Recorded 2011–14 Genre Dance/electronic | Length 50:58 Release date 21 November 2014 | |
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Released 21 November 2014 (2014-11-21) Producer David GuettaAfrojackAviciiAustin BisnowJean-Charles Carre (exec.)Ester DeanJason EviganAndrew FramptonDaddy's GrooveLukas LoulesSam MartinDanny O'DonoghueShowtekGiorgio Tuinfort (also exec.)Nicky RomeroFrédéric RiestererStadiumxMarcus van WattumRalph Wegner Similar David Guetta albums, Electronic dance music albums |
David guetta what i did for love official video ft emeli sand
Listen is the sixth studio album by French DJ and record producer David Guetta. It was released on 21 November 2014. It features collaborations with artists from the R&B, hip hop, alternative rock and pop worlds such as Sam Martin, Emeli Sandé, The Script, Nicki Minaj, John Legend, Nico & Vinz, Ryan Tedder (the lead singer of pop rock band OneRepublic), Sia, Magic!, Bebe Rexha, South African male choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ms. Dynamite, Elliphant, Birdy, Jaymes Young, Sonny Wilson, Vassy, and Skylar Grey. It also features additional production from Guetta's frequent collaborator Giorgio Tuinfort, Avicii, Afrojack, Nicky Romero, Showtek, and Stadiumx among others, with additional writing credits from Austin Bisnow, Jason Evigan, Julie Frost, and The-Dream among others.
Contents
- David guetta what i did for love official video ft emeli sand
- David guetta dangerous official video ft sam martin
- Background
- Singles
- Other charted songs
- Critical reception
- Commercial performance
- Listen Again
- Songs
- References
Listen was preceded by the release of four singles: "Shot Me Down", "Bad", "Lovers on the Sun" and "Dangerous". The album reached the top 10 in eighteen countries, including France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.
The album was reissued in 2015 as Listen Again.
David guetta dangerous official video ft sam martin
Background
Listen is David Guetta's first studio album in three years since the release of the commercially successful Nothing but the Beat (2011), which sold 3 million copies worldwide. According to Guetta, Listen is his most personal album yet, reflecting his divorce from his wife of 22 years, Cathy Guetta: "Until today I was doing lots of songs about happiness and love and sexiness and just having a party – it was basically my life, you know? And lately, my personal life has been a little more difficult, so it reflects also on the album, on the things that we're talking about, on the type of chords. I've never done this, because even for me it was all about making the people dance." Guetta also said he wanted to reinvent himself with the album, steering away from the urban and dance sound he became famous for with One Love (2009):
"When you're a little bit at the top of the game, what is left except being afraid to go down? I never want to feel like this, so I thought that the best way to avoid it was to kind of start from scratch again. Until today I was always starting with the beat and then writing the song on it. This time I was starting with piano, voice and guitar, then producing around the song. I've really changed everything, like the way I was working, the people I was working with – everything."
During an interview with Billboard, Guetta said he has moved away from the current EDM and house sound on his previous two internationally released albums One Love and Nothing but the Beat with Listen, by adding elements of other music such as classical music, acoustic music, and piano ballads: "I miss soul and emotion. A lot of EDM lately is based on production tricks that make it sound huge. I think it's not enough. These songs can be played by a classical orchestra, a rock band, or a funk band, and they would be great. It's not like, 'Oh wow, if you don't have this huge distorted kick, there's nothing else.'"
Singles
Other charted songs
Critical reception
Listen received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 51, based on 8 reviews, which indicates mixed or average reviews.
Commercial performance
Listen debuted at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 24,385 copies in its first week. In the United States, the album debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 25,000 copies. Listen also debuted at number one on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart. After 24 weeks on the Billboard 200, Listen had a big rise, jumping from number 30 to number 4, selling 43,000 units (29,000 in pure album sales), making it Guetta's highest-charting album in the United States. The album topped Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums for 5 non-consecutive weeks. Listen was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for combined album sales, on-demand audio, video streams, track sales equivalent of 500,000.
Listen Again
Songs
1DangerousSam Martin3:24
2What I Did for LoveEmeli Sandé3:27
3No Money No LoveElliphant - Showtek - Ms Dynamite3:58