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

Eiffel 65 Eiffel 65 are an Italian Eurodance group formed in 1997 in the studios of the Turin based record company Bliss Corporation. The group consists of Jeffrey Jey, Maurizio Lobina, and formerly Gabry Ponte. They gained global popularity with their ...

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

Development and sound

Work on the album originally began in August 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

Notes

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

* Jeffrey Jey – 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 f ...

– keyboards, programming *

Gabry Ponte Gabriele "Gabry" Ponte (; born 20 April 1973) is an Italian musician, DJ and producer, best known as a member of Eiffel 65. He represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with his song " Tutta l'Italia", qualifying for the grand final. Ca ...

– programming *

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– vocals on "80s Stars" *Elena Flochen – vocals on "Losing You"; backing vocals on "I Don't Wanna Lose" and "World in the World" *Mauro Di Deco – mixing *Massimo Gabutti – executive producer *Luciano Zucchet – executive producer

References

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