''Seal IV'' is the fourth studio album by

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. It follows the aborted sessions for ''

Togetherland ''Togetherland'' is an unreleased studio album recorded by British singer Seal, originally scheduled for release in 2001. Background and recording The tracks were originally written and recorded at Seal's home studio in Los Angeles in 1999. Son ...

'', which was scrapped because Seal thought it was not up to the standard of his previous work. In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number four. In the United States, it debuted at number three on the US ''Billboard'' 200, making it his highest-charting album to date.

Track listing

Notes * signifies a co-producer * signifies additional production and remix

Personnel

* Seal – vocals, keyboards (2, 6, 9), bass (4, 9-11), guitars (9, 11) *

Jamie Muhoberac Benjamin Edward "Jamie" Muhoberac (born September 11, 1965) is an American session keyboardist with numerous credits. He is best known for his work with Seal and Was (Not Was). He is a touring member of New Jersey rock band My Chemical Romance. ...

– keyboards (1-12), bass (3, 10), acoustic piano (9, 10) *

Mark Batson Mark Christopher Batson (born 1968) is an American record producer and songwriter. He has worked on albums by artists including Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews Band, LeAnn Rimes, Anthony Hamilton, Eminem, India Arie, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Maroon 5, Skylar ...

– keyboards (1-3, 7-9, 12), acoustic piano (2, 5), bass (2, 3, 6-9), drum programming (3, 6, 7),

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(6) * Pete Murray – keyboards (1, 5, 12), acoustic piano (2, 5) *

Trevor Horn Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English record producer and musician. His influence on pop and electronic music in the 1980s was such that he has been called "the man who invented the eighties". Horn took up the bass guitar at an ...

– acoustic piano (4), guitars (4-6), keyboards (6), bass (5), extra bass (6) * Carlos Rios – keyboards (11) * Chris Bruce – guitars (1-4, 6-8, 10, 12), bass (1, 12) * Tim Cansfield – guitars (1, 2, 5, 12) * Gus Isidore – guitars (1-3, 7, 10, 12) *

Tim Pierce Tim Pierce (born 1958 in Albuquerque) is an American session guitarist. He has worked for artists such as Joe Cocker, Crowded House, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Jackson, Beth Hart, Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Collins, and th ...

– guitars (3, 4) * Alan Griffiths – guitars (10), drum programming (10) *

Steven Shane McDonald Steven Shane McDonald (born May 24, 1967) is an American rock musician, best known as the bass guitarist in the Los Angeles alternative rock/power pop band Redd Kross. He is a founding member of the hardcore punk band OFF! – serving as a me ...

– guitars (11) *

Heitor Pereira Heitor Teixeira Pereira () (born November 29, 1960), or Heitor TP, is a Brazilian composer. In his career, Pereira has recorded with the band Simply Red and several famous musicians, such as Elton John, Rod Stewart, k.d. lang, Milton Nascimento, a ...

– guitars (11) *

Earl Harvin Earl Harvin is an American drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany. Harvin studied at the University of North Texas College of MusicEnsoulment.html" ...

– drums (1, 3, 4, 7-10, 12) * Ian Thomas – drums (2, 5) * Charlie Russell – drum programming (6) *

Luís Jardim Luís Alberto Figueira Gonçalves Jardim (born 4 July 1950) is a Portuguese percussionist born on the island of Madeira. He is best known for his work with producer Trevor Horn. Family Jardim is a cousin of Alberto João Jardim (former presiden ...

– percussion (1-12) *

Nick Ingman Nicholas Ingman (born 29 April 1948) is an English arranger, composer and conductor in the commercial music field. His collaborators include Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Björk, and the British X-factor. Born and educated in London, Ingman move ...

– string arrangements (1, 2, 6, 7, 9-12), choir arrangements (1, 2, 12), orchestral arrangements (5) *

Steve Sidwell Steven James Sidwell (born 14 December 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Sidwell was a product of the Arsenal academy, and after winning two FA Youth Cups, he had constructive loan spells at Brentfo ...

– horn and choir arrangements (3), string arrangements (3, 8) *

Gavyn Wright Gavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London Session Orchestra and Penguin Cafe Orchestra. He is best known for his orchestral arrangements on pop productions (including Elton John, Simply Red, Bush, Mecano, ...

– string leader (1-3, 5-12) *

Tessa Niles Tessa Margaret Niles ( ''née'' Webb; born 27 January 1961) is an English singer, best known as a backing singer for a wide variety of contemporary artists. She began her professional singing career in 1979. Early life and career Niles began h ...

– additional backing vocals (1, 12)

Production

* Jeff Aldrich – A&R * Seal – executive producer, liner notes * Jill Sinclair – executive producer * Robert Orton – engineer (1-12), mixing (1-12) * Tim Weidner – engineer (1-12), mixing (1-12) * Steve Price – string recording (1-12), choir recording (1-3), horn recording (3), orchestra recording (5) * Tim Lambert – assistant engineer (1-12), additional engineer (1, 3, 4, 10) * Phil Tyreman – assistant engineer (1-12) * Dan Vickers – additional engineer (4) *

Deepsky Deepsky is an electronic music act based in Los Angeles. Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Deepsky was formed in 1995 by J. Scott G. and Jason Blum after the dissolution of their first band Q, active from 1992-1995. Its two founding mem ...

– remixing (13) * Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff – creative director * Jeri Heiden – art direction * Glen Nakasako – design * Robert Maxwell – cover photography * Sacha Waldman – inside photography *

Irving Azoff Irving Azoff (; born December 12, 1947) is an American businessman, who is chairman of Full Stop Management, a company that represents recording artists. During the course of his career, he has worked as an agent, personal manager, concert pr ...

, John Baruck, Tom Consolo and Susan Markheim – management

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2003 albums Seal (musician) albums Albums produced by Trevor Horn Warner Records albums