Soul

Soul
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Studio album by Moodring
Released	4 June 2012
Recorded	2010-2011
Language	English
Label	Fusion
Producer	Various
Moodring chronology
Mood Swings (2010) Soul (2012) MTV Unplugged (2013)
Singles from Soul
"Broken" Released: May 28 2012 "Burn" Released: August 13 2012 "Diamond Tears" Released: November 12 2012 "Spaceman" Released: February 4 2013 "Innocente" Released: May 27 2013

Soul is the second album by Moodring. It was released on 4 June 2012 and charted at number 2. It has so far sold 1,994,727 copies and has been certified diamond. It outsold the debut album Mood Swings on its 37th week on the charts.

Background and Recording

The recording sessions for Soul began back in 2010, and by spring 2011 the album was confirmed to be completed. A track from the sessions, Loving Me To Death, made it onto a re-release of Mood Swings and was a precursor to Moodring's new, mellow sound. In March 2011, Moodring announced a year long hiatus, so that new Mother Cassie could spend time with her children, Bre could recover from a mental health condition and L'mondrea could work on a solo album. In early 2012 the band announced they were back together, and new music was revealed in April. The first track to be released from Soul is Broken, out May 28, 2012. Soul intentionally differs from Mood Swings, firstly because it was recorded with one "mood" in mind: mellow, soulful ballads. Secondly, the album took on the originally intended concept of Mood Swings, with having no vocal collaborators and being a "Moodring only" album. However, rather than the album being produced mainly by band member L'mondrea, the group went to various big name producers to produce the songs.

Artwork

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  Soul
  Standard Cover
  

Content

Unlike the last album, Mood Swings, Soul concentrates on one genre of music, soul-inspired ballads and midtempo tracks. Furthermore, whilst Mood Swings was almost entirely produced by band member L'mondrea, Soul brings in big name producers: Jermaine Dupri, (Diamond Tears); Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, (Colour Me In, Foolish, Spaceman); Babyface, (Broken, (Too Hard To Say) I Love You); William Orbit, (Burn Part 1 and 2, extra production on Innocente); Delerium, (Innocente) and Ryan Tedder; (Change Like The Seasons, This Time). The group did this to diversify the sound, so that even though all the tracks are slow, there is a variation in styles, including minimalist dance and classic r&b.

Promotion

This time round, the girls went on tour to promote the album. Songs taken from both Soul and debut album Mood Swings were performed in equal amounts, as Mood Swings was not toured. There were no special or deluxe versions or free items given away with the album, with the band opting for simplicity and a gimmick-free release.

Chart Performance

The album failed to reach the #1 spot that their debut album did, however it charted at #2 and was certified diamond.

Chart Run - Urapostar Album Charts
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63
Position	2	3	4	11	17	22	20	16	15	13	4	4	4	13	13	17	10	12	16	25	21	17	13	7	6	6	12	15	18	21	24	26	19	23	16	4	4	5	7	3	4	6	9	12	19	34	21	32	30	21	17	7	9	8	8	9	12	19	25	17	19	30	32

Track Listing

Standard track listing

1. Diamond Tears (4:58)
2. Colour Me In (3:53)
3. Broken (3:49)
4. (Too Hard To Say) I Love You (5:05)
5. Innocente (5:23)
6. Burn (Part I) (3:08)
7. Foolish (2:56)
8. Change Like The Seasons (3:42)
9. Spaceman (3:50)
10. This Time (3:16)
11. Burn (Part II)(3:52)

Singles

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  Broken
  #3, 28 May 2012
  
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  Burn
  #3, 13 August 2012
  
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  Queen of Diamonds EP
  #3, 12 November 2012
  
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  Spaceman
  #1, 4 February 2013
  
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  Innocente
  #TBA, 27 May 2013
  

Credits

All tracks written by B. Washington, C. Garcia and L. Brown apart from track 5, written by Delerium.