8 (Anggun album)
2017 studio album by Anggun
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8 is the seventh international studio album by Indonesian-French singer Anggun and her eleventh overall.[1][2] It was released by Universal Music on 8 December 2017 and became her first English-language album not to have a standalone French version. The album's first single, "What We Remember", was released digitally on 13 October 2017[3] and reached number eight on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in the United States.[4]
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| Released | 8 December 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2016–17 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 33:33 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | April Earth, Universal Music | |||
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| Singles from 8 | ||||
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Background
Following the release of her sixth French-language album, Toujours un ailleurs (2015), Anggun worked on the English version.[5] In July 2017, it was announced that the singer had signed a pan-Asian recording deal with Universal Music Asia, based in Hong Kong, and her album would be released by the end of the year.[6] She then restarted the album's recording and rejected all the English songs from the Toujours un ailleurs session, including the ones she recorded with Brian Rawling in Metrophonic Studio, London.[1]
Titled 8, the album became Anggun's eighth album since her international breakthrough, following Snow on the Sahara / Au nom de la lune (1997), Chrysalis / Désirs contraires (2000), the Open Hearts soundtrack (2002), Luminescence (2005), Elevation (2008), Echoes / Échos (2011), and Toujours un ailleurs (2015).
Promotion
The album was launched at the Apple Store on Orchard Road in Singapore on 8 December 2017, with an acoustic showcase by the singer.[7][8] Anggun also travelled to Manila, Philippines to do a promotional tour.[9] "What We Remember" was released as the album's first single on 13 October 2017, with a music video directed by Roy Raz.[10][11] The second single, "The Good Is Back", was released in two duet versions on 20 April 2018, one with Indonesian singer Rossa and the other with Malaysian singer Fazura.[12][13]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "No Promises" |
| 3:28 | |
| 2. | "What We Remember" |
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| 2:46 |
| 3. | "The Good Is Back" |
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| 3:45 |
| 4. | "Righteous" |
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| 3:34 |
| 5. | "Alive" |
| Skydancers | 3:25 |
| 6. | "Medicine and Meditation" |
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| 3:27 |
| 7. | "Inhuman" |
| Loconte | 3:10 |
| 8. | "Forget Her" |
| Loconte | 3:08 |
| 9. | "Oceans" |
| Kretschmar | 3:55 |
| 10. | "Thank You" |
| 3:05 |
Charts
| Title | US Dance [14] |
|---|---|
| "What We Remember" | 8 |
| "The Good Is Back" | 20 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Edition(s) | Format(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia[15] | 8 December 2017 | Universal Music | Standard edition | CD |
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| Philippines[17] | ||||
| Taiwan[18] | ||||
| Various[19] | Digital download, music streaming |