Elements of Life

Elements of life
Studio album by Tiësto
Released	6 April 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Progressive trance[1]
Length	78:58 (standard version) 99:01 (limited edition)
Label	Magik Muzik
Producer	Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij BT
Tiësto chronology
Just Be: Remixed (2006) Elements of Life (2007) Kaleidoscope (2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
Allmusic	[1]
BBC	(favorable)[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[4]
PopMatters	(5/10)[5]

Elements of Life is the third studio album by Dutch DJ Tiësto. It was released on 6 April 2007 (see 2007 in music). The album contains collaborations with Jes of Gabriel & Dresden's project Motorcycle, Julie Thompson of Holden & Thompson, Charlotte Martin, Christian Burns, BT and Maxi Jazz of Faithless. BT collaborates with Tiësto for the first time since "Love Comes Again" and Faithless'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 50th Grammy Awards.^[6] In April 2007 the album moved 72,000 units according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album also received gold certifications in Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands and Romania.^[7]

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 Christian Burns from BB Mak, Tiësto met him through MySpace and got in contact with him and the production of the single "In the Dark".^[8] The album consists of rock, trance and experimental music, which shows the style Tiësto has grown throughout the years since his previous albums which contained lyrics, In My Memory 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.^[9]

“	It's a very experimental piece of work and combines the style of rock with trance and electronic, this is the first time that I have combined these different genres. I have always liked rock music so it made sense.	”
	— Tiësto[10]

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 London at the IndigO2 club.^[11] With the successful release of Elements of Life, Tiësto and fashion designer Giorgio Armani collaborated on a limited edition Tiësto T-shirt available at Armani Exchange 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.^[12] Tiësto and Reebok 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 Netherlands.^[13] 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 Blue Man Group.^[14] It was announced in October of 2014 that the album would be reissued as a High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray Disc in December 2014, featuring a brand new 9.1 Auro-3D mix as well as a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track. Both surround mixes are presented at 24-bit/96kHz resolution.^[15]

Track listing

Standard version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ten Seconds Before Sunrise"	Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij	Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij	7:31
2.	"Everything" (featuring JES)	Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij Jes Brieden	Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij Brieden	7:01
3.	"Do You Feel Me" (featuring Julie Thompson)	Tiësto Julie Thompson DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij	Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij Thompson^[a]	6:03
4.	"Carpe Noctum"	Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij	Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij	7:03
5.	"Driving to Heaven"	Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij	Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij	4:42
6.	"Sweet Things" (featuring Charlotte Martin)	Tiësto BT Charlotte Martin	BT Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij^[b]	5:42
7.	"Bright Morningstar"	Tiësto BT	BT Tiësto	8:19
8.	"Break My Fall" (featuring BT)	Tiësto BT	BT Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij^[b]	7:14
9.	"In the Dark" (featuring Christian Burns)	Tiësto Christian Burns DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij	Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij	4:36
10.	"dance4life" (featuring Maxi Jazz)	Maxi Jazz Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij	Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij	5:22
11.	"Elements of Life"	Tiësto Geert Huinink DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij	Tiësto DJ Waakop Reijers-Fraaij	8:25
12.	"He's a Pirate" (Tiësto Remix) (bonus track)	Hans Zimmer Klaus Badelt Geoffrey Zanelli	Tiësto^[c]	7:01

Limited edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Everything" (featuring JES) (acoustic version)	3:34
2.	"Dance4life" (featuring Maxi Jazz) (Fonzerelli Remix)	7:48
3.	"Lethal Industry" (Richard Durand Remix)	8:41

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a vocal producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[c]} signifies a remixer

• In some territories (including the United States), 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 Best Buy's exclusive version of the movie soundtrack.^[16] "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.

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart Peak position Austrian Albums Chart[17] 44 Belgian Albums Chart[17] 3 Canadian Albums Chart 24 Dutch Albums Chart[17] 1 Finnish Albums Chart[17] 40 German Albums Chart[17] 62 Greek Albums Chart 1 Hungarian Albums Chart 3 Irish Albums Chart[18] 5 Mexico Top 100 Albums[17] 13 Mexico Top International Albums 8 Norwegian Albums Chart[17] 26 Romanian Albums Chart 18 Swiss Albums Chart[17] 77 Turkish Albums Chart 16 UK Albums Chart[19] 14 U.S. Billboard 200[20] 71 U.S. Billboard Top Electronic Albums[20] 1 U.S. Billboard Top Digital Albums[21] 71 U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums[20] 7 Venezuelan Albums Chart 18

Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Belgium (BEA)[22] Gold   Hungary (MAHASZ)[23] Gold 3,000^x Poland (ZPAV)[24] Gold 10,000^* ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Netherlands	6 April 2007	Magik Muzik	Standard edition CD	Magik Muzik CD 07
				Magik Muzik CD 07S
			Limited edition CD with bonus disc	Magik Muzik CD 07/2
	19 June 2007		Limited edition 4×vinyl LP	Magik Muzik LP 07
	2007		Limited edition CD	CD 07RBK
Japan	28 March 2007		CD	Magik Muzik CD 07
		Superb Trax	2×CD	AVCD-23213-4
		Avex Taiwan Inc.	CD+DVD	AVICD60439DB
Russia	2007	Dance Planet Ltd.	CD	DP068-07
Germany	6 April 2007	Kontor		0180732KON
United Kingdom	16 April 2007	Nebula		NEBCD9015
	May 2007		2×12" vinyl sampler	NEBT9015
				NEBTX9015
Norway	2007	DJ Beat	CD	DJB077CD
Lithuania	15 May 2007	Bomba		BBCD225
United States	10 April 2007	Ultra		UL 1515-2
Romania		NRG!A		4088-2
		Roton		4088-2

See also

• Elements of Life World Tour
• Elements of Life World Tour DVD
• Elements of Life: Remixed

References

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15. "Tiësto’s Album “Elements of Life” available in Auro-3D® as of December 2014". Auro-3D.com. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
16. "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Original Soundtrack - CD - Original Soundtrack".
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24. "Polish album certifications – Tiësto – Elements of Life" (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV).

7. 72,000 albums sold in the U.S. http://www.tiesto.com/

External links

• Tiesto.com