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7 is the ninth studio album by British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal.[6] 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).

7
Studio album by Seal
Released	6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)
Genre	Soul R&B
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Trevor Horn Seal Jamie Odell
Seal chronology
Soul 2 (2011) 7 (2015) Standards (2017)
Singles from Seal 7
"Every Time I'm with You" Released: 11 September 2015 "Do You Ever" Released: 11 September 2015

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Guardian	[2]
The Irish Times	[3]
Pop Magazine	[4]
Sputnikmusic	3.6/5[5]

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". Only the second officially released song from that, as yet, unreleased album project. The other track being "This Could Be Heaven" from the Family Man soundtrack.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Trevor Horn and Seal; additional production on "Life on the Dancefloor" by Jamie Odell.[7]

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)

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[26]	Gold	50,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)[27]	Gold	1,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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