''Elements of Life'' is the third studio album by Dutch DJ

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. It was released on 6 April 2007 (see

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). The album contains collaborations with Jes of Motorcycle, Julie Thompson of Holden & Thompson, Charlotte Martin,

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, BT and

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of Faithless. BT collaborates with Tiësto for the first time since "Love Comes Again" and

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's rapper Maxi Jazz is featuring on "Dance4Life". The album has more tracks featuring vocals than previous albums (excluding the remixed '' Just Be''). The album was nominated in the category "Best Electronic/Dance Album" at the

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. In April 2007 the album moved 72,000 units according to

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. The album also received gold certifications in

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and

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Production

During the production of the album Tiësto in several cases sent a demo with the music to certain artists, and they replied back with the lyrics and vocals and other duration times. In the case of

from BB Mak, Tiësto met him through

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and got in contact with him and the production of the single ''" In the Dark"''. The album consists of

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and

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, which shows the style Tiësto has grown throughout the years since his previous albums which contained lyrics, ''

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'' and '' Just Be''. Producer Brian Transeau collaborated with Tiësto in three tracks, he composed "Bright Morningstar" and "Sweet Things", he also performed the vocals in the single " Break My Fall". Together, they produce more tracks which were not released in the album, and Tiësto has mentioned they would work again during the coming summer.

Marketing

In support of the album, he embarked on his Elements of Life World Tour, the '' Elements of Life World Tour DVD'' was released in a party which was held on 29 February 2008 from 8 p.m. - 3 a.m. in

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at the IndigO2 club. With the successful release of ''Elements of Life'', Tiësto and fashion designer

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collaborated on a limited edition Tiësto T-shirt available at

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stores. His single "Sweet Things" comes with the shirt including an exclusive "A, X Remix" by Tom Cloud which shows the great influence Tiësto has in fashion culture. Tiësto and

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introduced the new 'Tiësto shoe' in November 2007. The shoebox comes with a special limited-edition Tiësto & Reebok CD, containing the ''Elements of Life'' album and the bonus disc. Only 1,000 pair units were available for sale in

. On 28 April, Tiësto released '' Elements of Life: Remixed'', a recompilation of the ''Elements of Life'' album with all songs except "He's a Pirate" being replaced by remixed versions, and "He's a Pirate" being replaced by "No More Heroes", a joint production with mute performer trio

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. It was announced in October 2014 that the album would be reissued as a

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in December 2014, featuring a brand new 9.1 Auro-3D mix as well as a 5.1

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track. Both surround mixes are presented at 24-bit/96 kHz resolution.

Track listing

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), track 12 is "He's a Pirate" (7:00), a remix of the theme music of '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' also featured on the CD single, and on initial retail shipments of

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's exclusive version of the movie soundtrack. "Everything (Acoustic Version)" is excluded. *The Limited Edition version contains the original album with the remix of "He's a Pirate" and a bonus disc.

Production

Marketing

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

References

External links