Feel the Pressure

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Feel the Pressure
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Studio album by
Released23 August 2010 (2010-08-23)
Recorded2008–2010
Genre Hardcore, dance
Length97:51
Label All Around the World, Universal Music TV
Producer Darren Styles, Re-Con, Manian, United in Dance, Francis Hill, Chris Unknown, Styles & Breeze, Vince Hysse & NJ Hinton
Darren Styles chronology
Skydivin'
(2008)
Feel the Pressure
(2010)

Feel the Pressure is the second studio album by Darren Styles. It was released on 23 August 2010.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Background

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Styles' previous album Skydivin' (2008) was his début album as a solo artist and sold well achieving a Gold certification. Recording for Feel the Pressure followed on from the release of the first album and Styles' main collaborator was Re-Con who co-wrote and produced six songs on the album. Other producers included Manian, Chris Unknown and frequent collaborator Mark Breeze.

The album was released on All Around the World records on 23 August 2010 and reached a peak of No 23 on the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sound Without a Name" Darren Styles, Mike Di Scala, Paul Newton, Daniel Sherman 3:47
2."Holding On"Styles4:12
3."Take You Down"Styles, Di Scala, Alexander Perls, Kelly Barnes3:05
4."Outta My Head" (with Manian)Styles, Manuel Reuter, Yann Peifer 4:05
5."Feel the Pressure"Styles3:20
6."Days Like These" (feat. Lisa Abbott)Styles, Lisa Abbott3:44
7."Raining Down"Styles, Di Scala4:41
8."Like a Bitch"Styles, Di Scala, Perls, Barnes4:05
9."Pandora"Styles4:08
10."Universe"Styles4:38
11."Open Your Eyes" (feat. Mia J)Styles, Sherman4:14
12."Take Me Away"Anonymous3:42
13."Light Up the Sky" (acoustic mix)Styles, Francis Hill3:39
Total length:51:20
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Breathe Again"Styles, Pete Kirtley3:06
2."Rock Me Out"Styles, Perls, Barnes3:29
3."Bassline Road"Styles4:03
4."Pacific Sun"Styles, Paul Hobbs, Leon Van Brown, Di Scala3:18
5."Shining Star" (feat. Molly)Styles, Chris Sargent, Dave Hyde, Keith Ryder4:03
6."Now or Never"Styles, Sargent3:39
7."Symphonic" (feat. Kirsty Anderson)Styles, Di Scala5:05
8."Amigos" Alex Christensen, Peter Könemann3:57
9."Sorry"Styles3:59
10."Silver Water"Vince Nysse, NJ Hinton, Styles3:26
11."Higher Ground"Styles4:34
12."Air"Styles3:52
Total length:46:31

Personnel

Production [2]
Additional musicians [2]
Other personnel [2]

Chart performance

Chart (2010)Peak
position
UK Albums Chart [3] 23

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom 23 August 2010 All Around the World, Universal Music TV 2xCD GLOBECD89

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1961303
  2. 1 2 3 4 Feel the Pressure (Media notes). Darren Styles. UK: All Around the World. 2010. GLOBECD89.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Darren Styles. The Official Charts