Seven Lives Many Faces

Studio album by Enigma

Released

September 19, 2008

Recorded

2007–2008
at various places with the "Alchemist" (all in one computed mobile studio)

Genre

Length

50:01

Label

Virgin / EMI
50999 2 37979 0 2
V0-37979

Producer

Michael Cretu

Enigma chronology

Eppur si muove
(2006)

Seven Lives Many Faces
(2008)

The Platinum Collection
(2009)

Seven Lives Many Faces is the seventh studio album by German musical project Enigma. It is Enigma's 7th album. The album was released on 19 September 2008 worldwide and on 30 September 2008 in North America. Michael Cretu stated that the new album will 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 2 days), several international MTV and VH1 web sites started streaming the album until 22 September.^[1]

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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

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."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Encounters"	Michael Cretu	3:12
2.	"Seven Lives"	Cretu	4:25
3.	"Touchness"	Cretu	3:35
4.	"The Same Parents"	Cretu	5:19
5.	"Fata Morgana"	Cretu	3:23
6.	"Hell's Heaven"	Cretu	3:51
7.	"La Puerta del Cielo"	Cretu, Margarita Roig	3:28
8.	"Distorted Love"	Cretu, Andru Donalds	4:11
9.	"Je t'aime Till My Dying Day"	Cretu, Donalds	4:18
10.	"Déjà Vu"	Cretu	2:56
11.	"Between Generations"	Cretu, Roig	4:31
12.	"The Language of Sound" (6:52 track length includes bonus track "Where Are We From")	Cretu	4:20
Total length:			50:01

Japanese bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Epilogue"	1:57

Bonus disc

All tracks written by Michael Cretu.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Superficial"	2:58
2.	"We Are Nature"	3:51
3.	"Downtown Silence"	2:08
4.	"Sunrise"	2:38
5.	"The Language of Sound" (slow edit)	3:56
Total length:		15:31

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 (track: 2 (Bonus CD))

Additional personnel

Photography – Rosemary Robenn
Artwork – Dirk Rudolph

^[3]

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Austria Albums Chart^[4]	30
France Albums Chart^[4]	93
Germany Albums Chart^[4]	15
Italy Albums Chart^[4]	36
Mexico Albums Chart^[4]	59
Netherlands Albums Chart^[4]	22
Poland Albums Chart^[4]	48
Portugal Albums Chart^[4]	29
Russia Albums Chart^[5]	10
Spain Albums Chart^[4]	75
Switzerland Albums Chart^[4]	18
US Top New Age Albums^[6]	1
USA Billboard Top 200^[6]	92

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
GCC (IFPI Middle East)^[7]	Gold	3,000^*
Russia (NFPF)^[8]	Gold	10,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country	Date
Worldwide	19 September 2008
North America	30 September 2008

DVD release

The entire album was released on DVD, with claimed 5.1 surround sound. Unlike previous DVD release called A Posteriori, Seven Lives, Many Faces features video movies to each song.

References

↑ "ENIGMA New Album Pre-Listening on MTV Sites Around the World!! by ENIGMA on Myspace". myspace.com. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
1 2 Monger, James Christopher. Seven Lives Many Faces at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
↑ Enigma – Seven Lives Many Faces
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Enigma - Seven Lives Many Faces - Music Charts". acharts.us. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
↑ Россия Top 25: Centr - Эфир в норме (in Russian). 2M-online.ru. 13 December 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
1 2 Billboard.com
↑ "IFPI Middle East Awards – 2009". IFPI Middle East.
↑ "Russian album certifications – Enigma – Seven Lives Many Faces" (in Russian). National Federation of Phonogram Producers (NFPF).

Enigma

Michael Cretu David Fairstein Frank Peterson Sandra Cretu Louisa Stanley Peter Cornelius Jens Gad Andreas Harde Ruth-Ann Boyle Andru Donalds Elizabeth Houghton

Studio albums	MCMXC a.D. The Cross of Changes Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! The Screen behind the Mirror Voyageur A posteriori Seven Lives, Many Faces The Fall of a Rebel Angel

Compilation albums	Love, Sensuality, Devotion: The Greatest Hits The Platinum Collection The Enigma Collection

Remix albums	Love, Sensuality, Devotion: The Remix Collection

Singles and EPs	"Sadeness (Part I)" "Mea Culpa (Part II)" "Principles of Lust" "The Rivers of Belief" "Carly's Song" "Return to Innocence" "The Eyes of Truth" "Age of Loneliness" "Out from the Deep" "Beyond the Invisible" "T.N.T. for the Brain" "Gravity of Love" "Push the Limits" "Turn Around" "Voyageur" "Following the Sun" "Boum-boum" "Hello and Welcome" "Goodbye, Milky Way" "Eppur si muove (EP)" "La puerta del Cielo / Seven Lives" "The Same Parents" "MMX (The Social Song)"

Box sets	Trilogy 15 Years After Classic Album Selection

DVDs	Remember the Future MCMXC a.D.: The Complete Video Album A posteriori Seven Lives, Many Faces

Related projects	Sandra Cretu and Thiers Cornelius and Cretu Moti Special Trance Atlantic Air Waves Andru Donalds Ruth-Ann Boyle

Related articles	Discography A.R.T. Studios Videography The Dusted Variations

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