Since the early 2000s or so, dropping the name Tiesto was a superstar representation of an artist at the heart of mainstream dance music, even if his album releases intriguingly bent the rules.
He went electro and indie on his 2009 release Kaleidoscope and just chucked the Tiesto name entirely and went as Allure for the lush 2011 effort Kiss from the Past, so don't be surprised that A Town Called Paradise is a return to the center of EDM, although it is fair to be a bit disappointed.
After all, the big opener and single "Red Lights," with Michel Zitron, sounds like an Avicii-esque reimagining of the Wallflowers' "One Headlight" with little that's identifiably Tiesto, and these plays for radio don't stop until "Wasted" lands at track eight with a building, stomping beat that's pleasingly different.
Still, those radio-worthy bits work better when taken in as 12s or dropped in a mix set, as "Light Years Away," with DBX, is a grand explosion of life-affirming fireworks and standard-issue EDM lyrics ("Satellites, are crashing down/I watch you disappear at the speed of sound"), while the title track is necessary for rolling into Vegas with "Let's wash away the night into a neon scene of light/Away we'll drive into a town called Paradise." Cute how Icona Pop adopt a Latin-like flow on the carnivalesque "Lets' Go," while the cathartic closer, "Set Yourself Free" with Krewella, seems to shoot beach balls, water skis, and vacation plans out of the speakers.
Still, with so many blast-drop-build-explode numbers on the track list, and most guest artists acting like they're auditioning for Coldplay, the album suffers from constant uplift and pathos overflow without the benefit of this being a DJ mix.
Best to part it out and party, because if there's a blueprint for the vocal EDM album, A Town Called Paradise follows it too closely, spinning through all the usual breaks and drops without pausing to consider the full picture.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red LightsCarl Falk, Wayne Hector, Tijs Verwest, Måns Wredenberg, Rami Yacoub, Michel Zitron | Tiësto | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 2 | FootprintsJosef Cruickshank, Brandon Lowry, Ash Pournouri, Justin Prime, Tijs Verwest, Freddy Wexler | Tiësto | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| 3 | Light Years AwaySacha Collisson, Pete Kirtley, John James Newman, Tijs Verwest | Tiësto | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 4 | A Town Called ParadiseMatthew Koma, Tijs Verwest | Tiësto | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 5 | Written in ReverseRon Aniello, Robbert van de Corput, Matthew Koma, Tijs Verwest | Tiësto | Play | 04:28 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 6 | EchoesHiten Bharadia, Andreas Moe, Matt Nash, Dave Silcox, Tijs Verwest | Tiësto | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 39 MB |
| 7 | Last TrainPhillipa Brown, Jurre Van Doeselaar, Tim Smulders, Tijs Verwest | Tiësto | Play | 04:48 | 11 MB | 38 MB |
| 8 | WastedN. Audino, Lewis Hughes, Matthew Koma, Tijs Verwest | Tiësto | Play | 03:10 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 9 | Let's GoCaroline Hjeit, Oscar Holter, Aino Jawo, Alx Reuterskiöld, Markus Sepehrmanesh, Tijs Verwest | Tiësto | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 27 MB |
| 10 | The FeelingCharles Haddon, Sjoerd Janssen, Wouter Janssen, Anders Kallmark, Tijs Verwest | Tiësto | Play | 04:45 | 10 MB | 37 MB |
| 11 | ShimmerJonnie Davis "Most", Danny Boselovic, Christian Burns, Nicholas Ditri, Paris Hampton, Tijs Verwest | Tiësto | Play | 03:32 | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| 12 | RockySimon Gain, Mick Kastenholt, Tijs Verwest | Tiësto | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 34 MB |
| 13 | Close to MeAnna Luisa Daigneault, Ossama Al Sarraf, Ned Shepard, Tijs Verwest | Tiësto, Sultan + Shepard | Play | 04:24 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 14 | Set Yourself FreeSjoerd Janssen, Wouter Janssen, Matthew Koma, Kristopher Trindl, Tijs Verwest, Jahan Yousaf, Yasmine Yousaf | Tiësto | Play | 04:39 | 10 MB | 37 MB |
| 59 mins | 135 MB | |||||
| 59 mins | 463 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Accetta | Vocal Engineer |
| 2 | John Amatiello | Additional Production |
| 3 | Ron Aniello | Composer |
| 4 | N. Audino | Composer |
| 5 | Zac Barnett | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 6 | Hiten Bharadia | Composer |
| 7 | Gavin Bond | Photography |
| 8 | Dan Book | Engineer, Vocal Producer, Vocals |
| 9 | Danny Boselovic | Composer, Piano |
| 10 | Delbert Bowers | Assistant |
| 11 | Phillipa Brown | Composer |
| 12 | Christian Burns | Composer, Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 13 | Simon Christianssen | Engineer, Mixing |
| 14 | Sacha Collisson | Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Synthesizer |
| 15 | Cruickshank | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 16 | Josef Cruickshank | Composer |
| 17 | Anna Luisa Daigneault | Composer |
| 18 | John Davis | Mastering Engineer |
| 19 | Jonnie Davis "Most" | Composer |
| 20 | DBX | Featured Artist, Producer |
| 21 | Disco Fries | Engineer, Producer, Programming |
| 22 | Nicholas Ditri | Composer, Piano |
| 23 | Tommy English | Vocal Engineer |
| 24 | Carl Falk | Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Instrumentation, Producer, Programming, Vocal Arrangement |
| 25 | Firebeatz | Engineer, Featured Artist, Mixing, Producer |
| 26 | Simon Gain | Composer |
| 27 | Chris Galland | Assistant |
| 28 | Mike Gaydusek | Vocal Engineer |
| 29 | Dean Gillard | Additional Production, Instrumentation, Mixing, Programming, Vocal Mixing |
| 30 | Shep Goodman | Vocal Engineer |
| 31 | Charles Haddon | Composer, Engineer, Fender Rhodes, Vocals |
| 32 | Paris Hampton | Composer |
| 33 | Hardwell | Engineer, Featured Artist, Mixing, Producer |
| 34 | Stuart Hawkes | Mastering Engineer |
| 35 | Wayne Hector | Composer |
| 36 | Caroline Hjeit | Composer |
| 37 | Oscar Holter | Additional Production, Composer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Piano, Producer |
| 38 | Lewis Hughes | Composer |
| 39 | Icona Pop | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 40 | Sjoerd Janssen | Composer, Mixing, Producer, Programming |
| 41 | Wouter Janssen | Composer, Mixing, Producer, Programming |
| 42 | Aino Jawo | Composer |
| 43 | KAAZE | Featured Artist, Producer |
| 44 | Anders Kallmark | Composer, Drums, Engineer, Piano |
| 45 | Mick Kastenholt | Composer, Programming |
| 46 | Pete Kirtley | Composer, Engineer, Piano, Strings |
| 47 | Karl-Ola S. Kjellholm | Additional Production, Engineer, Guitar |
| 48 | Matthew Koma | Bass, Composer, Engineer, Featured Artist, Guitar, Mixing, Producer, Programming, Vocal Engineer, Vocal Producer, Vocals |
| 49 | Krewella | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 50 | Ladyhawke | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 51 | Brandon Lowry | Composer |
| 52 | Jordan Loyd | Photography |
| 53 | Manny Marroquin | Mixing |
| 54 | Alexei Misoul | Engineer, Vocal Producer, Vocals |
| 55 | Andreas Moe | Composer, Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 56 | Matt Nash | Composer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer |
| 57 | John James Newman | Composer, Vocals |
| 58 | Ou Est le Swimming Pool | Featured Artist |
| 59 | Ash Pournouri | Composer |
| 60 | Justin Prime | Composer, Producer |
| 61 | Quilla | Featured Artist, Vocals |
| 62 | Eva Reistad | Assistant Engineer |
| 63 | Alx Reuterskiöld | Composer |
| 64 | James Reynolds | Mixing |
| 65 | Ossama Al Sarraf | Composer, Guitar |
| 66 | Markus Sepehrmanesh | Composer |
| 67 | Ned Shepard | Composer, Drums, Engineer, Featured Artist, Mixing, Piano, Producer |
| 68 | Dave Silcox | Composer, Drums, Engineer, Producer, Synthesizer |
| 69 | Tim Smulders | Composer |
| 70 | Nick Steinhardt | Design |
| 71 | Sultan | Drums, Engineer, Featured Artist, Mixing, Producer |
| 72 | Sultan + Shepard | Primary Artist |
| 73 | Tiësto | Engineer, Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 74 | Kristopher Trindl | Composer |
| 75 | Twice as Nice | Programming |
| 76 | Robbert van de Corput | Composer |
| 77 | Jurre Van Doeselaar | Composer |
| 78 | Tijs Verwest | Composer, Engineer |
| 79 | Matt Ward | Additional Production, Instrumentation, Mixing, Programming, Vocal Mixing |
| 80 | Freddy Wexler | Composer |
| 81 | Måns Wredenberg | Composer |
| 82 | Rami Yacoub | Composer, Engineer, Instrumentation, Producer, Programming, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Editing |
| 83 | Jahan Yousaf | Composer |
| 84 | Yasmine Yousaf | Composer |
| 85 | Michel Zitron | Composer, Vocals |
Michel Zitron
2011 - 4 tracks
Fade Into Darkness (Remixes) - EP - Avicii, Tim Bergling, Michel Zitron, John Martin, Arash Pournouri, Simon Jeffes
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|---|---|---|---|
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