Eleven (Tina Arena album)

Eleven
Studio album by Tina Arena
Released	30 October 2015
Recorded	Melbourne, Sydney, London, Stockholm, Paris
Genre	Pop R&B soul
Length	44:40
Label	Positive Dream EMI
Producer	Jon Hume Youth Michael Rendall Ash Howe Joe Cross Michael Fatkin
Tina Arena chronology
Reset (2013) Eleven (2015)
Singles from Eleven
"I Want to Love You" Released: 4 September 2015

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[1]
Herald Sun	[2]
Entertainment Focus	[3]

Eleven is the eleventh studio album (9 in English, 2 in French) released by Australian singer and songwriter Tina Arena. The album was released in Australia on 30 October 2015.^[4] The first single, "I Want to Love You" was released on 4 September 2015. Arena described Eleven as a "personal album" that was "joyous to make". Arena hinted at a tour, saying "I'm looking forward to playing the songs for you live soon".^[5] This was further confirmed in a radio interview on 3AW on 1 September when Arena stated she would be on the road February–March 2016.^[6]

The album has been nominated for ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016.

Background

Following on from her 2013 platinum selling release Reset and tour, Arena announced the release of her new album in August 2015.

In an interview on Today with Richard Wilkins on 2 September 2015, Arena confirmed the album was recorded in Melbourne, Sydney, London, Stockholm and Paris.^[7] The album is described as a beautiful, complex, state-of-the-art collection of emotive, electronica-based songs.^[8] The album became available for pre-order on 4 September 2015. The digital version came with two instant download tracks; "Overload" and "I Want to Love You".

Arena has co-written tracks on the album with a number of people including Jon Hume, Hayley Warner and Tania Doko. On the song "Unravel Me" Arena tackles confusion and fear about the state of the world in general and social media in particular. She says “I’m quite bewildered by how much the human being has changed. How disconnected and isolated we've become. It saddens me. Part of the light in human beings has gone.”^[9]

The title refers to the total number of studio albums Arena has released in her career spanning 40 years. The tally includes her first studio album with John Bowles, 1977's Tiny Tina and Little John to 2013's Reset and her two in French.

Singles

• "I Want to Love You" was officially serviced to Australian media on 30 August and released on iTunes on 4 September. Arena explains, “It speaks about being consumed and completely infatuated with someone but knowing they're possibly not right for you or that the relationship won't work despite how desperately you want it to. I think we've all been there at some point...!"^[10] The video premiered on 30 September and stars Vince Colosimo.^[11] The black-and-white video was inspired by American photographer Cindy Sherman.^[12]

Promotion

On 6 September 2015, Arena performed "I Want to Love You" on Dancing with the Stars. To promote its release she literally sold signed CDs at a music store in Melbourne.^[13] She told Cameron Adams of News Corp Australia that "The registers were awfully complicated. When you're in a situation like this you realise you can't make mistakes."^[13]

Track listing

Standard edition[14]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Unravel Me"	Tina Arena Adam Argyle Hunter Nixon Jon Hume	Jon Hume	4:27
2.	"Overload"	Arena Hayley Warner Hume	Jon Hume	3:23
3.	"I Want to Love You"	Arena Hume Warner Ben Fielding Tom Jordan Penelope Austin	Jon Hume	5:14
4.	"Colours"	Arena Hayley Aitken Alex Shield	Alex Sheild	3:54
5.	"Not Still in Love with You"	Arena Kate Miller-Heidke Hume	Jon Hume	3:57
6.	"When You’re Ready"	Arena Hume Miller-Heidke	Jon Hume	3:40
7.	"Wouldn’t Be Love If It Didn’t"	Arena Argyle Warner	Youth	3:52
8.	"Magic"	Arena Argyle Warner	Youth and Howes	3:31
9.	"Lie in It"	Arena Warner Hume	Jon Hume	4:00
10.	"Karma"	Arena Anders Wollbeck Mattias Lindblom	Michael Rendall	4:41
11.	"Love Falls"	Arena Wollbeck Lindblom	Youth	4:01

Deluxe edition bonus tracks[15]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Heaven"	Arena Warner David Ryan Harris Michael Fatkin	Michael Fatkin	3:38
13.	"No Filter"	Arena Tania Doko Peter Mansson Christian Fast	Joseph Cross	3:58
14.	"Walk with You"	Arena Hume Nixon	Jon Hume	3:40

Charts

Eleven debuted at number 2 in Australia, behind If I Can Dream by Elvis Presley.

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16]	2
Australian Artists Albums (ARIA)^1	1

¹ Chart only recognises sales by Australian artists.

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17]	59

Certifications

^[18]

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[19]	Gold	35,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label and editions

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Edition(s)
Worldwide	30 October 2015	CD digital download vinyl	EMI Records	Standard edition Deluxe edition

References

1. "Tina Arena: Eleven review – full-blown ballads in a marvellous lack of restraint". Everett True. www.theguardian.com. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
2. "Latest Album Reviews: Tina Arena, My Disco, Claptone, Hau and Russell Morris". Cameron Adams, Mikey Cahill and Cyclone Wehner. www.heraldsun.com.au. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
3. "Tina Arena – Eleven album review". Pip Ellwood-Hughes. www.entertainment-focus.com. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
4. "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 26 October 2015. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
5. "I Want To Love You (Lyric Snippet)". www.facebook.com. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
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8. "Eleven by Tina Arena". www.jbhifi.com.au. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
9. "Australian singer Tina Arena speaks frankly about youth and the obsession with the selfie culture". www.news.com.au. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
10. "Tina turns it up to Eleven". www.auspop.com.au. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
11. "Tina Arena - I Want To Love You". YouTube. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
12. "Tina Arena: I Want to Love You, starring Vince Colosimo – video premiere". Monica Tan. www.theguardian.com. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
13. Adams, Cameron (30 October 2015). "Tina Arena works JB HiFi for album Eleven and talks Scott Morrison". News Corp Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
14. "Tina Arena: Eleven". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
15. "Tina Arena: Eleven Deluxe". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
16. "Australiancharts.com – Tina Arena – Eleven". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
17. "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2015". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
18. "TINA'S ELEVEN GOES GOLD | auspOp". auspOp. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
19. Ryan, Gavin (5 March 2016). "ARIA Albums: The 1975 Have the No 1 Album in Australia". Noise11. Retrieved 5 March 2016.