Seal 6: Commitment is the seventh studio album by British singer Seal. It was released worldwide on 20 September 2010 with the exception of the United States where it was released on 28 September 2010. The album is produced by David Foster, who also produced Seal's previous sixth studio album Soul. It debuted at number eleven on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Seal's highest-charting album on the chart since Seal IV in 2003. As of January 2012, the album had sold 52,932 copies in the United Kingdom. The album has produced two singles – "Secret" and "Weight of My Mistakes".
Background In an interview with Reuters Seal attributed the title of the album to his wife Heidi Klum, saying, "I think that commitment is the recurring theme that kept popping up. Certainly the last seven years of my life since I met my wife (Heidi Klum) have been extremely committed. But not just in our personal life. My work has a level of commitment to it. The team around me consists of people who are committed." According to Seal the recurring themes on the album range from "relationships to searching to sacrifice to digging in the dirt." He said, "I had to do that on one or two songs. In order to write things that are going to resonate with people, you are going to have to dig in certain places."
Angus Batey of The Guardian stated in his interview with Seal that:
Reception Commercial reception On 26 September 2010, Seal 6: Commitment debuted at number 11 on the official UK Albums Chart, outpeaking previous studio album Soul and his Hits album. It became Seal's fifth top 20 album in his homeland.
Critical reception
Dave Simpson of The Guardian gave Seal 6: Commitment a mixed review, rating the album two stars, expressing:
Singles "Secret" was released as the album's first single in the UK on 12 September 2010, where it reached number 82. The second single from the album is "Weight of My Mistakes", which has been remixed by Brio Taliaferro for the single release. The music video for the song was directed by Nabil. The radio mix of "Weight of My Mistakes" was due for release 21 November 2010.
Track listing All tracks produced by David Foster; co-production by Jochem van der Saag.
Deluxe Edition
Personnel Seal – all vocals, instruments, programming, guitars, bass David Foster – instruments, programming, arrangements, orchestral arrangements Jochem van der Saag – instruments, programming Marcus Brown – keyboards, acoustic piano, organ, bass, arrangements (1, 4), instruments, programming Mark Summerlin – guitars, instruments, programming Gus Isidore – guitars, instruments, programming Michael Thompson – electric guitars (2) Dean Parks – guitars (9) Steve Sidelnyk – drums, instruments, programming William Ross – orchestration (1, 3, 5, 6, 8) Brad Dechter – orchestration (2, 4, 9, 11) Gina Zimmitti – orchestra contractor Jerome Leroy – music preparation Thanh Tran – music preparation Courtney Blooding – additional backing vocals (11)
Production Ric Salmon – executive producer, management Tom Whalley – A&R Jochem van der Saag – engineer, mixing (1–7, 9–13) Dave Russell – engineer, recording Jorge Vivo – engineer, recording Chris Owen – additional engineer Chris Lord-Alge – mixing at Mix LA (Los Angeles, California) (8) Keith Armstrong – mix assistant (8) Nik Karpen – mix assistant (8) Andrew Schubert – additional mix engineer (8) Brad Townsend – additional mix engineer (8) Armin Steiner – string recording at 20th Century Fox Studios (Los Angeles, California) Larry Mah – Pro Tools Greg Calbi – mastering Steve Fallone – mastering Sterling Sound (New York City, New York) – mastering location Nabil Elderkin – photography Thomas Mastorakos – creative direction
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts Chart (2010) Peakposition Greek Albums (IFPI) 49
Year-end charts Chart (2010) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 38 French Albums (SNEP) 23 Chart (2011) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 71 French Albums (SNEP) 120
Certifications
Release history RegionRelease dateFormatLabelGermany17 September 2010United Kingdom20 September 2010United States28 September 2010
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