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A Town Called Paradise is the fifth studio album by Dutch DJ and record producer Tiësto, released on 13 June 2014 by Musical Freedom, PM:AM Recordings, and Universal Music. Five singles were released: "Pair of Dice", "Red Lights", "Wasted", "Let's Go" and "Light Years Away".

A Town Called Paradise
Studio album by
Tiësto
Released13 June 2014
Genre
  • Progressive house
  • electro house
  • dance-pop
Length58:06
Label
  • Musical Freedom
  • PM:AM
  • Casablanca
  • Republic
  • Universal
Producer
  • John Amatiello
  • Dan Book
  • DBX
  • Disco Fries
  • Carl Falk
  • Firebeatz
  • Dean Gillard
  • Hardwell
  • Oscar Holter
  • Kaaze
  • Karl-Ola Kjellholm
  • Matthew Koma
  • Alexei Misoul
  • Matt Nash
  • Justin Prime
  • Showtek
  • Dave Silcox
  • Sultan + Ned Shepard
  • Tiësto
  • Matt Ward
  • Rami Yacoub
Tiësto chronology
Club Life, Vol. 3 - Stockholm
(2013)		 A Town Called Paradise
(2014)		 Club Life, Vol. 4 - New York City
(2015)
Singles from A Town Called Paradise
  1. "Pair of Dice"
    Released: 8 October 2012
  2. "Red Lights"
    Released: 13 December 2013
  3. "Wasted"
    Released: 25 April 2014
  4. "Let's Go"
    Released: 13 May 2014
  5. "Light Years Away"
    Released: 28 November 2014

Singles


"Pair of Dice" was released as the first single from the album on 8 October 2012. The composed appears in the album in a vocal version which features Krewella.

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

"Wasted" was released as the third single from the album on 25 April 2014. The song peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, and reached the top 10 in Sweden.

"Let's Go" was released as the fourth single from the album on 13 May 2014. The song was featured in the films Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Pitch Perfect 2, Vacation, Sisters, in the TV shows Red Band Society, Hawaii Five-0, and in the teaser trailer for the 2018 animated film Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.

"Light Years Away" was released as the album's fifth 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
SourceRating
Metacritic51/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
PopMatters4/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]

Upon its release, A Town Called Paradise received mixed 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.[citation needed]


Track listing


Standard version[9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Red Lights" (featuring Michel Zitron)
  • 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)
  • Tiësto
  • Koma
  • Oscar Holter[a]
  • Karl-Ola Kjellholm[a]
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 + Shepard featuring Quilla)
  • Tiësto
  • Sultan + Shepard
4:20
14."Set Yourself Free" (featuring Krewella)
  • Verwest
  • S. Janssen
  • W. Janssen
  • Koma
  • Jahan Yousaf
  • Yasmine Yousaf
  • Kris Trindl
4:39
Deluxe version additional tracks[10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Don't Hide Your Light" (with MOTi featuring Denny White)
  • Verwest
  • White
  • Timo Romme
  • Tiësto
  • MOTi
3:15
16."Calling on Angels" (with Fred Falke featuring Elan Lea)
  • Verwest
  • Lea
  • Andrew Murray
  • Frédérick Falke
  • Tiësto
  • Fred Falke
3:16
17."Can't Forget" (with Dzeko & Torres)
  • Verwest
  • Julian Dzeko
  • Luis Torres
  • Redhead Kingpin
  • Tiësto
  • Dzeko & Torres
4:10
18."Take Me" (featuring Kyler England)
  • Verwest
  • England
  • W. Janssen
  • S. Janssen
  • Thomas Olsen
  • Tiësto
  • Tommy Trash
  • Showtek
  • Richard Furch[b]
3:48

Notes


Personnel


Credits adapted from AllMusic.[11]


Charts



Release history


Region Date Format Label
Netherlands[10] 13 June 2014
  • CD
  • digital download
  • Musical Freedom
  • PM:AM
  • Universal
United States[35][36] 16 June 2014
  • Musical Freedom
  • Casablanca
  • Republic

References


  1. "Light Years Away (Remixes) [feat. DBX] by Tiësto on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  2. "DBX INTERVIEW : LIGHT YEARS AWAY WAS OUR BABY! | Tiësto Blog". Tiësto Blog. 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  3. "A Town Called Paradise - Tiësto". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  4. Jeffries, David. "A Town Called Paradise - Tiësto". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  5. Brown, August. "Tiesto and Deadmau5 make full albums, stretch attention spans". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  6. Olson, Benjamin. "Tiësto: A Town Called Paradise". PopMatters. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  7. Weingarten, Christopher R. (17 June 2014). "'A Town Called Paradise' - Tiesto Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  8. "A Town Called Paradise".
  9. "'A Town Called Paradise' van Tiësto op Apple Music".
  10. "'A Town Called Paradise (Deluxe Version)' van Tiësto op Apple Music".
  11. "A Town Called Paradise - Tiesto Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  12. "Australiancharts.com – Tiësto – A Town Called Paradise". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  13. "Austriancharts.at – Tiësto – A Town Called Paradise" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  14. "Ultratop.be – Tiësto – A Town Called Paradise" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
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  16. "Tiesto Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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  18. "Dutchcharts.nl – Tiësto – A Town Called Paradise" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  19. "Tiësto: A Town Called Paradise" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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  21. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Tiesto". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  22. "Artisti - Classifica settimanale WK 25 (dal 16-06-2014 al 22-06-2014)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
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  24. "Norwegiancharts.com – Tiësto – A Town Called Paradise". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  25. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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  27. "Swedishcharts.com – Tiësto – A Town Called Paradise". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  28. "Swisscharts.com – Tiësto – A Town Called Paradise". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  29. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  30. "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  31. "Tiesto Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  32. "Tiesto Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  33. "Årslista Album – År 2014" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  34. "Top Dance/Electronic Albums – Year-End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  35. Medved, Matt (25 April 2014). "Tiësto Unveils Details for Upcoming 'A Town Called Paradise' Album: Watch 'Wasted' Video". Billboard. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  36. "Tiësto releases fifth album A Town Called Paradise on June 16". Archived from the original on April 30, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.




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