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Il Divo – The Promise / Syco Music Audio CD 2008 / 88697514142
UPC 886975141425
Product Details:
Tracklist:
| 1 | The Power Of Love (La Fuerza Mayor)
Bass – Steve Pierce, Written-By – Brian Nash, Holly Johnson, Mark O'Toole, Peter Gill, Rudy Pérez |
5:02 |
| 2 | La Promessa
Written-By – Francesco Galtieri, Jörgen Elofsson |
4:28 |
| 3 | Adagio
Adapted By (Text) – Lara Fabian, Lyrics By – Dave Pickell, Lara Fabian, Rick Allison (2), Written-By, Composed By – Tomaso Albinoni |
4:37 |
| 4 | Hallelujah (Aleluya)
Adapted By [Spanish] – Rudy Pérez, Recorded By [Cello Quartet, Assisted] – Daniel Pursey, Recorded By [Cello Quartet] – Ren Swan, Written-By – Leonard Cohen |
3:21 |
| 5 | L'alba Del Mondo
Arranged By – Jeremy Lubbock, Per Magnusson, Arranged By [Orchestral] – Jeremy Lubbock, Conductor – Tomas Brauner, Engineer – Fredrik Andersson, Marcus Bergqvist, Engineer [Assistant] – Standa Baroch, Mixed By – Mick Guzauski, Orchestra – Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Piano, Synthesizer – Per Magnusson, Producer – David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Written-By – Alan Bergman, Ennio Morricone, L. Angelosanti, Marilyn Bergman |
4:48 |
| 6 | Enamorado
Written-By – Andreas Romdhane, Armando Manzanero, John Reid, Josef Larossi |
3:16 |
| 7 | Angelina
Bass – Steve Pierce, Written-By – Romdhane, Alcaraz Gomez, Gordeno, Larossi |
4:33 |
| 8 | The Winner Takes It All (Va Todo Al Ganador)
Bass – Steve Pierce, Recorded By [Strings Assistant] – Richard Lancaster, Recorded By [Strings] – Haydn Bendell, Written-By – Benny Andersson / Bjoern Ulvaeus |
3:49 |
| 9 | La Luna
Written-By – Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Kinnda Hamid, Marco Marinangeli |
3:51 |
| 10 |
She
Recorded By [Strings Assistant] – Jeremy Murphy, Recorded By [Strings] – Niall John Acott, Written-By – Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer |
2:51 |
| 11 | Amazing Grace
Bagpipes – Robert White, Recorded By [Strings Assistant] – Jeremy Murphy, Recorded By [Strings] – Niall John Acott, Written-By – Carlos Marin, Dave Arch, David Miller (30), Steve Mac (2), Sebastian Izambard, Trad, Urs Buhler |
4:30 |
Description:
The Promise is the fourth studio album by the classical crossover group, Il Divo. The Promise was released globally on 10 November 2008, except in the US and Canada, where it was released 17 November, Ireland and Mexico where it was released on 7 November, and Japan, on 26 November. The album reached the No.1 spot in the UK on 16 November. The album was produced by Steve Mac. It was announced on 10 September, that it will be named The Promise, although the track listing was at this time not yet disclosed. In early messages to people who are members of the band's official site's mailing list, it revealed to them that 'Il Divo return with their richest and most diverse album to date.' It also revealed that the album would have twelve songs. Cover songs confirmed at this time were: Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "The Power of Love"; 'a haunting and beautiful interpretation of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"'; the smouldering intensity of Lara Fabian's "Adagio"; and the fourth confirmed song then was ABBA's "The Winner Takes It All".
The Promise contains seven covers of existing songs, along with four new songs written especially for the album. The new songs included are: "La Promessa" (Italian), "Enamorado" (Spanish), "Angelina" (Spanish) and "La Luna" (Italian). Also contained on the album is a cover of the chart topping song "She" made famous by French tenor Charles Aznavour. "L'Alba Del Mondo" is an Italian adaptation of the song "I Knew I Loved You", a famous song based on "Deborah's Theme" from Once Upon A Time in America and written by Ennio Morricone. The final track on the album is a cover of the traditional hymn, "Amazing Grace".
On 24 October 2008, Il Divo flew across the ocean overnight specially for The Oprah Winfrey Show after they had been called by Winfrey on the phone on their way in the airport for a post-album recording vacation, to give a special performance on the show, where they performed the song "Amazing Grace". Following this the hymn made it into the MTV US top 20.
The album peaked No. 1 on the top classical albums on Billboard charts, and up until 12 September 2009, spent 43 straight weeks in the Top 10 list.
The album was released globally on 10 November 2008, except in the US and Canada, where it was released on 18 November 2008, Ireland where it was released on 7 November 2008, and Japan, on 26 November 2008. The album reached the No.1 spot in the UK on 16 November 2008. The album was produced by Steve Mac. According to the credits on the DVDs, the bagpipes in Amazing Grace, both on this album and in the performance on the In the Coliseum DVD, are played by Robert White.
More Details:
- Arranged By [Orchestral] – Dave Arch (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)
- Booking [Agency Representation: Europe, Africa & Middle East For Solo] – John Giddings
- Booking [Agency Representation: The Americas, Australia And Asia] – Creative Artists Agency, David Zedeck
- Contractor [String Fixer] – Charlotte Trinder (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11), Jo Buckley (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)
- Coordinator [Album Co-ordinator For Steve Mac] – Nicki L'Amy
- Copyist – John Baker (9) (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)
- Edited By [Protools] – Chris Laws (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)
- Engineer – Chris Laws (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11), Daniel Pursey (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)
- Engineer [Assistant] – Christian "Djoum" Ramon (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11), Michel "Shelle" Diericks* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11), Phil Delire (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)
- Guitar – John Parricelli (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 10)
- Keyboards, Piano, Organ – Steve Mac (2) (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)
- Management [Worldwide Representation For Octagon Music] – Peter Rudge
- Mixed By – Ren Swan (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)
- Other [Exclusively Dress By] – Armani
- Other [Worldwide Merchandise] – Signature Network
- Percussion – Frank Ricotti (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
- Photography By [Cover] – Walter Chin
- Photography By [Repotage] – Max Dodson
- Piano – Dave Arch (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)
- Producer, Arranged By – Steve Mac (2) (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)
- Recorded By [Strings Assistant] – Chris Barrett (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7, 9)
- Recorded By [Strings] – Geoff Foster (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7, 9)
