The Album (Haddaway album)

The Album

Studio album by Haddaway

Released

May 1993

Recorded

1992–93

Genre

Eurodance

Length

54:57

Label

Coconut

Producer

Walter Bee
Haddaway
Dee Dee Halligan
Junior Torello
Alex Trime

Haddaway chronology

The Album
(1993)

The Drive
(1995)

Singles from The Album

"What Is Love"
Released: February 19, 1993
"Life"
Released: June 11, 1993
"I Miss You"
Released: October 1, 1993
"Rock My Heart"
Released: January 21, 1994

Alternative cover

US cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The Album (also known as Haddaway in North America, and L'Album in France) is the debut album from Trinidadian-German Eurodance recording artist Haddaway. It was released in May 1993 by Coconut Records.^[2] It includes the hit singles "What Is Love" and "Life". The lead single, "What Is Love", is certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.^[3] In 2011, the album was released onto the iTunes Store by Razor & Tie.

Track listing

The Album — Standard version
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"What Is Love"	Junior Torello	Dee Dee Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:27
2.	"Shout"	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:33
3.	"Yeah"	Haddaway Alex Trime	Haddaway Trime	Halligan Torello	3:41
4.	"Rock My Heart"	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:16
5.	"When the Feeling's Gone"	Haddaway	Halligan Haddaway	Halligan Torello	4:15
6.	"What is Love" (Rapino Brothers mix)	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello The Rapino Brothers^[a]	3:48
7.	"Life"	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:18
8.	"Mama's House"	Haddaway Trime	Haddaway Trime	Halligan Torello	4:03
9.	"Come Back (Love Has Got a Hold On Me)"	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello	3:57
10.	"Sing About Love"	Haddway	Haddaway Trime Walter Bee	Trime Haddaway Bee	4:40
11.	"I Miss You"	Torello Clyde Lieberman	Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:12
12.	"Life" (album re-mix)	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello Gary Jones^[a] Trime^[a]	4:30

The Album — 2nd Edition
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"What Is Love"	Junior Torello	Dee Dee Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:27
2.	"Life" (radio edit)	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:15
3.	"Yeah"	Haddaway Alex Trime	Haddaway Trime	Halligan Torello	3:41
4.	"Come Back (Love Has Got a Hold On Me)"	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:16
5.	"I Miss You" (radio edit)	Torello Clyde Lieberman	Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:15
6.	"What is Love" (Rapino Brothers mix)	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello The Rapino Brothers^[a]	3:48
7.	"Stir It Up"	Bob Marley	Marley	Halligan Torello	4:45
8.	"When the Feeling's Gone"	Haddaway	Halligan Haddaway	Halligan Torello	4:15
9.	"Sing About Love"	Haddway	Haddaway Trime Walter Bee	Trime Haddaway Bee	4:40
10.	"Mama's House"	Haddaway Trime	Haddaway Trime	Halligan Torello	4:03
11.	"Rock My Heart"	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:16
12.	"Tell Me Where It Hurts"	Diane Warren	Warren	Halligan Torello	4:09
13.	"Shout"	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:33
14.	"Life" (album re-mix)	Haddaway	Halligan Haddaway	Halligan Torello Gary Jones^[a] Trime^[a]	4:44

Haddaway — North American version
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"What Is Love"	Junior Torello	Dee Dee Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:31
2.	"Life (Everybody Needs Somebody to Love)"	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:19
3.	"Yeah"	Haddaway Alex Trime	Haddaway Trime	Halligan Torello	3:43
4.	"Come Back (Love Has Got a Hold On Me)"	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:01
5.	"I Miss You" (radio edit)	Torello Clyde Lieberman	Halligan	Halligan Torello	3:41
6.	"What is Love" (Rapino Brothers mix)	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello The Rapino Brothers^[a]	3:50
7.	"Stir It Up"	Bob Marley	Marley	Halligan Torello	4:25
8.	"Sing About Love"	Haddway	Haddaway Trime Walter Bee	Trime Haddaway Bee	4:43
9.	"Mama's House"	Haddaway Trime	Haddaway Trime	Halligan Torello	4:05
10.	"Rock My Heart"	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:20
11.	"Tell Me Where It Hurts"	Diane Warren	Warren	Halligan Torello	4:12
12.	"Shout"	Torello	Halligan	Halligan Torello	4:36
13.	"Life (Everybody Needs Somebody to Love)" (Mission Control mix)	Haddaway	Halligan Haddaway	Halligan Torello Gary Jones^[a] Trime^[a]	7:02

Notes

^{^[a]} signifies a remixer

Personnel

All songs arranged by Dee Dee Halligan and Alex Trime, except "Yeah" and "Mama's House" (arranged by Trime/Haddaway/Gary Jones) and "Sing About Love" (arranged by Trime/Haddaway)
Produced by Dee Dee Halligan and Junior Torello, except "Sing About Love" (produced by Haddaway, Alex Trime and Walter Bee)
Recorded and mixed by Gary Jones, except track 7 (mixed by Gary Jones and Henning McCoy)
Track 6 remixed by The Rapino Brothers; track 12 remixed by Jones/Trime
All songs on original recording published by A La Carte Music.
Haddaway – Main Vocal
Lisa Noya, Elkie Schlimbach, Rena T. Otta – Vocal Backing
Alex Trime – Keyboards

Charts

Chart (1993–94)	Peak position^[4]
Australia (ARIA Albums Chart)^[5]	73
Austrian Albums Chart	12
Dutch Albums Chart	16
French Albums Chart	17
German Albums Chart	5
Japanese Albums Chart	12
Norwegian Albums Chart	5
Swedish Albums Chart	3
Swiss Albums Chart	2
UK Albums Chart	9

References

↑ allmusic review
↑ Ellie Weinert (March 26, 1994). Casebook: Haddaway. Billboard. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
↑ RIAA Searchable Database; Key Word: Haddaway
↑ Haddaway or The Album, in various Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

External links

Haddaway

Studio albums	The Album The Drive Let's Do It Now

Singles	"What Is Love" "Life" "I Miss You" "Rock My Heart" "Stir It Up" "Fly Away" "Catch a Fire"

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