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''A Town Called Paradise'' is the fifth studio album by Dutch DJ and record producer
Tiësto Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( , ), is a Dutch DJ and record producer. He was voted "The Greatest DJ of All Time" by ''Mix (magazine), Mix'' magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, h ...
, released on 13 June 2014 by Musical Freedom, PM:AM Recordings, and
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. Five singles were released: " Pair of Dice", " Red Lights", " Wasted", " Let's Go" and " Light Years Away".


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
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. " 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'', ''
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''. " Light Years Away" was released as the album's fifth single on 28 November 2014. 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".


Reception


Critical reception

Upon its release, ''A Town Called Paradise'' received mixed reviews from music critics. Christopher R. Weingarten of ''
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'' 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." Starting in 2015, the songs Footprints, Rocky, and Red Lights are featured as one of the shows for the
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Commercial performance

On 19 June 2014, the album entered the
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at number 22. The album entered the
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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 ''
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chart. It opened in the United States with first week sales of 15,013.


Track listing

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Personnel

* Aaron Accetta – vocal engineer * John Amatiello – additional production * Ron Aniello – composer * N. Audino – composer * Zac Barnett – featured artist, vocals * Hiten Bharadia – composer * Gavin Bond – photography * Dan Book – engineer, vocal producer, vocals * Danny Boselovic – composer, piano * Delbert Bowers – assistant * Phillipa Brown – composer * Christian Burns – composer, featured artist, vocals * Simon Christianssen – engineer, mixing * Sacha Collisson – composer, engineer, guitar, synthesizer * Cruickshank – featured artist, vocals * Josef Cruickshank – composer * Christian Cummings – engineer * Anna Luisa Daigneault – composer * John Davis – mastering engineer * Jonnie Davis "Most" – composer * DBX – featured artist, producer * Disco Fries – engineer, producer, programming * Nicholas Ditri – composer, piano * Tommy English – vocal engineer * Carl Falk – composer, engineer, guitar, instrumentation, producer, programming, vocal arrangement * Firebeatz – engineer, featured artist, mixing, primary artist, producer * Simon Gain – composer * Chris Galland – assistant * Mike Gaydusek – vocal engineer * Dean Gillard – additional production, instrumentation, mixing, programming, vocal mixing * Shep Goodman – vocal engineer * Charles Haddon – composer, engineer, Rhodes piano, vocals * Paris Hampton – composer * Hardwell (Robbert van de Corput) – engineer, featured artist, mixing, primary artist, producer, composer * Stuart Hawkes – mastering engineer * Patrick Heaney – engineer * Wayne Hector – composer * Caroline Hjeit – composer * Oscar Holter – additional production, composer, drums, engineer, guitar, piano, producer * Lewis Hughes – composer * Icona Pop – featured artist, vocals * Sjoerd Janssen – composer, mixing, producer, programming * Wouter Janssen – composer, mixing, producer, programming * Aino Jawo – composer * KAAZE (Mick Kastenholt) – featured artist, primary artist, producer, composer, programming * Anders Kallmark – composer, drums, engineer, piano * Pete Kirtley – composer, engineer, piano, strings * Karl-Ola S. Kjellholm – additional production, engineer, guitar * Matthew Koma – bass, composer, engineer, featured artist, guitar, mixing, producer, programming, vocal engineer, vocal producer, vocals * Krewella – featured artist, vocals * Ladyhawke – featured artist, vocals * Brandon Lowry – composer * Jordan Loyd – photography * Manny Marroquin – mixing * Alexei Misoul – engineer, vocal producer, vocals * Andreas Moe – composer, featured artist, vocals * Matt Nash – composer, drums, engineer, guitar, piano, producer, synthesizer * John James Newman – composer, vocals * Ou Est le Swimming Pool – featured artist * Ash Pournouri – composer * Justin Prime – composer, producer * Quilla – featured artist, vocals * Eva Reistad – assistant engineer * Alx Reuterskiöld – composer * James Reynolds – mixing * Ossama Al Sarraf – composer, guitar * Markus Sepehrmanesh – composer * Ned Shepard – composer, drums, engineer, featured artist, mixing, piano, producer * Dave Silcox – composer, drums, engineer, producer, synthesizer * Tim Smulders – composer * Nick Steinhardt – design * Sultan – drums, engineer, featured artist, mixing, producer * Sultan + Ned Shepard – primary artist * Tiësto (Tijs Verwest) – engineer, mixing, primary artist, producer, composer * Kristopher Trindl – composer * Twice as Nice – programming * Jurre Van Doeselaar – composer * Matt Ward – additional production, instrumentation, mixing, programming, vocal mixing * Freddy Wexler – composer * Måns Wredenberg – composer * Rami Yacoub – composer, engineer, instrumentation, producer, programming, vocal arrangement, vocal editing * Jahan Yousaf – composer * Yasmine Yousaf – composer * Michel Zitron – composer, vocals Credits adapted from
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Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


Release history


References


External links


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''A Town Called Paradise''

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