True (Avicii album)
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| Studio album by Avicii | ||||
| Released | 13 September 2013 | |||
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| Length | 48:37 | |||
| Label | PRMD, Island | |||
| Producer | Arash Pournouri (also exec.), Tim Bergling, Nile Rodgers | |||
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| PopMatters | (7/10) |
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| Spin | (8/10) |
True is the name of the debut studio album by Swedish DJ Avicii. It was released on 13 September 2013 through PRMD Music, Lava Records and Sony Music Entertainment's Columbia Records. True features collaborations with Nile Rodgers and Adam Lambert, Audra Mae, Salem Al Fakir, Aloe Blacc and Mike Einziger Avicii said that sonically, the album would move away from his electronic dance and house music sound on previous records, by incorporating elements of other genres such as country music. True was preceded by the release of the Blacc-assisted and Aileen Marie Quinn-written "Wake Me Up!" that featured a Marantz Enhanced Digital Stereo audio track and topped several charts around the world, and "You Make Me", which features vocals from Swedish artist Salem Al Fakir.
The album has been commercially successful, peaking within the top ten of at least ten countries. True debuted at number two in the United Kingdom during September 2013, and has subsequently re-peaked at number two in February 2014. On 24 March 2014, Avicii released a remixed version of the album, titled True (Avicii by Avicii).
A 2-disc edition, comprising the standard 10-track "True" alongside the remix album was released featuring a brand new cover, on June 2014.
Swedish producer Avicii had been making music since he began remixing and producing tracks in his own bedroom at the age of 18. He started life as a professional musician in 2007, and after numerous collaborations with other record producers and DJs, such as John Dahlbäck and David Guetta, Avicii reached international mainstream success with his 2011 single "Levels", which reached the top ten in over fifteen countries and topped the charts in Norway, Hungary and Sweden. Subsequent releases "Silhouettes", which charted in eleven countries, and "I Could Be the One", which charted in twenty-four countries, achieved similar popularity and sales before Avicii entered the recording studio in late 2012 to record a debut studio album to follow up his mainstream success.
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