Electric Soul

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Electric Soul
Electric Soul Marlon Roudette.jpg
Studio album by
Released8 August 2014
Recorded2013
Genre
Label Universal Music
Producer
Marlon Roudette chronology
Matter Fixed
(2011)
Electric Soul
(2014)
Singles from Electric Soul
  1. "When the Beat Drops Out"
    Released: 18 July 2014
  2. "Flicker"
    Released: 12 December 2014

Electric Soul is the second studio album by the British/Vincentian musician Marlon Roudette. It was released in Germany on 8 August 2014 via Universal Music. The album entered the charts in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It includes the singles "When the Beat Drops Out" and "Flicker".

Contents

Singles

"When the Beat Drops Out" was released as the lead single from the album on 18 July 2014. The song reached number 1 in Germany, number 2 in Austria and Switzerland, number 7 in the UK and number 15 in Australia.

"Flicker" was released as the second single from the album on 12 December 2014.

Track listing

Standard listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."America"
3:29
2."Come Along"
  • Bran
  • Kerr
3:42
3."When the Beat Drops Out"
  • Roudette
  • Jamie Hartman
  • Bran
  • Kerr
3:24
4."Your Only Love"
  • Roudette
  • Hartman
  • Bran
  • Kerr
4:04
5."Runaround"
  • Roudette
  • Samuelsen
  • Kalla
  • Bran
  • Kerr
3:36
6."Body Language"
  • Roudette
  • Samuelsen
  • Kalla
  • Tim Bran
  • Roy Kerr
  • Bran
  • Kerr
4:03
7."Better Than Me"
  • Roudette
  • Dominic Betmead
  • Dom Search
4:00
8."Flicker"
  • Bran
  • Kerr
3:42
9."Too Much To Lose"
  • Roudette
  • Samuelsen
  • Bran
  • Kerr
  • Bran
  • Kerr
3:06
10."Hearts Pull"
  • Roudette
  • Samuelsen
  • Persson
  • David Jost
  • Bran
  • Kerr
4:56
11."Three Hearts"
  • Roudette
  • Brian West
  • Bran
  • Kerr
4:09
12."In Luck"
  • Bran
  • Kerr
4:05
13."Nice Things"
  • Roudette
  • Bran
  • Kerr
2:46

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [1] 26
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [2] 16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [3] 4

Release history

RegionRelease dateFormatLabel
Germany8 August 2014 [4] Digital Download Universal Music
United States25 March 2016Digital Download Sony Entertainment

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