7 (Seal album)
# 7 (Seal album)

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| Sputnikmusic | 3.6/5 |

7 is the ninth studio album by British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal. The album was released on 6 November 2015 by Warner Bros. Records. Its title comes from being Seal's seventh album of original songs, his first since Seal 6: Commitment (2010).

The singles "Every Time I'm with You" and "Do You Ever" were released on 11 September 2015. Two promotional singles were released in advance of the album: "Life on the Dancefloor" on 2 October and "Padded Cell" on 16 October. The bonus track "Whatever You Need" is a reworked version of a Togetherland track called "Breathe", making it only the second officially released song from that unreleased album, following "This Could Be Heaven" from the Family Man soundtrack.

## Track listing

All tracks produced by Trevor Horn and Seal, except as noted.

## Personnel

* Seal – vocals (all), programming (4, 7, 10)
* Joel Peters – drums (1, 4, 5, 7), programming (4, 5, 9), percussion (7, 10)
* Earl Harvin – drums (1, 2, 4), cymbals (4)
* Ash Soan – drums (4, 5, 7, 9)
* Abe Rounds – drums (8)
* Aaron Horn – programming (1, 4, 7)
* Stephan Moccio – piano (1), keyboards (1), programming (1)
* Julian Hinton – keyboards (1), programming (6, 9)
* Jamie Odell – keyboards (3, 8), programming (3, 4, 7, 8)
* Cameron Gower Poole – programming (4, 5, 9, 10), percussion (7)
* Dave McCracken – programming (4)
* Justin Parker – keyboards (5), programming (5)
* Anne Dudley – piano (5)
* Tim Weidner – programming (5), sound FX (6)
* Trevor Horn – bass guitar (2, 3, 5, 7–9), keyboards (all), guitar (1, 4, 5), backing vocals (9)
* Chris Bruce – bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 6–8, 11), guitar (1, 4, 5, 7)
* Jamie Muhoberac – bass guitar (9, 10), piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11), Hammond organ (2, 4, 9), keyboards (1, 2, 4, 5, 7–11), programming (1, 3–5, 7, 9–11)
* Paul Turner – bass guitar (4)
* Simon Bloor – guitar (1–9), piano (4, 6, 10), keyboards (2, 7–10), programming (2, 3, 6, 10, 11)
* Phil Palmer – guitar (2, 4–6, 8, 9)
* Lol Creme – guitar (4, 7–9), percussion (9), backing vocals (9)
* Josh Campbell – guitar (7)
* Luís Jardim – percussion (1, 2, 5–7, 9, 10)
* Paul Spong – trumpet (3, 8)
* Steve Sidwell – trumpet (3, 8)
* Andy Wood – trombone (3, 8)
* Dave Bishop – saxophone (3, 8)
* Minnetonka – backing vocals (4)
* Mr Probz – backing vocals (4)
* orchestral arrangement/orchestra conducted by Anne Dudley (1, 2, 4, 6), Nick Ingman (5, 7, 10), Hinton (9)
* additional orchestration – Hinton (6), Bloor (9)
* brass arrangement – Steve Sidwell (3, 8)

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| - | - | - |
| France (SNEP) | Gold | $50,000^‡$ |
| Hungary (MAHASZ) | Gold | $1,000^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. $^‡$ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |||
