| Seven Lives Many Faces | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Enigma |
| Cover: | Seven Lives Many Faces.jpg |
| Released: | 19 September 2008 |
| Recorded: | 2007–2008 |
| Studio: | Various places with the "Alchemist" (all in one computed mobile studio) |
| Length: | 50:01 |
| Label: | Virgin |
| Producer: | Michael Cretu |
| Prev Title: | A Posteriori |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Title: | The Platinum Collection |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
Seven Lives Many Faces is the seventh studio album by the German musical project Enigma, released on 19 September 2008 by Virgin Records. Michael Cretu stated that the album would 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 two days), several international MTV and VH1 websites 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.
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. The lyrics of the song "La Puerta del Cielo" (The Gate of Heaven), although with a Spanish title, are in Catalan language. The other song of the album written in Catalan is "Between Generations". Both songs were co-written by Michael Cretu and Margalida Roig.
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."
The album debuted at No. 92 on the Billboard 200,[2] and No. 1 on the New Age Albums,[3] selling 6,000 copies in the first week. The album had sold 85,000 copies in the United States as of September 2016.[4]
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| Peak position | ||
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] | 181 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[6] | 59 | |
| Russian Albums (2M)[7] | 10 | |
| US Billboard 200[8] | 92 | |
| US New Age Albums (Billboard)[9] | 1 |
| Position | ||
| US New Age Albums (Billboard)[10] | 8 |
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| Position | ||
| US New Age Albums (Billboard)[11] | 6 |
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| Position | ||
| US New Age Albums (Billboard)[12] | 10 |
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| Region | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | 19 September 2008 | |
| North America | 30 September 2008 |