''Contact!'' is the second album by Italian Dance trio

Eiffel 65 Eiffel 65 is an Italian music group that was formed in 1997 in the studios of the Turin record company Bliss Corporation, consisting of Jeffrey Jey, Maurizio Lobina and Gabry Ponte. They gained global popularity with their singles " Blue (Da Ba ...

. Released on 24 July 2001, the album contains lyrics in both English and Italian.

Development and sound

Work on the album originally began in May 2000, while Eiffel 65 were on a tour bus in

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in the

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. They had brought a

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, a

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and a pair of speakers, and "Back In Time" would be the first track written for the album. When the group went back to

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, they would take more time to get back in touch in producing music. The album was developed over the course of six months,Martian, Alfredo (June 25, 2001
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'' (1999), taking influence from

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''à la''

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. It also incorporates

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elements. However, the harder and more metallic

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sound of their earlier work occasionally shines through on some tracks. Member Jeffrey Jey called the change of sound from their previous album more of a "development" than a radical change in direction. New techniques of arrangement were also used, such as sampling sounds into instruments.

Track listing

#" Lucky (In My Life)" – 3:52 #"New Life" – 4:45 #"One Goal" – 3:37 #"King of Lullaby" – 4:39 #"I DJ with the Fire" – 4:36 #"Crazy" – 5:03 #"Far Away" – 4:02 #"I Don't Wanna Lose" – 4:30 #"Morning Time" – 4:42 #"Life Like Thunder" – 3:30 #"Back in Time" – 3:49 #"Johnny Grey" – 3:44 #"Brightly Shines" – 4:58 #"Losing You" – 4:45 #"People of Tomorrow" – 4:12 #"Journey" – 4:48 #"'80s Stars" - 4:26 #* On the international version, "'80s Stars" is replaced with "World in the World."

Singles

;"One Goal" (2000) :The song peaked at #37 on the French charts. :Versions: ::* Radio Edit (3:37) ::* French Edit (5:30) ::* Alex X-Cut (5:25) ::* Max Aqualuce Cut (5:15) ;" Lucky (In My Life)" (2001) ;"'80s Stars" (2001) : The song peaked at #9 in Italy ;"Back In Time" (2002) :The song peaked #12 in Italy and #11 in Spain. ;"Losing You" (2002; promo in Canada) : The song peaked at #10 in Canada

Personnel

Franco Battiato Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, a ...

– vocals *Mauro Di Deco – mixing *Massimo Gabutti – executive producer *

Jeffrey Jey Gianfranco Randone (; born 5 January 1970), known by his stage name Jeffrey Jey, is an Italian musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the group Eiffel 65 (1997–2005, 2010–present). He was also the lead singer of ...

– arranger, vocals, artistic producer *

Maurizio Lobina Maurizio Lobina (born 30 October 1973 in Asti) is an Italian musician and singer, most known as a member of the band Eiffel 65, an Italian group who hit big in 1999 with the international success " Blue (Da Ba Dee)." Lobina created the melody fo ...

– arranger *Luciano Zucchet – executive producer *Elena Flochen - vocals (uncredited)

References

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