Seal IV explained

Seal IV
Type:	studio
Artist:	Seal
Cover:	SealIV_2003.jpg
Released:	9 September 2003
Studio:	Sarm West Studios, Sarm Hook End, Angel Recording Studios and Phoenix Studios (London, UK)
Genre:	Soul pop
Length:	50:57
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Trevor Horn Mark Batson Seal (exec.) Jill Sinclair (exec.)
Prev Title:	Togetherland
Prev Year:	Unreleased
Next Title:	Best 1991–2004
Next Year:	2004

Seal IV is the fourth studio album by Seal. It follows the aborted sessions for Togetherland, which was scrapped because Seal thought it was not up to the standard of his previous work.

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number four. In the United States, it debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, making it his highest-charting album to date.

Track listing

Notes

• signifies a co-producer
• signifies additional production and remix

Personnel

• Seal – vocals, keyboards (2, 6, 9), bass (4, 9-11), guitars (9, 11)
• Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards (1-12), bass (3, 10), acoustic piano (9, 10)
• Mark Batson – keyboards (1-3, 7-9, 12), acoustic piano (2, 5), bass (2, 3, 6-9), drum programming (3, 6, 7), organ (6)
• Pete Murray – keyboards (1, 5, 12), acoustic piano (2, 5)
• Trevor Horn – acoustic piano (4), guitars (4-6), keyboards (6), bass (5), extra bass (6)
• Carlos Rios – keyboards (11)
• Chris Bruce – guitars (1-4, 6-8, 10, 12), bass (1, 12)
• Tim Cansfield – guitars (1, 2, 5, 12)
• Gus Isidore – guitars (1-3, 7, 10, 12)
• Tim Pierce – guitars (3, 4)
• Alan Griffiths – guitars (10), drum programming (10)
• Steven Shane McDonald – guitars (11)
• Heitor Pereira – guitars (11)
• Earl Harvin – drums (1, 3, 4, 7-10, 12)
• Ian Thomas – drums (2, 5)
• Charlie Russell – drum programming (6)
• Luís Jardim – percussion (1-12)
• Nick Ingman – string arrangements (1, 2, 6, 7, 9-12), choir arrangements (1, 2, 12), orchestral arrangements (5)
• Steve Sidwell – horn and choir arrangements (3), string arrangements (3, 8)
• Gavyn Wright – string leader (1-3, 5-12)
• Tessa Niles – additional backing vocals (1, 12)

Production

• Jeff Aldrich – A&R
• Seal – executive producer, liner notes
• Jill Sinclair – executive producer
• Robert Orton – engineer (1-12), mixing (1-12)
• Tim Weidner – engineer (1-12), mixing (1-12)
• Steve Price – string recording (1-12), choir recording (1-3), horn recording (3), orchestra recording (5)
• Tim Lambert – assistant engineer (1-12), additional engineer (1, 3, 4, 10)
• Phil Tyreman – assistant engineer (1-12)
• Dan Vickers – additional engineer (4)
• Deepsky – remixing (13)
• Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – creative director
• Jeri Heiden – art direction
• Glen Nakasako – design
• Robert Maxwell – cover photography
• Sacha Waldman – inside photography
• Irving Azoff, John Baruck, Tom Consolo and Susan Markheim – management

Notes and References

1. Book: Ryan, Gavin . Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 . 2011 . Moonlight Publishing . Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia . PDF . 246.