The Album (Haddaway album)

{{Infobox album

| name = The Album

| type = studio

| artist = Haddaway

| cover = Haddaway - the_album.jpg

| alt =

| released = 13 September 1993

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Eurodance

| length = 54:57

| label = Coconut / Arista

| producer = {{flatlist|

Walter Bee
Haddaway
Dee Dee Halligan
Junior Torello
Alex Trime

}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = The Drive

| next_year = 1995

| misc = {{Singles

| name = The Album

| type = studio

| single1 = What Is Love

| single1date = 18 January 1993{{cite magazine|title=Haddaway Makes Headway into Europe|last=Tilli|first=Robbert|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=18|page=14|date=1 May 1993|quote=New single: What Is Love released on January 18...}}

| single2 = Life

| single2date = 30 July 1993

| single3 = I Miss You

| single3date = 22 November 1993

| single4 = Rock My Heart

| single4date = 14 March 1994

}}

{{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = studio

| cover = Haddaway album.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| caption = US cover

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[http://allmusic.com/album/haddaway-r189425 AllMusic review]

| rev2 = Billboard

| rev2score = (favorable)(December 1993). "Haddaway – Haddaway". Billboard.

| rev3 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 58.

| rev4 = Music Week

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|first=Alan|last=Jones|title=Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums|magazine=Music Week|date=16 October 1993|page=21|accessdate=2 February 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-10-16.pdf}}

| rev5 = Select

| rev5score = {{rating|2|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}{{cite magazine|author=RH|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/08/albums11.jpg|title=New Albums: Soundbites|work=Select|date=November 1993|page=|access-date=4 January 2025}}

| rev6 = Smash Hits

| rev6score = {{Rating|1|5}}{{cite magazine|first=Pete|last=Stanton|title=New Albums|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/52556711275/in/album-72177720304374464/|magazine=Smash Hits|date=13 October 1993|page=51|accessdate=2 February 2023}}

}}

The Album (also known as Haddaway in North America and L'Album in France) is the debut album by Trinidadian-German Eurodance recording artist Haddaway, released in September 1993 by Coconut Records.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQgEAAAAMBAJ&q=Haddaway+from+Germany&pg=PA58|title=Casebook: Haddaway |magazine=Billboard|first=Ellie|last=Weinert|access-date=13 August 2011|date=26 March 1994}} It includes the hit singles "What Is Love", "Life", "I Miss You" and "Rock My Heart". The lead single, "What Is Love", was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.[http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS RIAA Searchable Database; Key Word: Haddaway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225031458/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |date=25 February 2013 }} In 2011, the album was released onto the iTunes Store by Razor & Tie.

Critical reception

Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "'Not a one-hit wonder' proclaimed the posters flagging Haddaway's second single 'Life', and they were right. Nor, on the evidence here, will he stop at two hits. His career-launching 'What Is Love' is the pick of the pack for sure, but there's enough upbeat and commercial house and hi-NRG here to ensure he has a run of hits. This type of album is, however, notoriously difficult to get away, as even his labelmates Snap have discovered."

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = The Album — {{nobold|standard version}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = What Is Love

| lyrics1 = Junior Torello

| music1 = Dee Dee Halligan

| extra1 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length1 = 4:27

| title2 = Shout

| lyrics2 = Torello

| music2 = Halligan

| extra2 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length2 = 4:33

| title3 = Yeah

| lyrics3 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Alex Trime

}}

| music3 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime

}}

| extra3 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length3 = 3:41

| title4 = Rock My Heart

| lyrics4 = Torello

| music4 = Halligan

| extra4 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length4 = 4:16

| title5 = When the Feeling's Gone

| lyrics5 = Haddaway

| music5 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Haddaway

}}

| extra5 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length5 = 4:15

| title6 = What Is Love

| note6 = Rapino Brothers mix

| lyrics6 = Torello

| music6 = Halligan

| extra6 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello
The Rapino Brothers{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length6 = 3:48

| title7 = Life

| lyrics7 = Torello

| music7 = Halligan

| extra7 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length7 = 4:18

| title8 = Mama's House

| lyrics8 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime

}}

| music8 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime

}}

| extra8 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length8 = 4:03

| title9 = Come Back (Love Has Got a Hold On Me)

| lyrics9 = Torello

| music9 = Halligan

| extra9 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length9 = 3:57

| title10 = Sing About Love

| lyrics10 = Haddaway

| music10 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime
Walter Bee

}}

| extra10 = {{flatlist|

Trime
Haddaway
Bee

}}

| length10 = 4:40

| title11 = I Miss You

| lyrics11 = {{flatlist|

Torello
Clyde Lieberman

}}

| music11 = Halligan

| extra11 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length11 = 4:12

| title12 = Life

| note12 = album re-mix

| lyrics12 = Torello

| music12 = Halligan

| extra12 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello
Gary Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}
Trime{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length12 = 4:30

}}{{Track listing

| headline = The Album — {{nobold|standard version}} with {{nobold|2nd edition}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = What Is Love-(Eat-This-Mix)

| lyrics1 = Junior Torello

| music1 = Dee Dee Halligan

| extra1 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length1 = 6:57

| title2 = Life

| note2 = Mission Control

| lyrics2 = Torello

| music2 = Halligan

| extra2 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length2 = 7:03

| title3 = Yeah

| lyrics3 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Alex Trime

}}

| music3 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime

}}

| extra3 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length3 = 3:41

| title4 = Come Back (Love Has Got a Hold On Me)

| lyrics4 = Torello

| music4 = Halligan

| extra4 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length4 = 4:16

| title5 = I Miss You

| note5 = Club Mix

| lyrics5 = {{flatlist|

Torello
Clyde Lieberman

}}

| music5 = Halligan

| extra5 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length5 = 6:25

| title6 = What Is Love

| note6 = Rapino Brothers mix

| lyrics6 = Torello

| music6 = Halligan

| extra6 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello
The Rapino Brothers{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length6 = 3:48

| title7 = Stir It Up

| lyrics7 = Bob Marley

| music7 = Marley

| extra7 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length7 = 4:45

| title8 = When the Feeling's Gone

| lyrics8 = Haddaway

| music8 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Haddaway

}}

| extra8 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length8 = 4:15

| title9 = Sing About Love

| lyrics9 = Haddaway

| music9 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime
Walter Bee

}}

| extra9 = {{flatlist|

Trime
Haddaway
Bee

}}

| length9 = 4:40

| title10 = Mama's House

| lyrics10 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime

}}

| music10 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime

}}

| extra10 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length10 = 4:03

| title11 = Rock My Heart-Generic Heartbeat-Mix

| lyrics11 = Torello

| music11 = Halligan

| extra11 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length11 = 7:11

| title12 = Tell Me Where It Hurts

| lyrics12 = Diane Warren

| music12 = Warren

| extra12 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length12 = 4:09

| title13 = Shout

| lyrics13 = Torello

| music13 = Halligan

| extra13 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length13 = 4:33

| title14 = Life

| note14 = Club Life

| lyrics14 = Haddaway

| music14 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Haddaway

}}

| extra14 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length14 = 6:13

}}{{Track listing

| headline = The Album — {{nobold|2nd edition}} with 12” Mix Versions

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = What Is Love 12” Mix

| lyrics1 = Junior Torello

| music1 = Dee Dee Halligan

| extra1 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length1 = 6:41

| title2 = Life

| note2 = 12” Mix

| lyrics2 = Torello

| music2 = Halligan

| extra2 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length2 = 5:54

| title3 = Yeah

| lyrics3 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Alex Trime

}}

| music3 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime

}}

| extra3 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length3 = 3:41

| title4 = Come Back (Love Has Got a Hold On Me)

| lyrics4 = Torello

| music4 = Halligan

| extra4 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length4 = 4:16

| title5 = I Miss You

| note5 = 12” Mix

| lyrics5 = {{flatlist|

Torello
Clyde Lieberman

}}

| music5 = Halligan

| extra5 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length5 = 5:18

| title6 = What Is Love

| note6 = Rapino Brothers mix

| lyrics6 = Torello

| music6 = Halligan

| extra6 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello
The Rapino Brothers{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length6 = 3:48

| title7 = Stir It Up

| lyrics7 = Bob Marley

| music7 = Marley

| extra7 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length7 = 4:45

| title8 = When the Feeling's Gone

| lyrics8 = Haddaway

| music8 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Haddaway

}}

| extra8 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length8 = 4:15

| title9 = Sing About Love

| lyrics9 = Haddaway

| music9 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime
Walter Bee

}}

| extra9 = {{flatlist|

Trime
Haddaway
Bee

}}

| length9 = 4:40

| title10 = Mama's House

| lyrics10 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime

}}

| music10 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime

}}

| extra10 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length10 = 4:03

| title11 = Rock My Heart

| lyrics11 = Torello

| music11 = Halligan

| extra11 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length11 = 4:16

| title12 = Tell Me Where It Hurts

| lyrics12 = Diane Warren

| music12 = Warren

| extra12 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length12 = 4:09

| title13 = Shout

| lyrics13 = Torello

| music13 = Halligan

| extra13 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length13 = 4:33

| title14 = Life

| note14 = album re-mix

| lyrics14 = Haddaway

| music14 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Haddaway

}}

| extra14 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello
Gary Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}
Trime{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length14 = 4:44

}}{{Track listing

| headline = Haddaway — {{nobold|North American version}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = What Is Love

| lyrics1 = Junior Torello

| music1 = Dee Dee Halligan

| extra1 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length1 = 4:31

| title2 = Life (Everybody Needs Somebody to Love)

| lyrics2 = Torello

| music2 = Halligan

| extra2 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length2 = 4:19

| title3 = Yeah

| lyrics3 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Alex Trime

}}

| music3 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime

}}

| extra3 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length3 = 3:43

| title4 = Come Back (Love Has Got a Hold On Me)

| lyrics4 = Torello

| music4 = Halligan

| extra4 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length4 = 4:01

| title5 = I Miss You

| note5 = radio edit

| lyrics5 = {{flatlist|

Torello
Clyde Lieberman

}}

| music5 = Halligan

| extra5 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length5 = 3:41

| title6 = What Is Love

| note6 = Rapino Brothers mix

| lyrics6 = Torello

| music6 = Halligan

| extra6 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello
The Rapino Brothers{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length6 = 3:50

| title7 = Stir It Up

| lyrics7 = Bob Marley

| music7 = Marley

| extra7 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length7 = 4:25

| title8 = Sing About Love

| lyrics8 = Haddaway

| music8 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime
Walter Bee

}}

| extra8 = {{flatlist|

Trime
Haddaway
Bee

}}

| length8 = 4:43

| title9 = Mama's House

| lyrics9 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime

}}

| music9 = {{flatlist|

Haddaway
Trime

}}

| extra9 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length9 = 4:05

| title10 = Rock My Heart

| lyrics10 = Torello

| music10 = Halligan

| extra10 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length10 = 4:20

| title11 = Tell Me Where It Hurts

| lyrics11 = Diane Warren

| music11 = Warren

| extra11 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length11 = 4:12

| title12 = Shout

| lyrics12 = Torello

| music12 = Halligan

| extra12 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello

}}

| length12 = 4:36

| title13 = Life (Everybody Needs Somebody to Love)

| note13 = Mission Control mix

| lyrics13 = Haddaway

| music13 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Haddaway

}}

| extra13 = {{flatlist|

Halligan
Torello
Gary Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}
Trime{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length13 = 7:02

}}

;Notes

^{{{note|a|[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 – lead vocals
Lisa Noya – backing vocals on The Album, additional backing vocals on The Album 2nd Edition by Elkie Schlimbach, Rena T. Otta
Alex Trime – keyboards

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="col"\| Chart (1993–94) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="row"\| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite book\|last=Ryan\|first=Gavin\|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010\|year=2011\|publisher=Moonlight Publishing\|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}} \| 73
{{album chart\|Austria\|12\|artist=Haddaway\|album=The Album\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=27 December 2020}}
{{album chart\|Netherlands\|16\|artist=Haddaway\|album=The Album\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=27 December 2020}}
{{album chart\|Germany4\|5\|id=1681\|artist=Haddaway\|album=The Album\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=27 December 2020}}
{{album chart\|Norway\|5\|artist=Haddaway\|album=The Album\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=27 December 2020}}
{{album chart\|Sweden\|3\|artist=Haddaway\|album=The Album\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=27 December 2020}}
{{album chart\|Switzerland\|2\|artist=Haddaway\|album=The Album\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=27 December 2020}}
{{album chart\|UK\|9\|artist=Haddaway\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=27 December 2020}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|111\|artist=Haddaway\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=27 December 2020}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1993)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1993|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=German|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=27 December 2020}}

| 64

scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1993|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1993|website=hitparade.ch|accessdate=27 December 2020}}

| 29

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1994)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1994|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=German|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=27 December 2020}}

| 44

scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1994|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1994|website=hitparade.ch|accessdate=27 December 2020}}

| 36

Certifications and sales

{{certification Table Entry|title=The Album|type=album|artist=Haddaway|relyear=1993|region=Austria|award=Gold|certyear=1994}}

{{certification Table Entry|title=The Album|type=album|artist=Haddaway|relyear=1993|region=Brazil|award=Gold|certyear=1994}}

{{certification Table Entry|title=The Album|type=album|artist=Haddaway|relyear=1993|region=Canada|award=Gold|certyear=1994}}

{{certification Table Entry|title=The Album|type=album|artist=Haddaway|relyear=1993|region=Finland|award=Gold|certyear=1993|salesamount=42,899}}

{{certification Table Entry|title=The Album|type=album|artist=Haddaway|relyear=1993|region=France|award=Gold|certyear=1995}}

{{certification Table Entry|title=The Album|type=album|artist=Haddaway|relyear=1993|region=Germany|award=Platinum|certyear=1994}}

{{certification Table Entry|title=The Album|type=album|artist=Haddaway|relyear=1993|region=Norway|award=Gold|certyear=1994}}

{{certification Table Entry|title=The Album|type=album|artist=Haddaway|relyear=1993|region=Sweden|award=Gold|certyear=1993}}

{{certification Table Entry|title=The Album|type=album|artist=Haddaway|relyear=1993|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum|certyear=1993}}

{{certification Table Entry|title=The Album|type=album|artist=Haddaway|relyear=1993|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|certyear=1994|id=2703-753-2}}

References

External links

[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r189425|pure_url=yes}} Overview of Album]
[http://www.discogs.com/Haddaway-The-Album/release/2115229 Haddaway – The Album]
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/77XT5qnvoXpq066AgJSlW7?si=PyHOn7bWRCCCqzydz-T0rQ&pi=u-zar5t1A9Ss-P

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