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Seven Lives Many Faces

2008 studio album by Enigma

Summary

2008 studio album by Enigma

Field	Value
name	Seven Lives Many Faces
type	studio
artist	Enigma
cover	Seven Lives Many Faces.jpg
released	19 September 2008
recorded	2007–2008
studio	Various places with the "Alchemist" (all in one computed mobile studio)
genre
length	50:01
label	Virgin
producer	Michael Cretu
prev_title	A Posteriori
prev_year	2006
next_title	The Platinum Collection
next_year	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. 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.

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

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."

Commercial performance

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 had sold 85,000 copies in the United States as of September 2016.

Track listing

Bonus disc

Credits

Michael Cretu – music, lyrics, performance, production, programming, arrangements, engineering
Andru Donalds – vocals (tracks: 2, 4, 8, 9), co-writer (tracks: 8, 9)
Nanuk – vocals (track: 4), narration (track: 9)
Nikita C. – vocals (track: 4)
Sebastian C. – vocals (track: 4)
Margarita Roig – vocals (tracks: 7, 11, 2 (Bonus CD)), co-writer (tracks: 7, 11)
Ruth-Ann Boyle – vocals (tracks 3, 5, 2 (Bonus CD))

Additional personnel

Photography – Rosemary Robenn
Artwork – Dirk Rudolph

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)	Peak
position	Japanese Albums (Oricon)	Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)	Russian Albums (2M)	US Billboard 200	US New Age Albums (Billboard)
181
59
10
92
1

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Position	US New Age Albums (Billboard)
8

Chart (2009)	Position	US New Age Albums (Billboard)
6

Chart (2010)	Position	US New Age Albums (Billboard)
10

Certifications

Release history

Region	Date	Worldwide	North America
19 September 2008
30 September 2008

References

"ENIGMA New Album Pre-Listening on MTV Sites Around the World!!". myspace.com.
{{AllMusic. James Christopher. Monger
(18 October 2008). "Billboard 200".
(18 October 2008). "New Age Albums".
"Upcoming Releases". HITS Digital Ventures.
link. [[Oricon]]
"Mexicancharts.com – Enigma – Seven Lives Many Faces". Hung Medien.
link. 2M. (13 December 2008)
"Enigma Chart History (''Billboard'' 200)".
"Enigma Chart History (New Age Albums)".
"New Age Albums – Year-End 2008".
"New Age Albums – Year-End 2009".
"New Age Albums – Year-End 2010".

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