The Album (Haddaway album) explained
| The Album |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Haddaway |
| Cover: | Haddaway - the_album.jpg |
| Released: | 7 May 1993 |
| Length: | 54:57 |
| Label: | Coconut / Arista |
| Next Title: | The Drive |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
The Album (also known as Haddaway in North America and L'Album in France) is the debut album by Trinidadian-German Eurodance recording artist Haddaway, released in May 1993 by Coconut Records.[1] It includes the hit singles "What Is Love" and "Life". The lead single, "What Is Love", was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.[2] In 2011, the album was released onto the iTunes Store by Razor & Tie.
Critical reception
Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "Not a one-hit wonder" proclaimed the posters flagging Haddaway's second single "Life", and they were right. Nor, on the evidence here, will he stop at two hits. His career-launching "What Is Love" is the pick of the pack for sure, but there's enough upbeat and commercial house and hi-NRG here to ensure he has a run of hits. This type of album is, however, notoriously difficult to get away, as even his labelmates Snap have discovered."
Track listing
- Notes
Personnel
- All songs arranged by Dee Dee Halligan and Alex Trime, except "Yeah" and "Mama's House" (arranged by Trime/Haddaway/Gary Jones) and "Sing About Love" (arranged by Trime/Haddaway)
- Produced by Dee Dee Halligan and Junior Torello, except "Sing About Love" (produced by Haddaway, Alex Trime and Walter Bee)
- Recorded and mixed by Gary Jones, except track 7 (mixed by Gary Jones and Henning McCoy)
- Track 6 remixed by The Rapino Brothers; track 12 remixed by Jones/Trime
- All songs on original recording published by A La Carte Music.
- Haddaway – lead vocals
- Lisa Noya - backing vocals on The Album, additional backing vocals on The Album 2nd Edition by Elkie Schlimbach, Rena T. Otta
- Alex Trime – keyboards
Charts
Year-end charts
External links
- [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r189425|pure_url=yes}} Overview of Album]
- Haddaway – The Album
- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/77XT5qnvoXpq066AgJSlW7?si=PyHOn7bWRCCCqzydz-T0rQ&pi=u-zar5t1A9Ss-P
Notes and References
- Casebook: Haddaway . Billboard. Ellie. Weinert. 13 August 2011. 26 March 1994.
- http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS RIAA Searchable Database; Key Word: Haddaway
- Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
- Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. 27 December 2020.
- Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1993. hitparade.ch. 27 December 2020.
- Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. 27 December 2020.
- Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1994. hitparade.ch. 27 December 2020.
