A Town Called Paradise is the fifth studio album by Dutch DJ and record producer Tiësto, released on 13 June 2014 by Musical Freedom, PM:AM Recordings, and Universal Music. Five singles were released: "Pair of Dice", "Red Lights", "Wasted", "Let's Go" and "Light Years Away".

Singles "Pair of Dice" was released as the first single from the album on 8 October 2012. The composed appears in the album in a vocal version which features Krewella.

"Red Lights" was released as the lead single from the album on 13 December 2013. It was his first number one in Scotland, and peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. The song reached the top 10 in Australia, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

"Wasted" was released as the third single from the album on 25 April 2014. The song peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, and reached the top 10 in Sweden.

"Let's Go" was released as the fourth single from the album on 13 May 2014. The song was featured in the films Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Pitch Perfect 2, Vacation, Sisters, in the TV shows Red Band Society, Hawaii Five-0, and in the teaser trailer for the 2018 animated film Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.

"Light Years Away" was released as the album's fifth single on 28 November 2014. The song features English group DBX. According to group member Pete Kirtley, the song is about "not giving up, even though the path ahead sometimes seems impossible and unreachable".

Reception Critical reception

Upon its release, A Town Called Paradise received mixed reviews from music critics. Christopher R. Weingarten of Rolling Stone gave the album a mixed review, stating, "EDM has changed pop, and now pop is changing veteran DJ Tiësto. He's moved from the abrasively chilly trance of 2009's Kaleidoscope to embrace pianos and guitars, a warm sound like the 4 a.m. version of Taylor Swift or Coldplay. He's a consummate crowd-pleaser, but he's best when he gets weird: The warped grind of "Echoes" is a standout; "Wasted" might be one of 2014's best country songs."

Starting in 2015, the songs Footprints, Rocky, and Red Lights are featured as one of the shows for the Fountains of Bellagio.

Commercial performance On 19 June 2014, the album entered the Irish Albums Chart at number 22. The album entered the New Zealand Albums Chart at number 39. On 22 June 2014, the album debuted at number 22 on the UK Albums Chart. The album debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 2 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. It opened in the United States with first week sales of 15,013.

Track listing

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Personnel

Aaron Accetta – vocal engineer John Amatiello – additional production Ron Aniello – composer N. Audino – composer Zac Barnett – featured artist, vocals Hiten Bharadia – composer Gavin Bond – photography Dan Book – engineer, vocal producer, vocals Danny Boselovic – composer, piano Delbert Bowers – assistant Phillipa Brown – composer Christian Burns – composer, featured artist, vocals Simon Christianssen – engineer, mixing Sacha Collisson – composer, engineer, guitar, synthesizer Cruickshank – featured artist, vocals Josef Cruickshank – composer Christian Cummings – engineer Anna Luisa Daigneault – composer John Davis – mastering engineer Jonnie Davis "Most" – composer DBX – featured artist, producer Disco Fries – engineer, producer, programming Nicholas Ditri – composer, piano Tommy English – vocal engineer Carl Falk – composer, engineer, guitar, instrumentation, producer, programming, vocal arrangement Firebeatz – engineer, featured artist, mixing, primary artist, producer Simon Gain – composer Chris Galland – assistant Mike Gaydusek – vocal engineer Dean Gillard – additional production, instrumentation, mixing, programming, vocal mixing Shep Goodman – vocal engineer Charles Haddon – composer, engineer, Rhodes piano, vocals Paris Hampton – composer Hardwell (Robbert van de Corput) – engineer, featured artist, mixing, primary artist, producer, composer Stuart Hawkes – mastering engineer Patrick Heaney – engineer Wayne Hector – composer Caroline Hjeit – composer Oscar Holter – additional production, composer, drums, engineer, guitar, piano, producer Lewis Hughes – composer Icona Pop – featured artist, vocals Sjoerd Janssen – composer, mixing, producer, programming Wouter Janssen – composer, mixing, producer, programming Aino Jawo – composer KAAZE (Mick Kastenholt) – featured artist, primary artist, producer, composer, programming Anders Kallmark – composer, drums, engineer, piano Pete Kirtley – composer, engineer, piano, strings Karl-Ola S. Kjellholm – additional production, engineer, guitar Matthew Koma – bass, composer, engineer, featured artist, guitar, mixing, producer, programming, vocal engineer, vocal producer, vocals Krewella – featured artist, vocals Ladyhawke – featured artist, vocals Brandon Lowry – composer Jordan Loyd – photography Manny Marroquin – mixing Alexei Misoul – engineer, vocal producer, vocals Andreas Moe – composer, featured artist, vocals Matt Nash – composer, drums, engineer, guitar, piano, producer, synthesizer John James Newman – composer, vocals Ou Est le Swimming Pool – featured artist Ash Pournouri – composer Justin Prime – composer, producer Quilla – featured artist, vocals Eva Reistad – assistant engineer Alx Reuterskiöld – composer James Reynolds – mixing Ossama Al Sarraf – composer, guitar Markus Sepehrmanesh – composer Ned Shepard – composer, drums, engineer, featured artist, mixing, piano, producer Dave Silcox – composer, drums, engineer, producer, synthesizer Tim Smulders – composer Nick Steinhardt – design Sultan – drums, engineer, featured artist, mixing, producer Sultan + Ned Shepard – primary artist Tiësto (Tijs Verwest) – engineer, mixing, primary artist, producer, composer Kristopher Trindl – composer Twice as Nice – programming Jurre Van Doeselaar – composer Matt Ward – additional production, instrumentation, mixing, programming, vocal mixing Freddy Wexler – composer Måns Wredenberg – composer Rami Yacoub – composer, engineer, instrumentation, producer, programming, vocal arrangement, vocal editing Jahan Yousaf – composer Yasmine Yousaf – composer Michel Zitron – composer, vocals

Credits adapted from AllMusic.

Charts

Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for A Town Called ParadiseChart (2014)PeakpositionItalian Albums (FIMI)88

Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for A Town Called ParadiseChart (2014)PositionSwedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)98US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)20

Certifications

Release history + Release dates and formats for A Town Called Paradise Region Date Format Label Netherlands 13 June 2014 United States 16 June 2014

References

External links Tiesto.com A Town Called Paradise A Town Called Paradise lyrics