A Town Called Paradise

A Town Called Paradise
Studio album by Tiësto
Released	13 June 2014
Genre	EDM progressive house electro house dance-pop
Label	Musical Freedom Spinnin' PM:AM Casablanca Republic Virgin Universal
Producer	John Amatiello Dan Book DBX Disco Fries Carl Falk Firebeatz Dean Gillard Hardwell Oscar Holter Kaaze Karl-Ola Kjellholm Matthew Koma Krewella Alexei Misoul Matt Nash Justin Prime Showtek Dave Silcox Sultan + Ned Shepard Tiësto Matt Ward Rami Yacoub
Tiësto chronology
Kaleidoscope (2009) A Town Called Paradise (2014)
Singles from A Town Called Paradise
"Red Lights" Released: 13 December 2013 "Wasted" Released: 25 April 2014 "Light Years Away" Released: 28 November 2014

A Town Called Paradise is the fifth studio album by Dutch DJ and record producer Tiësto. It was released on 13 June 2014 by Musical Freedom, PM:AM Recordings, and Universal Music. It was preceded by three singles, "Red Lights", "Wasted" and "Light Years Away".

Singles

"Red Lights" was released as the lead single from the album on 13 December 2013. It was his first number one in Scotland, it also peaked to number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. The song reached the top 10 in Australia, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

"Wasted" was released as the second single from the album on 25 April 2014. The song has peaked to number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. The song has reached the top 10 in Sweden.

"Light Years Away" was released as the album's third single on 28 November 2014.^[1] The song features English group DBX. According to group member Pete Kirtley, the song is about "not giving up, even though the path ahead sometimes seems impossible and unreachable".^[2]

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	51/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
PopMatters	(4/10)[7]

Upon its release, A Town Called Paradise received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Christopher R. Weingarten of Rolling Stone gave the album a mixed review stating, "EDM has changed pop, and now pop is changing veteran DJ Tiësto. He's moved from the abrasively chilly trance of 2009's Kaleidoscope to embrace pianos and guitars, a warm sound like the 4 a.m. version of Taylor Swift or Coldplay. He's a consummate crowd-pleaser, but he's best when he gets weird: The warped grind of "Echoes" is a standout; "Wasted" might be one of 2014's best country songs."^[8]

Commercial performance

On 19 June 2014, the album entered the Irish Albums Chart at number 22. The album entered the New Zealand Albums Chart at number 39. On 22 June 2014, the album debuted at number 22 on the UK Albums Chart. The album debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 2 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. It opened in the United States with first week sales of 15,013.

Track listing

Standard version[9]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Red Lights"	Tijs Verwest Carl Falk Rami Yacoub Wayne Hector Michel Zitron Måns Wredenberg	Tiësto Yacoub Falk John Amatiello^[a] Dean Gillard^[a] Matt Ward^[a]	4:22
2.	"Footprints" (featuring Cruickshank)	Verwest Brandon Lowry Freddy Wexler Josef Cruickshank Justin Prime Ash Pournouri	Tiësto Prime	4:17
3.	"Light Years Away" (featuring DBX)	Pete Kirtley Sacha Collisson John James Newman Verwest	Tiësto DBX Matt Nash Dave Silcox	3:43
4.	"A Town Called Paradise" (featuring Zac Barnett of American Authors)	Matthew Koma Verwest	Tiësto Koma Oscar Holter^[a] Karl-Ola Kjellholm^[a] Koma^[b] Dan Book^[c]	4:09
5.	"Written in Reverse" (with Hardwell featuring Matthew Koma)	Koma Verwest Ron Aniello Robbert van de Corput	Tiësto Koma Hardwell Book^[c]	4:28
6.	"Echoes" (featuring Andreas Moe)	Verwest Nash Silcox Moe Hiten Bharadia	Tiësto Nash Silcox	4:59
7.	"Last Train" (with Firebeatz featuring Ladyhawke)	Verwest Jurre van Doeselaar Tim Benjamin Smulders Phillipa Margret Brown	Tiësto Firebeatz	4:48
8.	"Wasted" (featuring Matthew Koma)	Koma Verwest Nick Audino Lewis Hughes	Tiësto Koma Disco Fries Twice as Nice	3:10
9.	"Let's Go" (featuring Icona Pop)	Verwest Holter Aino Jawo Caroline Hjelt Marcus Sepehrmanesh Alx Reuterskiöld	Tiësto Holter	3:22
10.	"The Feeling" (featuring Ou Est le Swimming Pool)	Verwest Charles Haddon Anders Källmark S. Janssen W. Janssen	Tiësto Showtek	4:45
11.	"Shimmer" (featuring Christian Burns)	Verwest Burns Nicholas Ditri Daniel Boselovic Jonnie "Most" Davis Paris Hampton	Tiësto Disco Fries	3:32
12.	"Rocky" (with Kaaze)	Verwest Mick Kastenholt Simon Gain	Tiësto Kaaze	3:32
13.	"Close to Me" (with Sultan + Ned Shepard featuring Quilla)	Verwest Ossama Al Sarraf Ned Shepard Anna Luisa Daigneault	Tiësto Sultan + Ned Shepard	4:20
14.	"Set Yourself Free" (featuring Krewella)	Verwest S. Janssen W. Janssen Koma Jahan Yousaf Yasmine Yousaf Kristopher Trindl	Tiësto Showtek Koma^[b] Book^[c] Alexei Misoul^[c]	4:39

Deluxe version additional tracks[10]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Don't Hide Your Light" (with MOTi featuring Denny White)	Verwest White Timo Romme		3:15
16.	"Calling on Angels" (with Fred Falke featuring Elan Lea)	Verwest Lea Andrew Murray Frédérick Falke		3:16
17.	"Can't Forget" (with Dzeko & Torres)	Verwest Julian Dzeko Luis Torres Redhead Kingpin		4:10
18.	"Take Me" (featuring Kyler England)	Verwest England W. Janssen S. Janssen Thomas Olsen	Verwest Olsen S. Janssen W. Janssen Richard Furch^[b]	3:48

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer.
• ^{^[b]} signifies a vocal producer.
• ^{^[c]} signifies an additional vocal producer.

Personnel

• Aaron Accetta – vocal engineer
• John Amatiello – additional production
• Ron Aniello – composer
• N. Audino – composer
• Zac Barnett – featured artist, vocals
• Hiten Bharadia – composer
• Gavin Bond – photography
• Dan Book – engineer, vocal producer, vocals
• Danny Boselovic – composer, piano
• Delbert Bowers – assistant
• Phillipa Brown – composer
• Christian Burns – composer, featured artist, vocals
• Simon Christianssen – engineer, mixing
• Sacha Collisson – composer, engineer, guitar, synthesizer
• Cruickshank – featured artist, vocals
• Josef Cruickshank – composer
• Anna Luisa Daigneault – composer
• John Davis – mastering engineer
• Jonnie Davis "Most" – composer
• DBX – featured artist, producer
• Disco Fries – engineer, producer, programming
• Nicholas Ditri – composer, piano
• Tommy English – vocal engineer
• Carl Falk – composer, engineer, guitar, instrumentation, producer, programming, vocal arrangement
• Firebeatz – engineer, featured artist, mixing, primary artist, producer
• Simon Gain – composer
• Chris Galland – assistant
• Mike Gaydusek – vocal engineer
• Dean Gillard – additional production, instrumentation, mixing, programming, vocal mixing
• Shep Goodman – vocal engineer
• Charles Haddon – composer, engineer, Rhodes piano, vocals
• Paris Hampton – composer
• Hardwell – engineer, featured artist, mixing, primary artist, producer
• Stuart Hawkes – mastering engineer
• Wayne Hector – composer
• Caroline Hjeit – composer
• Oscar Holter – additional production, composer, drums, engineer, guitar, piano, producer
• Lewis Hughes – composer
• Icona Pop – featured artist, vocals
• Sjoerd Janssen – composer, mixing, producer, programming
• Wouter Janssen – composer, mixing, producer, programming
• Aino Jawo – composer
• Kaaze – featured artist, primary artist, producer
• Anders Kallmark – composer, drums, engineer, piano
• Mick Kastenholt – composer, programming
• Pete Kirtley – composer, engineer, piano, strings
• Karl-Ola S. Kjellholm – additional production, engineer, guitar
• Matthew Koma – bass, composer, engineer, featured artist, guitar, mixing, producer, programming, vocal engineer, vocal producer, vocals
• Krewella – featured artist, vocals
• Ladyhawke – featured artist, vocals
• Brandon Lowry – composer
• Jordan Loyd – photography
• Manny Marroquin – mixing
• Alexei Misoul – engineer, vocal producer, vocals
• Andreas Moe – composer, featured artist, vocals
• Matt Nash – composer, drums, engineer, guitar, piano, producer, synthesizer
• John James Newman – composer, vocals
• Ou Est le Swimming Pool – featured artist
• Ash Pournouri – composer
• Justin Prime – composer, producer
• Quilla – featured artist, vocals
• Eva Reistad – assistant engineer
• Alx Reuterskiöld – composer
• James Reynolds – mixing
• Ossama Al Sarraf – composer, guitar
• Markus Sepehrmanesh – composer
• Ned Shepard – composer, drums, engineer, featured artist, mixing, piano, producer
• Dave Silcox – composer, drums, engineer, producer, synthesizer
• Tim Smulders – composer
• Nick Steinhardt – design
• Sultan – drums, engineer, featured artist, mixing, producer
• Sultan + Ned Shepard – primary artist
• Tiësto – engineer, mixing, primary artist, producer
• Kristopher Trindl – composer
• Twice as Nice – programming
• Robbert van de Corput – composer
• Jurre Van Doeselaar – composer
• Tijs Verwest – composer, engineer
• Matt Ward – additional production, instrumentation, mixing, programming, vocal mixing
• Freddy Wexler – composer
• Måns Wredenberg – composer
• Rami Yacoub – composer, engineer, instrumentation, producer, programming, vocal arrangement, vocal editing
• Jahan Yousaf – composer
• Yasmine Yousaf – composer
• Michel Zitron – composer, vocals

Credits adapted from AllMusic.^[11]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12]	18
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13]	22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14]	26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15]	15
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[16]	9
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[17]	33
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[18]	11
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[19]	36
French Albums (SNEP)[20]	80
Irish Albums (IRMA)[21]	22
Italian Albums (FIMI)[22]	88
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[23]	39
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[24]	14
Scottish Albums (OCC)[25]	9
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[26]	82
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[27]	15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28]	12
UK Albums (OCC)[29]	22
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[30]	3
US Billboard 200[31]	18
US Dance/Electronic Albums[32]	2
US Digital Albums[33]	7

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Netherlands[10]	13 June 2014	CD digital download	Musical Freedom PM:AM Universal
United States[34][35]	16 June 2014		Musical Freedom Casablanca Republic

References

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External links

• Tiesto.com
• A Town Called Paradise
• A Town Called Paradise Lyrics