Seven Lives Many Faces
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| Studio album by Enigma | ||||
| Released | September 19, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2008 at various places with the "Alchemist" (all in one computed mobile studio) |
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| Length | 50:01 | |||
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Virgin / EMI 50999 2 37979 0 2 V0-37979 |
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| Producer | Michael Cretu | |||
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Seven Lives Many Faces is the seventh studio album by German musical project Enigma. It is Enigma's 7th album. The album was released on 19 September 2008 worldwide and on 30 September 2008 in North America. Michael Cretu stated that the new album will 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. After enjoying a huge success on MySpace (with over 400,000 listens in 2 days), several international MTV and VH1 web sites started streaming the album until 22 September.
Seven Lives Many Faces was also released in DVD format with 5.1 surround sound, similar to their previous album A posteriori.
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.
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."
The album debuted at No. 92 on the Billboard 200, and No. 1 on the New Age Albums, selling 6,000 copies in the first week. The album has sold 85,000 copies in the United States as of September 2016.
All tracks written by Michael Cretu.
*sales figures based on certification alone
The entire album was released on DVD, with claimed 5.1 surround sound. Unlike previous DVD release called A Posteriori, Seven Lives, Many Faces features video movies to each song.
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