7 (Seal album)

7 is the ninth studio album by British soul and R&B singer-songwriter Seal. The album was released on 6 November 2015 by Warner Bros. Records. Its title comes from being the seventh album of original songs, his first since Seal 6: Commitment (2010).

The singles "Every Time I'm with You" and "Do You Ever" were released on 11 September 2015. Two promotional singles were released in advance of the album; "Life on the Dancefloor" on 2 October and "Padded Cell" on 16 October.

Track listing
All tracks produced by Trevor Horn and Seal; additional production on "Life on the Dancefloor" by Jamie Odell.

Personnel

 * Seal - vocals (all), programming (4, 7, 10)
 * Joel Peters - drums (1, 4, 5, 7), programming (4, 5, 9), percussion (7, 10)
 * Earl Harvin - drums (1, 2, 4), cymbals (4)
 * Ash Soan - drums (4, 5, 7, 9)
 * Abe Rounds - drums (8)
 * Aaron Horn - programming (1, 4, 7)
 * Stephan Moccio - piano (1), keyboards (1), programming (1)
 * Julian Hinton - keyboards (1), programming (6, 9)
 * Jamie Odell - keyboards (3, 8), programming (3, 4, 7, 8)
 * Cameron Gower Poole - programming (4, 5, 9, 10), percussion (7)
 * Dave McCracken - programming (4)
 * Justin Parker - keyboards (5), programming (5)
 * Anne Dudley - piano (5)
 * Tim Weidner - programming (5), sound FX (6)
 * Trevor Horn - bass guitar (2, 3, 5, 7–9), keyboards (all), guitar (1, 4, 5), backing vocals (9)
 * Chris Bruce - bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 6–8, 11), guitar (1, 4, 5, 7)
 * Jamie Muhoberac - bass guitar (9, 10), piano (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11), Hammond organ (2, 4, 9), keyboards (1, 2, 4, 5, 7–11), programming (1, 3–5, 7, 9–11)
 * Paul Turner - bass guitar (4)
 * Simon Bloor - guitar (1–9), piano (4, 6, 10), keyboards (2, 7–10), programming (2, 3, 6, 10, 11)
 * Phil Palmer - guitar (2, 4–6, 8, 9)
 * Lol Crème - guitar (4, 7–9), percussion (9), backing vocals (9)
 * Josh Campbell - guitar (7)
 * Luís Jardim - percussion (1, 2, 5–7, 9, 10)
 * Paul Spong - trumpet (3, 8)
 * Steve Sidwell - trumpet (3, 8)
 * Andy Wood - trombone (3, 8)
 * Dave Bishop - saxophone (3, 8)
 * Minnetonka - backing vocals (4)
 * Mr Probz - backing vocals (4)
 * orchestral arrangement/orchestra conducted by Anne Dudley (1, 2, 4, 6), Nick Ingman (5, 7, 10), Hinton (9)
 * additional orchestration - Hinton (6), Bloor (9)
 * brass arrangement - Steve Sidwell (3, 8)