Balance (Armin van Buuren album)

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Balance
Armin van Buuren - Balance.png
Studio album by
Armin van Buuren
Released25 October 2019 (2019-10-25)
Recorded2017–2019
Genre Dance-pop [1]
Length90:28
Label
Producer
Armin van Buuren chronology
A State of Trance 2019
(2019)		Balance
(2019)		A State of Trance 2020
(2020)
Singles from Balance
  1. "I Need You"
    Released: 6 January 2017
  2. "Sunny Days"
    Released: 16 June 2017
  3. "Sex, Love & Water"
    Released: 2 February 2018
  4. "Therapy"
    Released: 20 April 2018
  5. "Blah Blah Blah"
    Released: 18 May 2018
  6. "Wild Wild Son"
    Released: 12 October 2018
  7. "Lonely for You"
    Released: 15 February 2019
  8. "Show Me Love"
    Released: 1 March 2019
  9. "Turn It Up"
    Released: 15 March 2019
  10. "Don't Give Up on Me"
    Released: 29 March 2019
  11. "La Résistance de l'Amour"
    Released: 12 April 2019
  12. "Phone Down"
    Released: 19 April 2019
  13. "Revolution"
    Released: 7 June 2019
  14. "Something Real"
    Released: 12 July 2019
  15. "Stickup"
    Released: 9 August 2019
  16. "Waking Up with You"
    Released: 6 September 2019
  17. "Mr. Navigator"
    Released: 13 September 2019
  18. "It Could Be"
    Released: 20 September 2019
  19. "High on Your Love"
    Released: 27 September 2019
  20. "Don't Let Me Go"
    Released: 4 October 2019
  21. "All Comes Down"
    Released: 11 October 2019
  22. "Unlove You"
    Released: 18 October 2019
  23. "Million Voices"
    Released: 25 October 2019
  24. "Sucker for Love"
    Released: 26 October 2019
  25. "Miles Away"
    Released: 27 October 2019
  26. "Runaway"
    Released: 28 October 2019
  27. "Always"
    Released: 29 October 2019
  28. "Song I Sing"
    Released: 30 October 2019

Balance is the seventh studio album by Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren. It was released on 25 October 2019 through Armada Music, succeeding his 2015 album Embrace . [2] [3] It was also released as a double album with each part consisting of 14 tracks. [4] It features collaborations with Above & Beyond, BT, Lucas & Steve, Garibay, Inner City, Shapov, Rudimental, Tempo Giusto, Ne-Yo and Haliene.

Contents

Critical reception

Rachel Narozniak from Dancing Astronaut wrote that Balance "emblematizes the artistic diligence" driving van Buuren since his debut appearance, while comprising a "broad assembly of dance styles, anthemic chord progressions, vocal-centric constructions, and ear-catching lyrical concepts and hooks". She praised the variety of both dance-pop and trance tracks within the album, which Narozniak felt showed van Buuren's willingness to go beyond his "sonic comfort zone" of producing traditional trance music. [1]

Track listing

Track details and metadata adapted from Apple Music. [5]

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Sucker for Love" (with Avalan)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • Avalan
  • de Goeij
  • Hoogwerf
2:56
2."Something Real" (with Avian Grays featuring Jordan Shaw)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • Avian Grays
  • de Goeij
  • Andreas Moe
  • Eelke Kalberg
  • Ryan Fieret
  • Jesse Draak
  • Jordan Shaw
  • Armin van Buuren
  • Avian Grays
2:59
3."Wild Wild Son" (featuring Sam Martin)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
3:33
4."Phone Down" (with Garibay featuring Justin Stein)
3:12
5."Blah Blah Blah"
Armin van Buuren3:03
6."Sunny Days" (featuring Josh Cumbee)
3:30
7."Runaway" (featuring Candace Sosa)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
  • Candace Nicole Sosa
  • Jordan Young
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
3:57
8."It Could Be" (vs. Inner City)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • Saunderson
  • Svensson-Blixt
2:37
9."Unlove You" (featuring Ne-Yo)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
  • Wilson
  • Person
2:30
10."Therapy" (featuring James Newman)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
3:06
11."Waking Up with You" (featuring David Hodges)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
  • Jaden Michaels
  • David Hodges
  • David Naish
Armin van Buuren2:59
12."Sex, Love & Water" (featuring Conrad Sewell)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • Lopez
  • Storch
3:17
13."Don't Give Up on Me" (with Lucas & Steve featuring Josh Cumbee)
3:05
14."Don't Let Me Go" (featuring Matluck)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
  • Roel Schutrups
  • Diederik Bakker
  • Maxwell Elliot
  • Federico Vindver
  • Jesse Draak
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
  • Schutrups
  • Bakker
  • Draak
3:15
Total length:43:59
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."La résistance de l'amour" (vs. Shapov)
3:31
16."Million Voices"
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
  • Bullimore
  • Record
  • Alistair Lloyd-Webber
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
3:07
17."Show Me Love" (vs. Above & Beyond)
3:31
18."Song I Sing" (featuring HALIENE)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
4:22
19."High on Your Love" (with Rudimental featuring James Newman)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
3:08
20."I Need You" (with Garibay featuring Olaf Blackwood)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • Garibay
3:26
21."Lonely for You" (featuring Bonnie McKee)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
3:13
22."Always" (with BT featuring Nation of One)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • BT
  • de Goeij
3:39
23."Turn It Up"
Armin van Buuren2:52
24."Mr. Navigator" (vs. Tempo Giusto)
2:32
25."Revolution" (with Luke Bond featuring KARRA)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • Lucas Bond
  • Karra Jillian Madden
  • Armin van Buuren
  • Luke Bond
3:16
26."All Comes Down" (featuring Cimo Frankel)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
  • Cimo Frankel
  • Yoshi Green
  • Rik Anemma
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
3:17
27."Miles Away" (featuring Sam Martin)
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
  • Martin
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
3:46
28."Stickup"
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
  • Armin van Buuren
  • de Goeij
2:49
Total length:46:29

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] 70
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] 99
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [9] 70
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 45
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [12] 15
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 77
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 52
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [15] 1
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [16] 13

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Netherlands (NVPI) [17] Gold20,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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