7 (Seal album)

7
Studio album by Seal
Released	6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)
Studio	Sarm Studios and Angel Recording Studios (London, UK) The Village Recorder and Sarm West Coast (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Soul R&B
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Trevor Horn Seal Jamie Odell
Seal chronology
Soul 2 (2011) 7 (2015) Standards (2017)
Singles from Seal 7
"Every Time I'm with You" Released: 11 September 2015 "Do You Ever" Released: 11 September 2015

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Guardian	[2]
The Irish Times	[3]
Pop Magazine	[4]

7 is the ninth studio album by the British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal. ^[5] The album was released on 6 November 2015 by Warner Bros. Records. Its title comes from being Seal's seventh album of original songs, his first since Seal 6: Commitment (2010).

The singles "Every Time I'm with You" and "Do You Ever" were released on 11 September 2015. Two promotional singles were released in advance of the album: "Life on the Dancefloor" on 2 October and "Padded Cell" on 16 October. The bonus track "Whatever You Need" is a reworked version of a Togetherland track called "Breathe", making it only the second officially released song from that unreleased album, following "This Could Be Heaven" from the Family Man soundtrack.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Trevor Horn and Seal, except as noted. ^[6]

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producers	Length
1.	"Daylight Saving"	Seal Stephan Moccio Trevor Horn		4:50
2.	"Every Time I'm with You"	Seal Simon Bloor T. Horn		4:31
3.	"Life on the Dancefloor"	Seal Jamie Odell	Seal T. Horn Odell (additional) [6]	5:14
4.	"Padded Cell"	Seal Bloor Aaron Horn T. Horn Louis Cole		4:08
5.	"Do You Ever"	Seal Justin Parker T. Horn		4:36
6.	"The Big Love Has Died"	Seal Bloor T. Horn		4:30
7.	"Redzone Killer"	Seal Bloor A. Horn T. Horn		4:22
8.	"Monascow"	Seal Joel Compass T. Horn		4:10
9.	"Half a Heart"	Seal Echosmith Jeffery David Philip Bentley		3:54
10.	"Let Yourself"	Seal		4:26
11.	"Love"	Seal David		4:35
Total length:				49:16

Target edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"We Found Love"	Seal David	4:24
13.	"Whatever You Need"	Seal	4:34
Total length:			58:14

Personnel

• Seal – vocals, programming (4, 7, 10, 13)
• Stephan Moccio – acoustic piano (1), keyboards (1), programming (1)
• Julian Hinton – keyboards (1), programming (6, 9), additional orchestration (6), orchestral arrangements (9)
• Aaron Horn – programming (1, 4, 7)
• Trevor Horn – keyboards, guitars (1, 4, 5), bass (2, 3, 5, 7-9), backing vocals (9)
• Jamie Muhoberac – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13), keyboards (1, 2, 4, 5, 7-11, 13), programming (1, 3-5, 7, 9-11, 13), organ (2, 4, 9), bass (9, 10, 13), arrangements (11), drum programming (13)
• Jamie Odell – keyboards (3, 8), programming (3, 4, 7, 8)
• Dave McCracken – programming (4)
• Cameron Gower-Poole – programming (4, 5, 9, 10), percussion (7)
• Justin Parker – keyboards (5), programming (5)
• Tim Weidner – programming (5), sound effects (6)
• Jeffrey David – acoustic piano (12), keyboards (12), guitars (12), drum programming (12)
• Simon Bloor – guitars (1-9), keyboards (2, 7-10), programming (2, 3, 6, 10, 11, 13), acoustic piano (4, 6, 10, 13), additional orchestration (9)
• Chris Bruce – guitars (1, 4, 5, 7, 12), bass (1, 2, 4, 6-8, 11-13)
• Phil Palmer – guitars (2, 4-6, 8, 9)
• Lol Creme – guitars (4, 7-9), percussion (9), backing vocals (9)
• Josh Campbell – guitars (7, 13)
• Josh Tyrrell – guitars (12)
• Paul Turner – bass (4)
• Earl Harvin – drums (1, 2, 4), cymbals (4)
• Joel Peters – drums (1, 4, 5, 7), programming (4, 5, 9), percussion (7, 10)
• Ash Soan – drums (4, 5, 7, 9)
• Abe Rounds – drums (8)
• Luís Jardim – percussion (1, 2, 5-7, 9, 10)
• Dave Bishop – saxophones (3, 8)
• Andy Wood – trombone (3, 8)
• Steve Sidwell – trumpet (3, 8), brass arrangements (3, 8)
• Paul Spong – trumpet (3, 8)
• Anne Dudley – orchestral arrangements and conductor (1, 2, 4, 6), acoustic piano (5)
• Nick Ingman – orchestral arrangements and conductor (5, 7, 10)
• Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contractor and fixer (1, 2, 4-7, 10)
• Minnetonka – backing vocals (4)
• Mr Probz – backing vocals (4)

Production

• Jeff Fenster – A&R direction
• Allen Wolfe – A&R administration
• John Chen – A&R coordinator
• Mark Taylor – A&R coordinator
• Gavin Taylor – art direction, design
• David Drebin – cover photography
• Hélène-Marie Pambrun – additional photography

Technical

• Nick Watson – mastering at Fluid Mastering (London, UK)
• Oli Morgan – mastering assistant
• Cameron Gower-Poole – recording (1-10, 12, 13), mixing (12, 13)
• Joel Peters – recording (1-10, 12), mixing (4, 7)
• Mat Bartam – string recording (1, 2, 4-7, 10)
• Tim Weidner – mixing (1-3, 5, 6, 8-11), recording (11)
• Simon Bloor – additional engineer, recording (11)
• Josh Campbell – assistant engineer (1-3, 5-10, 12, 13), additional engineer (4), recording (11)
• Chris Parker – string recording assistant (1, 2, 4-7, 10)
• Alex Williams – mix assistant (1-3, 5, 6, 8-11)
• Josh Tyrrell – mix assistant (4, 7)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 64 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 23 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 13 Canadian Albums (Billboard) [10] 21 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] 7 French Albums (SNEP) [12] 18 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [13] 2 Irish Albums (IRMA) [14] 69 Italian Albums (FIMI) [15] 45 Portuguese Albums (AFP) [16] 25 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [17] 40 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [18] 9 UK Albums (OCC) [19] 13 UK R&B Albums (OCC) [20] 1 US Billboard 200 [21] 45

Year-end charts Chart (2015) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [22] 110 French Albums (SNEP) [23] 80 Chart (2016) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [24] 154

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [25]	Gold	50,000‡
Hungary (MAHASZ) [26]	Gold	1,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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