Eleven (Tina Arena album)
Eleven is the eleventh studio album (9 in English, 2 in French) released by Australian singer and songwriter Tina Arena. The album was released in Australia on 30 October 2015.[4] The first single and only single, "I Want to Love You" was released on 4 September 2015. Arena described Eleven as a "personal album" that was "joyous to make". Arena hinted at a tour, saying "I'm looking forward to playing the songs for you live soon".[5] This was further confirmed in a radio interview on 3AW on 1 September when Arena stated she would be on the road February–March 2016.[6] The album was certified gold in Australia in 2016.[7]}}[8]
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| Released | 30 October 2015 | |||
| Recorded | Melbourne, Sydney, London, Stockholm, Paris | |||
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| Length | 44:40 | |||
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| Entertainment Focus | [3] |
The album has been nominated for ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016.
Background
Following on from her 2013 platinum selling release Reset and tour, Arena announced the release of her new album in August 2015.
In an interview on Today with Richard Wilkins on 2 September 2015, Arena confirmed the album was recorded in Melbourne, Sydney, London, Stockholm and Paris.[9] The album is described as a beautiful, complex, state-of-the-art collection of emotive, electronica-based songs.[10] The album became available for pre-order on 4 September 2015. The digital version came with two instant download tracks; "Overload" and "I Want to Love You".
Arena has co-written tracks on the album with a number of people including Jon Hume, Hayley Warner and Tania Doko. On the song "Unravel Me" Arena tackles confusion and fear about the state of the world in general and social media in particular. She says “I’m quite bewildered by how much the human being has changed. How disconnected and isolated we've become. It saddens me. Part of the light in human beings has gone.”[11]
The title refers to the total number of studio albums Arena has released in her career spanning 40 years. The tally includes her first studio album with John Bowles, 1977's Tiny Tina and Little John to 2013's Reset and her two in French.
Singles
- "I Want to Love You" was officially serviced to Australian media on 30 August and released on iTunes on 4 September. The song peaked at number 72 on the ARIA Charts.
Promotion
Arena debuted the first new material from the album on 9 August 2015 when she performed an acoustic version of "Overload" live during an interview with Terry Wogan on his BBC Radio 2 program Weekend Wogan. During the same interview, she also performed an acoustic cover of Kate Bush's "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", which appeared on Arena's seventh studio album Songs of Love & Loss released in 2007.[12]
On 6 September 2015, Arena performed "I Want to Love You" on Dancing with the Stars. To promote its release she sold signed CDs at a music store in Melbourne.[13] She told Cameron Adams of News Corp Australia that "The registers were awfully complicated. When you're in a situation like this you realise you can't make mistakes."[13]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Unravel Me" |
| Jon Hume | 4:27 |
| 2. | "Overload" |
| Jon Hume | 3:23 |
| 3. | "I Want to Love You" |
| Jon Hume | 5:14 |
| 4. | "Colours" |
| Alex Sheild | 3:54 |
| 5. | "Not Still in Love with You" |
| Jon Hume | 3:57 |
| 6. | "When You’re Ready" |
| Jon Hume | 3:40 |
| 7. | "Wouldn’t Be Love If It Didn’t" |
| Youth | 3:52 |
| 8. | "Magic" |
| Youth and Howes | 3:31 |
| 9. | "Lie in It" |
| Jon Hume | 4:00 |
| 10. | "Karma" | Michael Rendall | 4:41 | |
| 11. | "Love Falls" |
| Youth | 4:01 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 12. | "Heaven" |
| Michael Fatkin | 3:38 |
| 13. | "No Filter" |
| Joseph Cross | 3:58 |
| 14. | "Walk with You" |
| Jon Hume | 3:40 |
Charts
Eleven debuted at number 2 in Australia, behind If I Can Dream by Elvis Presley.
Weekly charts
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] | 2 |
| Australian Artists Albums (ARIA)1 | 1 |
1 Chart only recognises sales by Australian artists.
Year-end charts
| Chart (2015) | Position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] | 59 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[18] | Gold | 35,000^ |
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Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | Edition(s) |
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| Worldwide | 30 October 2015 |
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References
- "Tina Arena: Eleven review – full-blown ballads in a marvellous lack of restraint". Everett True. www.theguardian.com. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- "Latest Album Reviews: Tina Arena, My Disco, Claptone, Hau and Russell Morris". Cameron Adams, Mikey Cahill and Cyclone Wehner. www.heraldsun.com.au. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- "Tina Arena – Eleven album review". Pip Ellwood-Hughes. www.entertainment-focus.com. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 26 October 2015. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- "I Want To Love You (Lyric Snippet)". www.facebook.com. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- "Tina Arena talks about her new album Eleven". YouTube.com. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- Ryan, Gavin (5 March 2016). "ARIA Albums: The 1975 Have the No 1 Album in Australia". Noise11. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- "TINA'S ELEVEN GOES GOLD | auspOp". auspOp. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
- "Exclusive Clips Entertainment news: Tina Arena returns". www.9jumpin.com.au. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- "Eleven by Tina Arena". www.jbhifi.com.au. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- "Australian singer Tina Arena speaks frankly about youth and the obsession with the selfie culture". www.news.com.au. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- "BBC Radio 2 - Weekend Wogan, Tina Arena and Greta Isaac". BBC Radio 2. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- Adams, Cameron (30 October 2015). "Tina Arena works JB HiFi for album Eleven and talks Scott Morrison". News Corp Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- "Tina Arena: Eleven". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- "Tina Arena: Eleven Deluxe". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- "Australiancharts.com – Tina Arena – Eleven". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2015". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2016 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2019.