NewsSeal / Seal II deluxe edition
2CD + Blu-ray
Remastered • Atmos Mix included • Rarities • Pre-order from the SDE shop
Seal’s second album (called Seal, but often referred to as Seal II) will be reissued in June as a 2CD+blu-ray deluxe set.
The album was released in 1994 and, as with his ’91 debut, Seal’s second album was produced by Trevor Horn. It features the hits ‘Kiss From A Rose’ and ‘Prayer for the Dying’. It also includes a ‘If I Could’, a duet with Joni Mitchell and ‘Bring It On’, which features Wendy Melvoin & Lisa Coleman of Prince and the Revolution
The three-disc reissue features a remastered version of the album on CD 1 and a collection of previously unreleased recordings and rarities on CD 2. The rarities include the unreleased song, ‘Reality’; the B-side ‘Blues In E’; Seals hit cover of Steve Miller Band’s ‘Fly Like An Eagle’, a version of ‘Manic Depression’ that Seal recorded with Jeff Beck for Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix; and ‘Love Is Powerful’ a Japan-only single produced by Nick Launay in 1993.
Warner Records are taking a different approach with this deluxe set when compared to the 2022 re-release of Seal’s debut. There is no vinyl included this time (although a 2LP set is available separately), it is not large format, and therefore quite a bit cheaper, but most significantly the blu-ray includes a Dolby Atmos Mix of the album, as well as a 96/24 hi-res stereo version. The Atmos Mix engineer is Alex McArthur, although he didn’t do ‘Kiss From A Rose’, which was done by Trevor Horn’s engineer Tim Weidner. This suggests that ‘Kiss…’ had already been done as a standalone, at an earlier date, for streaming. They have chosen not to include any videos or the 5.1 mix which appeared on the 2005 CD+DVD US reissue.
As well as the standard black vinyl, there’ll be a ‘milky white’ coloured vinyl 2LP set available from HMV on 17 June as part of their ‘Vinyl Week’ initiative. Both vinyl editions have a few bonus tracks on side four.
Seal will be reissued on 14 June 2024 via Rhino. It’s not exclusive, but you can choose to support SDE, by pre-ordering the 2CD+blu-ray from the SDE shop. Thanks in advance, if you decide to do that!
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Tracklisting
Seal II Seal /
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CD 1: Seal II (Remastered)
- BRING IT ON (2024 REMASTER)
- PRAYER FOR THE DYING (2024 REMASTER)
- DREAMING IN METAPHORS (2024 REMASTER)
- DON’T CRY (2024 REMASTER)
- FAST CHANGES (2024 REMASTER)
- KISS FROM A ROSE (2024 REMASTER)
- PEOPLE ASKING WHY (2024 REMASTER)
- NEWBORN FRIEND (2024 REMASTER)
- IF I COULD (2024 REMASTER)
- I’M ALIVE (2024 REMASTER)
- BRING IT ON (REPRISE) [2024 REMASTER]
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CD 2: RARE
- BRING IT ON (ALTERNATE VERSION)*
- REALITY*
- PRAYER FOR THE DYING (ALTERNATE VERSION)*
- KISS FROM A ROSE (ALTERNATE VERSION)*
- FAST CHANGES (ALTERNATE VERSION)*
- NEWBORN FRIEND (ALTERNATE VERSION)*
- I’M ALIVE (ALTERNATE VERSION)
- DON’T CRY (ALTERNATE VERSION)*
- PEOPLE ASKING WHY (ALTERNATE VERSION)*
- DREAMING IN METAPHORS (ALTERNATE VERSION)*
- IF I COULD (ALTERNATE VERSION)*
- LOVE IS POWERFUL
- MANIC DEPRESSION (FEAT. JEFF BECK)
- BLUES IN E
- THE WIND CRIES MARY
- FLY LIKE AN EAGLE
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Blu-ray: Atmos & Hi-res Stereo
Seal II – Atmos Mix & Hi-Res Stereo
- BRING IT ON
- PRAYER FOR THE DYING
- DREAMING IN METAPHORS
- DON’T CRY
- FAST CHANGES
- KISS FROM A ROSE
- PEOPLE ASKING WHY
- NEWBORN FRIEND
- IF I COULD
- I’M ALIVE
- BRING IT ON (REPRISE)
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CD 1: Seal II (Remastered)
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By Paul Sinclair
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