit] Additional musicians

  • Keith Caputo - vocals on "What have You Done"
  • Jonas Pap - cello on "The Cross", "All I Need" and "Forgiven"
  • Tom Salisbury - piano on "Frozen", "All I Need" and "Forgiven", choir and orchestral arrangements
  • Siard de Jong - fiddle on "Hand of Sorrow" and "Forgiven"
  • The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Richard Hein

[edit] Production

  • Daniel Gibson - producer
  • Stefan Helleblad - co-producer, engineer
  • Niels Hahn - engineer, additional editing
  • Stefan Glaumann, Patrick Mühren - mixing
  • Franck van der Heuden, Geert Keysers - orchestral arrangements

[edit] Charts Performance

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[12] 12
Belgian Ultratop (Flanders)[13] 2
Belgian Ultratop (Wallonia)[14] 13
Czech Albums Chart[15] 4
Danish Albums Chart[16] 32
Dutch Albums Chart[14] 1
Finnish Albums Chart[17] 3
French Albums Chart[18] 26
German Albums Chart[19] 5
Japanese Albums Chart[20] 20
Mexican Albums Chart[14] 68
Norwegian Albums Chart[21] 24
Portuguese Albums Chart[22] 5
Spanish Albums Chart[23] 23
Swedish Albums Chart[24] 4
Swiss Top 100 Albums[25] 8
UK Albums Chart[26] 38
US Billboard Top 200[27] 106

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (2007) Position
Dutch Albums Chart[28] 19
Belgium Albums Chart[29] 33

[edit] Sales and certifications

Country Certification
(sales thresholds)
Belgium Gold[30]
Germany Gold[31]
Netherlands Platinum[14]

[edit] Singles

Five singles have been released from the album:

  • "What Have You Done" (four different versions), released in February 2007.
  • "The Howling" (both as an EP, released in the US on May 1, 2007, and as a co-release with "Frozen").
  • "Frozen" (standard and maxi versions), released on June 11, 2007.
  • "All I Need" (standard and maxi versions), released on November 12, 2007.
  • "Forgiven" (maxi version) was released on September 12, 2008 to promote the upcoming Black Symphony release.

[edit] References

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  2. ^ a b "Within Temptation Expose The Heart of Everything". Roadrunner Records. 10 January 2007. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/Within-Temptation-Expose-iThe-Heart-of-Everythingi-14606.aspx. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
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  23. ^ "Within Temptation - The Heart of Everything (Album)". Spanishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Within+Temptation&titel=The+Heart+Of+Everything&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
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