Elements of Life is the third studio album produced by Dutch trance artist
Tiësto, released on 6 April 2007. The album contains collaborations with Jes
of Gabriel & Dresden's project Motorcycle, Julie Thompson of Holden &
Thompson, Charlotte Martin, Christian Burns, BT and Maxi Jazz of Faithless. BT
collaborates with Tiësto for the first time since "Love Comes Again" and
Faithless's rapper Maxi Jazz is featuring on "Dance4Life". The album has
more tracks featuring vocals than previous albums.
The album was nominated in the category "Best Electronic/Dance Album" at the
50th Grammy Awards. In April 2007 the album moved 72,000 units according to
Nielsen SoundScan. The album also received gold certifications in Belgium,
Hungary, Netherlands and Romania. Production
During the production of the album Tiësto in several cases sent a demo with
the music to certain artists, and they replied back with the lyrics and vocals
and other duration times. In the case of Christian Burns from BB Mak, Tiësto met
him through MySpace and got in contact with him and the production of the
single "In the Dark". The album consists of rock, trance and experimental music,
which shows the style Tiësto has grown throughout the years since his previous
albums which contained lyrics, In My Memory and Just Be. Producer Brian
Transeau collaborated with Tiësto in three tracks, he composed "Bright
Morningstar" and "Sweet Things", he also performed the vocals in the single
"Break My Fall". Together, they produce more tracks which were not released in
the album, and Tiësto has mentioned they would work again during the coming
summer. Marketing
In support of the album, he embarked on his Elements of Life World Tour, the
Elements of Life World Tour DVD was released in a party which was held on 29
February 2008 from 8 p.m. - 3 a.m. in London at the IndigO2 club. With the
successful release of Elements of Life, Tiësto and fashion designer Giorgio
Armani collaborated on a limited edition Tiësto T-shirt available at Armani
Exchange stores. His single "Sweet Things" comes with the shirt including
an exclusive "A|X Remix" by Tom Cloud which shows the great influence Tiësto
has in fashion culture. Tiësto and Reebok introduced the new 'Tiësto shoe'
in November 2007. The shoebox comes with a special limited-edition Tiësto &
Reebok CD, containing the Elements of Life album and the bonus disc. Only
1,000 pair units were available for sale in Netherlands. On 28 April, Tiësto
released Elements of Life: Remixed, a recompilation of the Elements of Life
album with all songs except "He's a Pirate" being replaced by remixed
versions, and "He's a Pirate" being replaced by "No More Heroes", a joint
production with mute performer trio Blue Man Group. It was announced in October
of 2014 that the album would be reissued as a High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray
Disc in December 2014, featuring a brand new 9.1 Auro-3D mix as well as a 5.1
DTS-HD Master Audio track. Both surround mixes are presented at 24-bit/96kHz
resolution. Track listing
Notes ^[a] signifies a vocal producer
^[b] signifies an additional producer ^[c] signifies a remixer
In some territories, track 12 is "He's a Pirate", a remix of the theme music of
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl also featured on the CD
single, and on initial retail shipments of Best Buy's exclusive version of the
movie soundtrack. "Everything" is excluded.
The Limited Edition version contains the original album with the remix of "He's a
Pirate" and a bonus disc. Charts and certifications
Release history See also
Elements of Life World Tour Elements of Life World Tour DVD
Elements of Life: Remixed References
7. 72,000 albums sold in the U.S. http:www.tiesto.com/
External links Tiesto.com