Seven Lives Many Faces


Seven Lives Many Faces is the seventh studio album by German musical project Enigma. It is Enigma's 7th album. The album was released on 19 September 2008 worldwide and on 30 September 2008 in North America. Michael Cretu stated that the new album will feature an omnicultural sound unlike anything on its previous releases. On 12 September, the album was released on Enigma's MySpace page for pre-listening. After enjoying a huge success on MySpace, several international MTV and VH1 web sites started streaming the album until 22 September.
Seven Lives Many Faces was also released in DVD format with 5.1 surround sound, similar to their previous album A posteriori.

Singles

The first two singles from the album are "Seven Lives" and "La Puerta del Cielo". The videos for each song use scenes from previous Enigma videos, "Push the Limits" for "Seven Lives" and "Age of Loneliness" for "La Puerta del Cielo". "The Same Parents" was released as the third single off the album. The lyrics of the song "La Puerta del Cielo", although with a Spanish title, are in Catalan language. The other song of the album written in Catalan is "Between Generations". Both songs are co-written by Michael Cretu and Margalida Roig.

Critical reception

's James Christopher Monger gave the album three stars out of five. While he praised the singles "Seven Lives" and "La Puerta del Cielo" calling them "quietly stunning", he found that in most cases "the new age, fortune-cookie derived lyrics... mirror the unimaginative, two-chord melodies that carry them along."

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 92 on the Billboard 200, and No. 1 on the New Age Albums, selling 6,000 copies in the first week. The album has sold 85,000 copies in the United States as of September 2016.

Track listing

Bonus disc

Credits

;Additional personnel
Chart Peak
position
Austria Albums Chart30
France Albums Chart93
Germany Albums Chart15
Italy Albums Chart36
Mexico Albums Chart59
Netherlands Albums Chart22
Poland Albums Chart48
Portugal Albums Chart29
Russia Albums Chart10
Spain Albums Chart75
Switzerland Albums Chart18
US Top New Age Albums1
USA Billboard Top 20092

Certifications

Release history

DVD release

The entire album was released on DVD, with claimed 5.1 surround sound. Unlike previous DVD release called A Posteriori, Seven Lives, Many Faces features video movies to each song.