Album · 2014
Listen
by David Guetta
Listen is a 2014 dance-pop album by David Guetta. It runs 18 tracks across 13 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.5/5 from 741 ratings.
Dance-Pop · Electro House · Electronic
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- 13 min
- Runtime
- 128 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
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The Listen cover was photographed by Ellen von Unwerth.
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Listen is the sixth studio album by French DJ and producer David Guetta, was released on 21 November 2014. It features collaborations with artists from the R&B, hip hop, alternative rock and pop worlds such as Sam Martin, Emeli Sandé, The Script, Nicki Minaj, John Legend, Nico & Vinz, Ryan Tedder (the lead singer of pop rock band OneRepublic), Sia, Magic!, Bebe Rexha, South African male choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ms. Dynamite, Elliphant, Birdy, Jaymes Young, Sonny Wilson, Vassy, and Skylar Grey. It also features additional production from Guetta's frequent collaborator Giorgio Tuinfort, Avicii, Afrojack, Nicky Romero, Showtek, and Stadiumx among others, with additional writing credits from Austin Bisnow, Jason Evigan and The-Dream among others.
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Strange that right after house and EDM broke, many of its leading names looked outside the genre for inspiration, including David Guetta, who goes singer/songwriter with his 2014 effort Listen. That's singer/songwriter in the vocation sense, not the '70s sense, as big names like John Legend sway the superstar producer toward their own style, which in the case of Legend's title track, "Listen," is elegant and exquisite R&B. In the case of Nicki Minaj, it's sassy and sexy dancefloor business as "Hey Mama" shines with Afrojack on the assist; then there's Emili Sande invoking the spirit of Nina Simone on the moving "What I Did for Love," or Sia going stark on the excellent "The Whisperer." Guetta does the build, break, and drop thing on some cuts, while tastefully keeping other songs EDM free, but his major contribution when it comes to creativity seems to be the inspired Black Eyed Peas and township jive mashing he does on "Lift Me Up" with Nico & Vinz plus Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Otherwise, he seems like a featured artist on his own album, which would be standard issue for other producers turned artist, but not Guetta.
In brief
- Is Listen good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Listen 3.5/5 from 741 ratings.
- When was Listen released?
- Listen was released in 2014.
- How many tracks are on Listen?
- Listen has 18 tracks, with a runtime of 13 minutes.
- What genre is Listen?
- Listen is catalogued under Dance-Pop, Electro House, Electronic.
- What BPM is Listen?
- Listen runs at a median tempo of 128 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Listen?
- Listeners of Listen also rate Motion by Calvin Harris, Prayer by Robin Schulz, 18 Months by Calvin Harris.
- Who produced Listen?
- Listen was produced by David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort, Jason Evigan and Showtek, among 13 credited in total. David Guetta produced 8 of them.
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