''Soul'' is the sixth studio album by British singer

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, which was released on 10 November 2008. The album was produced by

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, and co-produced, engineered and mixed by Jochem van der Saag. It is made up of

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s of eleven

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classics. The album charted within the top 10 in twelve countries. In the United Kingdom, the album charted at number twelve. As of January 2012, the album had sold 419,841 copies in the UK. The album peaked at number thirteen in the United States on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart. It has since sold 547,000 copies in the US.

Track listing

Personnel

*Seal – vocals, backing vocals *

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

, Michael Thompson – guitar *Marcus Brown,

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– bass guitar *

– piano, string and horn arrangements *Jochem Van Der Saag – Hammond organ, synthesizer, programming *Teddy Campbell – drums on "Knock on Wood" * John Robinson – drums on "Stand by Me" *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

– string and horn arrangements *

Don Sebesky Don Sebesky (born December 10, 1937) is an American arranger, jazz trombonist, and keyboardist. Biography Sebesky trained in trombone at the Manhattan School of Music; in his early career, he played with Kai Winding, Claude Thornhill, Tommy Do ...

– string and horn arrangement on "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" and "Knock on Wood" *Brad Dechter – string and horn arrangement on "I'm Still in Love with You"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soul (Album) Seal (musician) albums 2008 albums Covers albums Albums arranged by Don Sebesky Albums produced by David Foster Warner Records albums 143 Records albums