Seven Lives Many Faces

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Seven Lives Many Faces
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Studio album by
Enigma
Released19 September 2008
Recorded2007–2008
StudioVarious places with the "Alchemist" (all in one computed mobile studio)
Genre
Length50:01
Label Virgin
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
A Posteriori
(2006)		Seven Lives Many Faces
(2008)		 The Platinum Collection
(2009)

Seven Lives Many Faces is the seventh studio album by the German musical project Enigma, released on 19 September 2008 by Virgin Records. Michael Cretu stated that the album would feature an omnicultural sound unlike anything on its previous releases. On 12 September, the album was released on Enigma's Myspace page for pre-listening.[ citation needed ] After enjoying a huge success on MySpace (with over 400,000 listens in two days), several international MTV and VH1 websites started streaming the album until 22 September. [1]

Contents

Seven Lives Many Faces was also released in DVD format with 5.1 surround sound, similar to their previous album A Posteriori .

Singles

The first two singles from the album are "Seven Lives" and "La Puerta del Cielo". The videos for each song use scenes from previous Enigma videos, "Push the Limits" for "Seven Lives" and "Age of Loneliness" for "La Puerta del Cielo". "The Same Parents" was released as the third single off the album. The lyrics of the song "La Puerta del Cielo" (The Gate of Heaven), although with a Spanish title, are in Catalan language. The other song of the album written in Catalan is "Between Generations". Both songs were co-written by Michael Cretu and Margalida Roig.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic's James Christopher Monger gave the album three stars out of five. While he praised the singles "Seven Lives" and "La Puerta del Cielo" calling them "quietly stunning", he found that in most cases "the new age, fortune-cookie derived lyrics... mirror the unimaginative, two-chord melodies that carry them along." [2]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 92 on the Billboard 200, [3] and No. 1 on the New Age Albums, [4] selling 6,000 copies in the first week. The album had sold 85,000 copies in the United States as of September 2016. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Encounters" Michael Cretu 3:12
2."Seven Lives"Cretu4:25
3."Touchness"Cretu3:35
4."The Same Parents"Cretu5:19
5."Fata Morgana"Cretu3:23
6."Hell's Heaven"Cretu3:51
7."La Puerta del Cielo"Cretu, Margarita Roig 3:28
8."Distorted Love"Cretu, Andru Donalds 4:11
9."Je t'aime Till My Dying Day"Cretu, Donalds4:18
10."Déjà Vu"Cretu2:56
11."Between Generations"Cretu, Roig4:31
12."The Language of Sound"Cretu4:20
Total length:50:01
Pre-orders exclusive tracks (German iTunes)
No.TitleLength
13."Comments on the Album Title"0:46
14."Comments to "Seven Lives""0:40
15."Comments to "Touchness""0:39
16."Comments to "The Same Parents""0:54
17."Comments to "Fata Morgana""0:43
18."Comments to "Hell’s Heaven""0:32
19."Comments to "La Puerta del Cielo""0:59
20."Comments to "Distorted Love""1:00
21."Comments to "Je t’aime Till My Dying Day""0:40
22."Comments to "Déjà vu""0:40
23."Comments to "Between Generations""0:53
24."Comments to "The Language of Sound""0:45
25."Where Are We from"1:34
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Epilogue"1:57

Bonus disc

All tracks are written by Michael Cretu

No.TitleLength
1."Superficial"2:58
2."We Are Nature"3:51
3."Downtown Silence"2:08
4."Sunrise"2:38
5."The Language of Sound" (slow edit)3:56
Total length:15:31

Credits

Additional personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Seven Lives Many Faces
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
GCC (IFPI Middle East) [28] Gold3,000*
Russia (NFPF) [29] Gold10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDate
Worldwide19 September 2008
North America30 September 2008

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