¡Viva!
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¡Viva! is an album by English
singer/songwriter
Tiff Lacey
, released on August 15, 2011. It is her first full-length solo album and her second overall. It includes her well-known single "Take Me Away
".
. A video for another song from the album, "Mother To Daughter", was revealed later by the singer. Another two songs were revealed for promotion - "Better Than Before" and "Wilderness". "¡Viva!" came out on August 15, 2011, three days after it's launch party which was held in "That Club", London
, UK. The final cut of album contains 15 original tracks plus a few club remixes by George Popa a.k.a Tbass. It's available in two formats - a standard digital edition containing 18 tracks and a Limited Edition double CD - Disc One including the 15 album tracks and Disc Two including 6 remixes.
co-wrote "Leap Of Faith".
ballads being the main element, which is a departure from Tiff Lacey's usual sound. The title track, sang in Spanish
, is the first Cha-cha-cha
song ever performed by the singer. "La Habanera" on its side combines Opera
with Trance breaks, it's sang in French
and shows Tiff Lacey doing some operating singing. The only 3 original tracks that are reminiscent of Lacey's trademark music style are the two Dance
tracks "Falling At Your Feet" and "Play Pretend" and the Progressive house track "Better Than Before".
England
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singer/songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
Tiff Lacey
Tiff Lacey
Tiff Lacey is a singer/songwriter from Crayford, Kent, England, and the vocalist behind many trance and house hits. Except for her vocal abilities, she's also known for the fact that she usually writes lyrics that differ considerably from the standard hooks in the genre.-Singing career:Tiff Lacey...
, released on August 15, 2011. It is her first full-length solo album and her second overall. It includes her well-known single "Take Me Away
Take Me Away (Tiff Lacey song)
"Take Me Away" is a song from popular British trance and house singer Tiff Lacey. It's the first single from her first full-length solo album titled "iViva!".-Release:...
".
Album information
Tiff Lacey began talking about an eventual solo effort during interviews in 2008. First songs for it were recorded in early 2009. The single "Someone Like You" was said to be the lead single from the album. By the end of that year she said the record will be released during summer 2010 and the second single from it will be a remix package of her already known song "Take Me Away", written with Tom Kent. However, in the summer of 2010 she said the album is postponed for 2011 for several reasons, one of them being recording brand new songs for it. She signed Loverush Digital in the spring of 2010 and it was reported that her album will be released through that label and the first single will be the above mentioned "Take Me Away". The single was released in March 2011 on iTunesITunes
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. A video for another song from the album, "Mother To Daughter", was revealed later by the singer. Another two songs were revealed for promotion - "Better Than Before" and "Wilderness". "¡Viva!" came out on August 15, 2011, three days after it's launch party which was held in "That Club", London
London
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, UK. The final cut of album contains 15 original tracks plus a few club remixes by George Popa a.k.a Tbass. It's available in two formats - a standard digital edition containing 18 tracks and a Limited Edition double CD - Disc One including the 15 album tracks and Disc Two including 6 remixes.
Producers
All the lyrics in the album, except "La Habanera", are written by Tiff Lacey. The music is mainly composed, produced and mastered by George Popa. There are also a few long-time collaborators of the singer who also provided tracks for "¡Viva!". The tracks "Falling At Your Feet" and "Play Pretend" with Nick Murray were a last minute addition to the tracklist, replacing two other tunes that fell out from the final cut. Loverush Digital's executive Mark Loverush and his partner Kinky Roland a.k.a. Loverush UK! produced "Wilderness". Matt Bukovski, another Tiff Lacey collaborator in the trance genre, produced the ballad "Speak Your Name" and Lacey's rendition of Bizet's "La Habanera", which was introduced as the album's main surprise. Ilan Bluestone produced "Better Than Before" and Lacey's friend Paul StevensPaul Stevens
Paul Stevens is the name of:* Paul Stevens , English cricketer* Paul Stevens , American bobsledder* Paul Stevens , American actor*Paul Stevens , a fictional character...
co-wrote "Leap Of Faith".
Musical Style
"¡Viva!" features various music genres, the PopPop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
ballads being the main element, which is a departure from Tiff Lacey's usual sound. The title track, sang in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, is the first Cha-cha-cha
Cha-cha-cha
Cha cha cha or Cha Cha Cha may refer to:* Cha-cha-chá , a style of Cuban dance music* Cha-cha-cha , a Latin American dance* Cha-cha-chá , a style of Cuban dance...
song ever performed by the singer. "La Habanera" on its side combines Opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
with Trance breaks, it's sang in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and shows Tiff Lacey doing some operating singing. The only 3 original tracks that are reminiscent of Lacey's trademark music style are the two Dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
tracks "Falling At Your Feet" and "Play Pretend" and the Progressive house track "Better Than Before".