System (album)

System
Studio album by
Released12 November 2007
Genre
Length47:22
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerStuart Price
Seal chronology
One Night to Remember
(2006)
System
(2007)
Soul
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[3]
IM[4]
The Observer(favorable)[5]
Okayplayer[6]
PopMatters[7]
Q[1]
Rolling Stone[8]
Slant[9]
Uncut[1]
Sputnikmusic3/5[10]

System is the fifth studio album by British soul/R&B singer Seal, released on 12 November 2007. In his online blog, Seal described the album as a return to his dance roots and his best album since his debut.[11] However, it is his lowest-selling album to date in the US, selling 155,000 copies in the first year of its release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[12]

  1. ^ a b c "Critic reviews from". Metacritic.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Neil Drumming (9 November 2007). "Entertainment Weekly review". Ew.com.
  4. ^ IM review
  5. ^ Paul Flynn (10 November 2007). "The Observer review". The Guardian. London.
  6. ^ "Okayplayer review". 15 December 2007. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007.
  7. ^ Joseph, Mike. "PopMatters review". Popmatters.com.
  8. ^ Seal (29 November 2007). "Album reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 23 November 2007.
  9. ^ "Slant review". Slantmagazine.com. 10 November 2007.
  10. ^ "Seal: System". Sputnikmusic. sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Blog Archive » SEAL-REPORT". Seal. 5 June 2007. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  12. ^ "Seal Sings From His "Soul" On New Album". Billboard. Retrieved 26 April 2011.