System (album)

System
Studio album by Seal
Released	12 November 2007
Genre	Soul, R&B, dance-pop, electronica
Length	47:22
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Stuart Price
Seal chronology
One Night to Remember (2006) System (2007) Soul (2008)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	64/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[3]
IM	[4]
The Observer	(favorable)[5]
Okayplayer	[6]
PopMatters	[7]
Q	[1]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Slant	[9]
Uncut	[1]

System is the fifth studio album by British soul/R&B singer Seal, released on 12 November 2007. In his online blog, Seal described the album as a return to his dance roots and his best album since his debut.^[10] However, it is his lowest-selling album to date in the US, selling 155,000 copies in the first year of its release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[11]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Seal. 

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"If It's in My Mind, It's on My Face"	Seal, Eric Schermerhorn, Stuart Price	5:11
2.	"Amazing" (Thin White Duke Edit)	Seal	3:27
3.	"Just Like Before"	Seal, Schermerhorn, Price	4:42
4.	"Loaded"	Seal, Bill Bottrell, Price	5:20
5.	"Wedding Day" (Duet with Heidi Klum)	Seal, Schermerhorn, Price	3:57
6.	"System"	Seal, Schermerhorn	3:48
7.	"Dumb"	Seal, Christopher Bruce, Schermerhorn	4:12
8.	"The Right Life"	Seal, Price	5:09
9.	"Rolling"	Seal, Schermerhorn	4:30
10.	"Immaculate"	Seal	4:04
11.	"Amazing"	Seal	3:02

UK iTunes Store bonus tracks[12] / Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Amazing" (Kaskade Remix)	6:33
13.	"Amazing" (Bill Hamel Vocal Mix)	9:07

US iTunes Store bonus tracks[13]
No.	Title	Length
12.	"The Right Life" (Eddie Amador's Backroom Stripped Mix)	8:21
13.	"Amazing" (Bill Hamel Vocal Edit)	5:02
14.	"Amazing" (Kaskade Remix)	6:34
15.	"Killer" (Live in Germany)	6:32
16.	"Crazy" (Live in Germany)	5:25
17.	"Get It Together" (Live in Germany)	5:20
18.	"Amazing" (Bill Hamel Stripped Mix)	8:39
19.	"Interview: The Making of System" (Pre-order bonus track)	5:00

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart[14]	5
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	56
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)	51
Czech Albums Chart[15]	6
Dutch Albums Chart[16]	42
French Albums Chart[17]	33
German Albums Chart	13
Italian Albums Chart[18]	44
Portuguese Albums Chart[19]	27
Spanish Albums Chart	71
Swedish Albums Chart[20]	37
Swiss Albums Chart[21]	3
UK Album Chart[22]	37
US Billboard 200[23]	35

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
France (SNEP)[24]	Gold	75,000
Germany (BVMI)[25]	Gold	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[26]	Gold	15,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Critic reviews from". Metacritic.
2. Allmusic review
3. Neil Drumming (9 November 2007). "Entertainment Weekly review". Ew.com.
4. IM review
5. Paul Flynn (10 November 2007). "The Observer review". The Guardian (London).
6. "Okayplayer review". Web.archive.org. 15 December 2007. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007.
7. Joseph, Mike. "PopMatters review". Popmatters.com.
8. Seal (29 November 2007). "Album reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 23 November 2007.
9. "Slant review". Slantmagazine.com. 10 November 2007.
10. "Blog Archive » SEAL-REPORT". Seal. 5 June 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
11. "Seal Sings From His "Soul" On New Album". Billboard. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
12. "iTunes – Music – System by Seal". iTunes Store. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
13. "iTunes – Music – System (Bonus Track Version) by Seal". iTunes Store. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
14. Steffen Hung. "Austrian Top 75 Albums". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
15. "ČNS IFPI". Hitparáda – TOP50 Prodejní (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
16. Steffen Hung. "Dutch Mega Top 100 Albums". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
17. Steffen Hung. "French Top 200 Albums". Lescharts.com. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
18. Italy Top 100 Albums Archived 18 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
19. Steffen Hung. "Top Portuguese Position". Portuguesecharts.com. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
20. Steffen Hung. "Swedish Chart Position". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
21. Steffen Hung. "Swiss Top 100 Albums". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
22. "UK Chart Stats". Chartstats.com. 24 November 2007. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
23. Jonathan Cohen, "Keys Storms Chart With Mega-Selling 'As I Am'", Billboard, 21 November 2007.
24. "Les Certifications 2007" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
25. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Seal; 'System')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
26. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Seal; 'System')". Hung Medien.

External links

• System at Metacritic