''Intense'' is the fifth studio album by Dutch DJ and record producer

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. It was released on 3 May 2013 by

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. The first song announced to be on the album is " Waiting for the Night", featuring the singer Fiora, which was released on 21 January 2013 as the theme song to the Dutch film ''Loving Ibiza (Verliefd op Ibiza)''. The second song announced to be on the album is "Forever is Ours", featuring the singer

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. The third song and first official single to be released is "

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", featuring the Canadian singer and songwriter

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, was released on 5 April 2013. The accompanying music video, featuring

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, was released on 17 March 2013. The album was first released exclusively on

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on 29 April 2013, followed by its official release on digital and physical media on 3 May 2013. An extended version of the album, called ''Intense (The More Intense Edition)'', was released on 12 November 2013. This album contains remixes from musicians such as

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, W&W,

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, Ummet Ozcan and

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, along with radio edits, music videos, as well as two new songs from Armin van Buuren: "

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" and "Don't Want to Fight Love Away" featuring Cindy Alma.

Composition

Armin van Buuren described genre composition of ''Intense'' as "more

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-y electro stuff and of course trance, some

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influence, even a little bit of

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and classical music in there" during an interview with British DJ

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.World Premiere BBC Radio 1: Armin van Buuren feat. Trevor Guthrie - This Is What It Feels Like - YouTube
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Track listing

All tracks produced by

and

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. Except "Turn This Love Around" produced by Armin van Buuren, Olivia Nervo, Miriam Nervo and Benno de Goeij. Vocal production on "This Is What It Feels Like" by Jenson Vaughan.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

Album Info on ArmadaMusic.com
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