The Album (Haddaway album)

1993 studio album by Haddaway

The Album

Studio album by

Haddaway

Released| 7 May 1993
Genre|

* Eurodance
* techno

Length| 54:57
Label| Coconut / Arista
Producer|

* Walter Bee
* Haddaway
* Dee Dee Halligan
* Junior Torello
* Alex Trime

Haddaway chronology
|  | The Album
(1993)  | The Drive
(1995)

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Singles from  The Album

1. "What Is Love"
Released: 18 January 1993[1]
2. "Life"
Released: 30 July 1993
3. "I Miss You"
Released: 28 November 1993
4. "Rock My Heart"
Released: March 1994

Alternative cover

US cover

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
Billboard| (favorable)[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [4]
Music Week| [5]
Smash Hits| [6]

The Album (also known as Haddaway in North America and L'Album in France) is the debut album by Trinidadian-German Eurodance recording artist Haddaway, released in May 1993 by Coconut Records.[7] It includes the hit singles "What Is Love" and "Life". The lead single, "What Is Love", was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.[8] In 2011, the album was released onto the iTunes Store by Razor & Tie.

## Critical reception

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Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "Not a one-hit wonder" proclaimed the posters flagging Haddaway's second single "Life", and they were right. Nor, on the evidence here, will he stop at two hits. His career-launching "What Is Love" is the pick of the pack for sure, but there's enough upbeat and commercial house and hi-NRG here to ensure he has a run of hits. This type of album is, however, notoriously difficult to get away, as even his labelmates Snap have discovered."[5]

## Track listing

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The Album — standard versionNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "What Is Love"| Junior Torello| Dee Dee Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:27
2.| "Shout"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:33
3.| "Yeah"|

* Haddaway
* Alex Trime

* Haddaway
* Trime

* Halligan
* Torello

| 3:41
4.| "Rock My Heart"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:16
5.| "When the Feeling's Gone"| Haddaway|

* Halligan
* Haddaway

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:15
6.| "What Is Love" (Rapino Brothers mix)| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello
* The Rapino Brothers[a]

| 3:48
7.| "Life"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:18
8.| "Mama's House"|

* Haddaway
* Trime

* Haddaway
* Trime

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:03
9.| "Come Back (Love Has Got a Hold On Me)"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 3:57
10.| "Sing About Love"| Haddaway|

* Haddaway
* Trime
* Walter Bee

* Trime
* Haddaway
* Bee

| 4:40
11.| "I Miss You"|

* Torello
* Clyde Lieberman

| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:12
12.| "Life" (album re-mix)| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello
* Gary Jones[a]
* Trime[a]

| 4:30

The Album — standard version with 2nd editionNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "What Is Love-(Eat-This-Mix)"| Junior Torello| Dee Dee Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 6:57
2.| "Life" (Mission Control)| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 7:03
3.| "Yeah"|

* Haddaway
* Alex Trime

* Haddaway
* Trime

* Halligan
* Torello

| 3:41
4.| "Come Back (Love Has Got a Hold On Me)"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:16
5.| "I Miss You" (Club Mix)|

* Torello
* Clyde Lieberman

| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 6:25
6.| "What Is Love" (Rapino Brothers mix)| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello
* The Rapino Brothers[a]

| 3:48
7.| "Stir It Up"| Bob Marley| Marley|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:45
8.| "When the Feeling's Gone"| Haddaway|

* Halligan
* Haddaway

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:15
9.| "Sing About Love"| Haddaway|

* Haddaway
* Trime
* Walter Bee

* Trime
* Haddaway
* Bee

| 4:40
10.| "Mama's House"|

* Haddaway
* Trime

* Haddaway
* Trime

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:03
11.| "Rock My Heart-Generic Heartbeat-Mix"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 7:11
12.| "Tell Me Where It Hurts"| Diane Warren| Warren|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:09
13.| "Shout"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:33
14.| "Life" (Club Life)| Haddaway|

* Halligan
* Haddaway

* Halligan
* Torello

| 6:13

The Album — 2nd edition with 12” Mix VersionsNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "What Is Love 12” Mix"| Junior Torello| Dee Dee Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 6:41
2.| "Life" (12” Mix)| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 5:54
3.| "Yeah"|

* Haddaway
* Alex Trime

* Haddaway
* Trime

* Halligan
* Torello

| 3:41
4.| "Come Back (Love Has Got a Hold On Me)"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:16
5.| "I Miss You" (12” Mix)|

* Torello
* Clyde Lieberman

| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 5:18
6.| "What Is Love" (Rapino Brothers mix)| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello
* The Rapino Brothers[a]

| 3:48
7.| "Stir It Up"| Bob Marley| Marley|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:45
8.| "When the Feeling's Gone"| Haddaway|

* Halligan
* Haddaway

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:15
9.| "Sing About Love"| Haddaway|

* Haddaway
* Trime
* Walter Bee

* Trime
* Haddaway
* Bee

| 4:40
10.| "Mama's House"|

* Haddaway
* Trime

* Haddaway
* Trime

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:03
11.| "Rock My Heart"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:16
12.| "Tell Me Where It Hurts"| Diane Warren| Warren|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:09
13.| "Shout"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:33
14.| "Life" (album re-mix)| Haddaway|

* Halligan
* Haddaway

* Halligan
* Torello
* Gary Jones[a]
* Trime[a]

| 4:44

Haddaway — North American versionNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "What Is Love"| Junior Torello| Dee Dee Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:31
2.| "Life (Everybody Needs Somebody to Love)"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:19
3.| "Yeah"|

* Haddaway
* Alex Trime

* Haddaway
* Trime

* Halligan
* Torello

| 3:43
4.| "Come Back (Love Has Got a Hold On Me)"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:01
5.| "I Miss You" (radio edit)|

* Torello
* Clyde Lieberman

| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 3:41
6.| "What Is Love" (Rapino Brothers mix)| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello
* The Rapino Brothers[a]

| 3:50
7.| "Stir It Up"| Bob Marley| Marley|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:25
8.| "Sing About Love"| Haddaway|

* Haddaway
* Trime
* Walter Bee

* Trime
* Haddaway
* Bee

| 4:43
9.| "Mama's House"|

* Haddaway
* Trime

* Haddaway
* Trime

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:05
10.| "Rock My Heart"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:20
11.| "Tell Me Where It Hurts"| Diane Warren| Warren|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:12
12.| "Shout"| Torello| Halligan|

* Halligan
* Torello

| 4:36
13.| "Life (Everybody Needs Somebody to Love)" (Mission Control mix)| Haddaway|

* Halligan
* Haddaway

* Halligan
* Torello
* Gary Jones[a]
* Trime[a]

| 7:02

Notes

* ^[a] signifies a remixer

## Personnel

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* All songs arranged by Dee Dee Halligan and Alex Trime, except "Yeah" and "Mama's House" (arranged by Trime/Haddaway/Gary Jones) and "Sing About Love" (arranged by Trime/Haddaway)
* Produced by Dee Dee Halligan and Junior Torello, except "Sing About Love" (produced by Haddaway, Alex Trime and Walter Bee)
* Recorded and mixed by Gary Jones, except track 7 (mixed by Gary Jones and Henning McCoy)
* Track 6 remixed by The Rapino Brothers; track 12 remixed by Jones/Trime
* All songs on original recording published by A La Carte Music.
* Haddaway – lead vocals
* Lisa Noya - backing vocals on The Album, additional backing vocals on The Album 2nd Edition by Elkie Schlimbach, Rena T. Otta
* Alex Trime – keyboards

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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| Chart (1993–94)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] | 73
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] | 12
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] | 16
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] | 5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[13] | 5
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] | 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] | 2
UK Albums (OCC)[16] | 9
US Billboard 200[17] | 111

### Year-end charts

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| Chart (1993)  | Position

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German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] | 64
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] | 29
Chart (1994)  | Position

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German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] | 44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] | 36

## Certifications and sales

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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Austria (IFPI Austria)[22] | Gold  | 25,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[23] | Gold  | 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[24] | Gold  | 50,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[25] | Gold  | 42,899[25]
France (SNEP)[26] | Gold  | 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[27] | Platinum  | 500,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[28] | Gold  | 25,000*
Sweden (GLF)[29] | Gold  | 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[30] | Platinum  | 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[31] | Gold  | 100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## References

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1. ^ Tilli, Robbert (1 May 1993). "Haddaway Makes Headway into Europe". Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 18\. p. 14\. "New single: What Is Love released on January 18..."
2. ^ AllMusic review
3. ^ (December 1993). "Haddaway – Haddaway". Billboard.
4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 58.
5. ^ a b Jones, Alan (16 October 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums" (PDF). Music Week. p. 21. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
6. ^ Stanton, Pete (13 October 1993). "New Albums". Smash Hits. p. 51. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
7. ^ Weinert, Ellie (26 March 1994). "Casebook: Haddaway". Billboard. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
8. ^ RIAA Searchable Database; Key Word: Haddaway Archived 25 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
9. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
10. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Haddaway – The Album" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
11. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Haddaway – The Album" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Haddaway – The Album" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
13. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Haddaway – The Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
14. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Haddaway – The Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
15. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Haddaway – The Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
16. ^ "Haddaway | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
17. ^ "Haddaway Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
18. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
19. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1993". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
20. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
21. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1994". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
22. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Haddaway – The Album" (in German). IFPI Austria.
23. ^ "Brazilian album certifications – Haddaway – The Album" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil.
24. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Haddaway – The Album". Music Canada.
25. ^ a b "Haddaway" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
26. ^ "French album certifications – Haddaway – The Album" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
27. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Haddaway; 'The Album')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
28. ^ "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
29. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17.
30. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('The Album')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
31. ^ "British album certifications – Haddaway – The Album". British Phonographic Industry.

## External links

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* Overview of Album
* Haddaway – The Album
* https://open.spotify.com/playlist/77XT5qnvoXpq066AgJSlW7?si=PyHOn7bWRCCCqzydz-T0rQ&pi=u-zar5t1A9Ss-P

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Haddaway

Studio albums|

* The Album
* The Drive
* Let's Do It Now
* My Face
* Pop Splits
* Gotta Be

Singles|

* "What Is Love"
* "Life"
* "I Miss You"
* "Rock My Heart"
* "Stir It Up"
* "Fly Away"
* "Catch a Fire"

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