Track Listing

1. Get It Together
2. Love�s Divine
3. Waiting For You
4. My Vision
5. Don�t Make Me Wait
6. Let Me Roll
7. Touch
8. Where There�s Gold
9. Loneliest Star
10. Heavenly (Good Feeling)
11. Tinsel Town
12. Get It Together (Reprise)
13. Love�s Divine (Deepsky Club Mix)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10121 in Music
• Released on: 2003-09-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .18 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
After five years and one do-over later, Seal presents a fourth album, Seal IV, that finds the singer growing with his audience. The opener "Get It Together" melds a quiet "live" moment into a horn-and-string disco number, setting the stage for the rest of the album, which is largely a nod to Detroit and Philly R&B. The UK-born musician pulls it off. His rasp and emotive, positive vocals are well suited for the retro stylings he attempts. "Waiting for You" will flood the dance floor, and he's unafraid to dig deep for the ballads--Marvin Gaye would approve. The funk is real, but saddled with a pop safety net, and the upbeat tracks need a helping hand from a good remixer before they are as compelling as his seminal singles "Killer" and "Crazy". Seal never goes all out in any direction and this coolness, combined with Trevor Horn's perfectionist production, plants the album inescapably in the realm of adult contemporary (although this is as good as adult contemporary gets). On "Let Me Roll", Seal salutes the album's influences by proclaiming he's "not too proud to beg". If that were actually true, the songs would have been that much better for it. --Beth Massa

CD Description
First album in five years from Brit soul-dance superstar follows 1998's 'Human Being'. After scrapping an entire album's worth of material because he wasn't happy with it, he returned to the drawing board. The result is largely unsurprising, his usual amalgam of vaguely clubby tracks with rhythmic soul and big pop ballads, ably produced by 80s pop supremo Trevor Horn. Features the single 'Get It Together' and a reworking of his top 10 collaboration with Jakatta, 'My Vision'.

Customer Reviews

More of the same - top drawer stuff
Adamski? Yep, I've listened ever since that Killer record and have been hooked ever since. Seal's albums right up to this one have always been soulful, but in a strange kind of way, very English, despite his Nigerian origins. I believe Seal's music has never been black or white, just thoughtful and deep with meaningful lyrics, always thought provoking and moody yet relevant. Forget mediocre reviews of Seal, all the albums are great, and this one is a "modern revelation". Some people don't listen enough to albums. Newcomers can listen to this album and quite confidently listen to his past accomplishments. Think about it, 13 years and 4 albums, quality not quantity, and I'd be surprised if at least one track could not stir your emotions and maybe make you shed a tear relating to one experience in your life. Lose yourself in his music and remember to give each album 3 sessions of listening before you judge. Seal and big Trev (Trevor Horn) have done it again. Guaranteed, you will ALWAYS replay your Seal albums over the next few years where other albums and artists collect in dust, and so bring on the next album. He truly is a unique artist with a way of cutting through the monotonous bilge that fills the charts today. On this album, there's such a crossover of music that there is something for everyone, from funk to soul, pop to dance. Without doubt, a superb album.

Worth the Wait
Seal's third album Human Beings was a near commercial disaster, nowhere near matching the sales of his first two albums. Human Beings by his admission was his best album and the disappointment of it flopping has led to the five year wait for this album Seal IV, on the way consigning a whole record named "wonderland" to the scrapheap.

Well, Seal IV is worth the wait, his voice is an even more lucious gravel fuelled an harmonious than before. There's an inclusion of orchestral arrangements in most songs which give the album a great ambience. Apart for a couple of dancy upbeat songs like my vision, its an altogether more melancholy, reflective seal than we have heard before. Highlights are loves divine and tinseltown.

Its not as good as Human Beings, but it still needs to be in your record collection.

Seal IV
This CD was well worth the wait, it is definately Seal at his finest yet. His distinctive voice and style has grown, and is clearly shown on this album. I bought this album because I have always loved Seal's music,I had not heard a single track, but it was the best purchase I have made in a long time. It has yet to be removed from the CD player !!! I would say that if you liked Seals previous music, then buy this album. Seal has reached a higher level within his music, lyrically, vocally and emotionally, but has retained his own individual style. Go get, listen and enjoy!