The Diving Belle is the debut album from
Turkish/Macedonian-born singer
Sibel
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* Sibel Adalı, Turkish-American computer scientist
*Sibel Arslan (born 1980), Swiss-Turkish politician and lawyer
* Sibel Alaş (born 1973), Turkish pop singer
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. The album was released 12 March 2008
and reached number nine on the Swedish album charts. The album includes the single "That Is Where I'll Go", written by Christian Antblad, Sibel's entry to
Melodifestivalen 2008
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A new rule—''Lex Agnes''—went into effect in 2008 calling for each submitted entry to inclu ...
.
Track listing
# "
That Is Where I'll Go"
(Christian Antblad)
# "
Make Believe
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"
(Steve Howard, Neil Athale)
# "How I Tried to Let You Go"
(Christian Antblad, Sibel Redžep)
# "I'm Sorry"
(Jonas Saeed
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, Pontus Söderqvist, Kenicha Pratt)
# "Maybe Someday"
(Christian Antblad, Gary Baker, Matt Johnson)
# "Walking Away"
( Nicklas Molinder, Joacim Persson, Johan Alkenäs, J. Fransson, Tobias Lundgren, Tim Larsson)
# "Don't You Wanna Know"
(Christian Antblad, Michael Garvin)
# "Until the World Fades Away"
(Christian Antblad, Michael Jay)
# "The Reason Was You"
( Paul Carrack, Christian Antblad)
# "Any Day Now"
(Christian Antblad)
# "All I Need Is One"
(Christian Antblad, John Bettis, Wayne Kirkpatrick)
# "Open Arms"
(Christian Antblad)
# "The Night Is Still Young"
(iTunes Bonus Track) (Christian Antblad, Thomas Ahlstrand)
Chart performance
The album stayed on the Swedish albums chart for a total of seven weeks entering and peaking at number nine on 20 March 2008 and dropping out on 1 May 2008.
Singles
* "
That Is Where I'll Go"
** Reached number 6 on the Swedish chart.
* "
Make Believe
Make believe, also known as pretend play, is a loosely structured form of play that generally includes role-play, object substitution and nonliteral behavior. What separates play from other daily activities is its fun and creative aspect rather t ...
"
Album credits
* Vocals: Sibel Redžep.
* Backing Vocals: Sibel Redžep, Chris Antblad, Caroline Antblad.
* Piano: Thomas Lasser, Johan Alkenäs.
* Strings: Scandinavian Strings.
* Guitar: Fredrik Larsson, Jeff King, Joacim Persson, Cem Köksal.
* Electric Guitar: Sayit Dölen.
* Bass: Joel Starander, Gary Baker.
* Drums: Josh Haselton.
Chart positions
References
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2008 debut albums
Ambient albums
Sibel Redžep albums