Soul (Seal album)

Soul
The cover features a black-and-white photo of Seal wearing a suit and tie with a microphone close to his face. The artist's name is colored in blue, while the album title is behind it in shadows.
Studio album by
Seal
Released10 November 2008
Recorded2008
Studio
Genre
Length41:13
Label
Producer
Seal chronology
System
(2007) 		Soul
(2008) 		Seal 6: Commitment
(2010)
Singles from Soul
  1. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
    Released: 10 November 2008 (UK)
  2. "A Change Is Gonna Come"
    Released: 22 November 2008 (UK)
  3. "It's Alright"
    Released: 16 March 2009 (UK)
  4. "I Can't Stand the Rain"
    Released: March 2009 (Brazil)[1]
  5. "If You Don't Know Me by Now"
    Released: March 2009 (US)[2]
"A Change Is Gonna Come" single cover

Soul is the sixth studio album by British singer Seal, which was released on 10 November 2008. The album was produced by David Foster, and co-produced, engineered and mixed by Jochem van der Saag.[3] It is made up of cover versions of eleven soul music classics.[4][5]

The album charted within the top 10 in twelve countries. In the United Kingdom, the album charted at number twelve. As of January 2012, the album had sold 419,841 copies in the UK.[6] The album peaked at number thirteen in the United States on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It has since sold 547,000 copies in the US.[7]

  1. ^ [1] Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ [2][dead link]
  3. ^ http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr09/articles/it_0409.htm Article by Paul Tingen on van der Saag's work on Soul, in Sound on Sound magazine
  4. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (1 October 2008). "Seal Sings from His 'Soul' on New Album". Billboard. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  5. ^ Seal's Soul Archived 12 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Auspop (4 October 2008). Retrieved 4 October 2008.
  6. ^ Jones, Alan (30 January 2012). "Official Chart Analysis: Sales slow, but Sheeran and Cover Drive reign". Music Week. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  7. ^ Caulfield, Keith (1 February 2012). "Tim McGraw Scores Top Billboard 200 Debut, Adele Still No. 1". Billboard. Archived from the original on 19 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2013.