Seal (1994 album)

Seal
Studio album by Seal
Released	May 23, 1994
Recorded	Sarm West Studios, 1993–94
Genre	Soul pop
Length	50:29
Label	Zang Tumb Tuum Sire (US)
Producer	Trevor Horn
Seal chronology
Seal (1991) Seal (1994) Human Being (1998)
Singles from Seal
"Prayer for the Dying" Released: 25 April 1994 "Kiss from a Rose" Released: 18 July 1994 "Newborn Friend" Released: 24 October 1994 "I'm Alive" Released: 1994 "Don't Cry" Released: 27 November 1995 "If I Could" Released: 1995

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

	"Kiss from a Rose" Seal's "Kiss from a Rose" from Seal (aka Seal II) and Batman Forever: Music from the Motion Picture
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Seal (sometimes referred to as Seal II to avoid confusion with the 1991 album of the same name) is the second self-titled album of singer Seal. The album was released in 1994 on ZTT and Sire Records and features the worldwide smash hit single "Kiss from a Rose".

The image on the cover has since become nearly synonymous with Seal, in that it has appeared on several singles covers and was reused for his greatest hits album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bring It On"	Chris Bruce Lisa Coleman Wendy Melvoin Carmen Rizzo Augustus Isidore Seal	3:58
2.	"Prayer for the Dying"	Isidore Seal	5:30
3.	"Dreaming in Metaphors"	Isidore Seal	5:52
4.	"Don't Cry"	Seal	6:17
5.	"Fast Changes"	Isidore Seal	5:42
6.	"Kiss from a Rose"	Seal	4:47
7.	"People Asking Why"	Seal	4:45
8.	"Newborn Friend"	Seal	4:05
9.	"If I Could" (duet with Joni Mitchell)	Seal	4:16
10.	"I'm Alive"	Coleman Melvoin Rizzo Isidore Seal	4:02
11.	"Bring It On (Reprise)"	Bruce Coleman Melvoin Rizzo Isidore Seal	1:15

Personnel

• Seal - vocals
• Gus Isidore, Jamie Muhoberac, Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin - principal musicians
• Joseph "Amp" Fiddler, Andy Duncan, Andy Newmark, Anne Dudley, Anthony Pleeth, Barry Wilde, Ben Cruft, Betsy Cook, Bill Benham, Bob Smissen, Boguslaw Kostecki, Carmen Rizzo, Charley Drayton, Chris Bruce, Chris Laurence, D'Influence, David Oladunni, David Theodore, Derek Watkins, Dick Morgan, Eddie Roberts, Garfield Jackson, Gavin Wright, George Robertson, Gota Yashiki, Harvey Mason, Helen Liebmann, Ian Thomas, Jackie Shave, Jeff Beck, Jim McLeod, John Pigneguy, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Judd Proctor, Katie Wilkinson, Laurence Cottle, Luís Jardim, Maciej Rakowski, Mark Berrow, Mark Mann, Martin Loveday, Mike Brittain, Mike De Saulles, Nick Busch, Pandit Dinesh, Patrick Kiernan, Paul Kegg, Perry Montague-Mason, Peter Oxer, Phil Spalding, Pino Palladino, Richard Cottle, Rita Manning, Roger Garland, Roger Smith, Sam Maitland, Sarah Webb, Seal, Tim Weidner, Tony Stanton, Trevor Horn, Wilfred Gibson, William Orbit - musicians
• Anne Dudley, Wil Malone - string arrangements
• Eric Caudieux - programming
• Graeme Perkins - orchestration
• Nick Knight - cover photography

Singles

UK

Release date	Title	Peak
9 May 1994	"Prayer for the Dying"	14
18 July 1994	"Kiss from a Rose"	20
24 October 1994	"Newborn Friend"	45
3 July 1995	"Kiss from a Rose"/"I'm Alive"	4
27 November 1995	"Don't Cry"/"Prayer for the Dying"	51
5 March 1996	"Don't Cry" (remix)

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r202244
2. Christgau, Robert. "CG: Seal". Robert Christgau.
3. Bernard, James (3 June 1994). "Music Review: Seal, by Seal". Entertainment Weekly.
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20071031232937/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/seal/albums/album/106738/review/6067820/seal_1994