Soul (Seal album)

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Billboardpositive[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[7]
PopMatters[8]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
The Toronto Star[6]
Vibe[11]
A Change Is Gonna Come – Single Cover
File:Sean - Man's World Single Cover.JPG
It's A Man's Man's Man's World – Single Cover
File:Seal It's Alright Single Cover.JPG
It's Alright – Single Cover

Soul is the sixth studio album by British singer Seal, which was released on 10 November 2008. The album was produced by David Foster, and co-produced, engineered and mixed by Jochem van der Saag.[12] It is made up of cover versions of eleven soul music classics.[13][14]

The album charted within the top 10 in twelve countries. In the United Kingdom, the album charted at number twelve. As of January 2012, the album had sold 419,841 copies in the UK.[15] The album peaked at number thirteen in the United States on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It has since sold 547,000 copies in the US.[16]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Change Is Gonna Come"Sam Cooke3:55
2."I Can't Stand the Rain"Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernard Miller3:35
3."It's a Man's Man's Man's World"James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome3:53
4."Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"Al Green, Mabon Hodges4:10
5."I've Been Loving You Too Long"Otis Redding, Jerry Butler3:08
6."It's Alright"Curtis Mayfield3:47
7."If You Don't Know Me by Now"Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff3:50
8."Knock on Wood"Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper3:22
9."I'm Still in Love with You"Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson Jr.4:37
10."Free"Henry Redd, Susaye Green, Nathan Watts, Deniece Williams3:27
11."Stand by Me"Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller4:06
12."People Get Ready"Curtis Mayfield3:35

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Argentina Albums Chart[17] 12
Australian Albums Chart[18] 16
Austrian Albums Chart 8
Greek Albums Chart 7
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) 2
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) 1
Canadian Albums Chart 11
Dutch Albums Chart 7
European Albums Chart 3
French Albums Chart 1
German Albums Chart 15
Italian Albums Chart 5
Netherlands Albums Chart 6
Spanish Albums Chart[19] 10
Swedish Albums Chart 6
Swiss Albums Chart 4
UK Albums Chart 12
U.S. Billboard 200 13
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 4

End-of-year charts

Year Country Chart Ranking
2008 France SNEP End Of Year Singles #2[20]
2009 France SNEP End Of Year Singles #2[21]

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Position
Swiss Albums Chart[22] 14

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[23] Gold 35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[24] Gold 10,000*
Belgium (BEA)[25] 2× Platinum 60,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[26] Platinum 80,000^
France (SNEP)[27] Diamond 750,000*
Germany (BVMI)[28] Gold 100,000^
Italy (FIMI)[29] Gold 35,000*
Sweden (GLF)[30] Gold 20,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[31] Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[32] Platinum 300,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[33] Platinum 1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ [2][dead link]
  3. ^ Metacritic score
  4. ^ Allmusic review
  5. ^ Billboard review at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 November 2008)
  6. ^ The Toronto Star review
  7. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  8. ^ PopMatters review
  9. ^ Robert Christgau review
  10. ^ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 November 2008)
  11. ^ Vibe review at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 December 2008)
  12. ^ http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr09/articles/it_0409.htm Article by Paul Tingen on van der Saag's work on Soul, in Sound on Sound magazine
  13. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (1 October 2008). http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043914/seal-sings-from-his-soul-on-new-album Seal Sings from His 'Soul' on New Album. Billboard. Retrieved on 4 October 2008.
  14. ^ Seal's Soul. Auspop (4 October 2008). Retrieved on 4 October 2008.
  15. ^ Jones, Alan (30 January 2012). "Official Chart Analysis: Sales slow, but Sheeran and Cover Drive reign". Music Week. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  16. ^ Caulfield, Keith (1 February 2012). "Tim McGraw Scores Top Billboard 200 Debut, Adele Still No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  17. ^ "Representando a la Industria Argentina de la Música" (in Spanish). CAPIF. 31 January 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  18. ^ Top 50 Albums Chart – Australian Recording Industry Association. ARIA. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  19. ^ "Spanish Albums Chart". Promusicae.org. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  20. ^ [3] Archived 2 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ "Tops & Flops musicaux en 2009" (in French). Chartsinfrance.net. 28 December 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  22. ^ "Swiss Year-End Charts 2009". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 February 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  23. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  24. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Seal – Soul" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  25. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2009". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
  26. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Seal – Soul". Music Canada.
  27. ^ "Les Albums Diamant" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  28. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Seal; 'Soul')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  29. ^ "Italian album certifications – Seal – Soul" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Soul" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
  30. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2008" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011.
  31. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Soul')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  32. ^ "British album certifications – Seal – Soul". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Soul in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  33. ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2008". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

External links

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