Dive Deep
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| by Morcheeba | ||||
| Released | 4 February 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
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Trip hop, downtempo, adult contemporary music |
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| Length | 40:27 | |||
| Label | Echo, Ultra | |||
| Producer | Paul Godfrey | |||
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| BBC Music | (positive) |
| Billboard | (positive) |
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| "Enjoy the Ride" | ||||||||
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| from the album Dive Deep | ||||||||
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 28 January 2008 (digital) 24 March 2008 (EP)
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| Format | Digital download, CD single | |||||||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||||||
| Genre | Dance, soul, pop , Trip hop | |||||||
| Length | 4:02 | |||||||
| Label | Echo, Ultra | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Judie Tzuke, Ross Godfrey | |||||||
| Producer(s) | Paul Godfrey | |||||||
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Dive Deep is the sixth studio album by the British band Morcheeba, released on 4 February 2008 in the United Kingdom. It is also the second studio album recorded without the former lead singer Skye Edwards.It has a number of vocalists, and several songs can be heard on the band's MySpace page. The first single released was "Enjoy the Ride" which features Judie Tzuke. The second single, "Gained the World", featuring Manda Zamolo, was released on 28 April 2008.
The group embarked on a North American tour to promote the album on 24 March that started in Washington DC and ended on 13 April 2008 in Los Angeles.
Ross Godfrey discussed the making of album in an interview:
Morcheeba is dedicated to the preservation of the marine environment and is using the release of Dive Deep as an opportunity to raise awareness.
Professional reviews were mainly favourable and positive. Billboard described the album as a "gorgeous collection of folk- and blues-inflected electro-pop ballads". The Independent gave the album five stars, describing it as "A stirring return to form."
Dive Deep includes many guest vocalists, such as the acclaimed singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke and relative newcomers Thomas Dybdahl from Norway, the rapper Cool Calm Pete and Manda Zamolo, a French singer. Reviewing the album, BBC Music noted that guests "appear chosen less for who they are than what they can bring, sweet and soulful voices that supply an emotional backbone to the Godfreys' languid, slo-mo funk grooves."
Dive Deep entered the UK Albums Chart in the second week of February at position 59, the band's lowest charting album in the United Kingdom. It was more successful on the Swiss Album Charts which it entered at number 8 a week later. On 9 February, Dive Deep entered the French Albums Chart at number 15. Since its release on iTunes, the album has had a big success throughout Europe, with many entries under Top 10.
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