''Eleven'' is the eleventh

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(9 in English, 2 in French) released by

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n singer and songwriter

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. The album was released in Australia on 30 October 2015. 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". This was further confirmed in a radio interview on

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on 1 September when Arena stated she would be on the road February–March 2016. The album was certified gold in Australia in 2016. The album has been nominated for

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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. The album is described as a beautiful, complex, state-of-the-art collection of emotive, electronica-based songs. 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

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and

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. 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.” 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 ''

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'' released in 2007. 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. 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."

Track listing

Charts

''Eleven'' debuted at number 2 in Australia, behind '' If I Can Dream'' by Elvis Presley.

Background

Singles

Promotion

Track listing

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