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'''''Everytime We Touch''''' is the debut album from [[German people|German]] [[eurodance]] group [[Cascada]], consisting of [[DJ Manian]], [[Natalie Horler]], and [[Yann Pfeiffer|Yanou]], first released on March 23, 2007. Recording sessions for the album took place during Fall of 2004 to January 2006, most of which was recorded after the third single from the album [[Everytime We Touch (Cascada song)|Everytime We Touch]] rose to popularity. It took only three weeks to record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itemvn.com/album/Cascada-Everytime-We-Touch/213|title=Cascada - Everytime We Touch|date=August 3, 2005|accessdate=January 2, 2011|publisher=itemvn}}</ref> The entire album was produced by the two disc jockeys from Cascada, Yanou and DJ Manian. The album is comprised heavily of up-tempo [[eurodance]] tracks, many of which are covers of hit songs from the 1980's and 1990's of the [[synthpop]], [[eurodance]], and [[rock music|rock]] genres. Musically, the album is composed of dance tracks with thick euro synths, trance beats that clock in over 140 beats per minute and europop lyrics. Lyrically, the albums is composed of love songs and dance floor euphoria.
'''''Everytime We Touch''''' is the debut album from [[German people|German]] [[eurodance]] group [[Cascada]], consisting of [[DJ Manian]], [[Natalie Horler]], and [[Yann Pfeiffer|Yanou]], first released on March 23, 2007. Recording sessions for the album took place during Fall of 2004 to January 2007, most of which was recorded after the third single from the album [[Everytime We Touch (Cascada song)|Everytime We Touch]] rose to popularity. It took only three weeks to record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itemvn.com/album/Cascada-Everytime-We-Touch/213|title=Cascada - Everytime We Touch|date=August 3, 2005|accessdate=January 2, 2011|publisher=itemvn}}</ref> The entire album was produced by the two disc jockeys from Cascada, Yanou and DJ Manian. The album is comprised heavily of up-tempo [[eurodance]] tracks, many of which are covers of hit songs from the 1980's and 1990's of the [[synthpop]], [[eurodance]], and [[rock music|rock]] genres. Musically, the album is composed of dance tracks with thick euro synths, trance beats that clock in over 140 beats per minute and europop lyrics. Lyrically, the albums is composed of love songs and dance floor euphoria.


Critical reception of the album has been mixed to negative, with many critics disliking the repetitive beat and saying the album had too much [[filler (media)|filler]]. Most critics did admire, however, its chart success for a dance album in the tough U.S. music market. The album has sold about 7 million copies worldwide.<ref name=3weeks&sales>{{cite web|url=http://top40.about.com/od/c/p/cascada.htm|title=Cascada Profile|author=Lamb, Bill|accessdate=January 2, 2011|publisher=About.com}}</ref> There was a total of seven singles released from the album. "[[Miracle (Cascada song)|Miracle]]" and "[[Everytime We Touch (Cascada song)|Everytime We Touch]]" were released in America and were the only singles that received gold and platinum certifications. Along with "[[Truly Madly Deeply#Cascada version|Truly, Madly, Deeply]]", these singles attained notable chart success internationally, peaking in the top ten in countries like the [[United Kingdom]], [[Ireland]] and [[Sweden]]. "[[Bad Boy (Cascada song)|Bad Boy]]" and "[[Ready for Love]]" were released as the second and the seventh single from the album and failed to attain any chart success. "[[A Neverending Dream#Cascada cover|A Neverending Dream]]" and "[[How Do You Do!#Cascada's version|How Do You Do!]]" achieved minor chart success in [[Ireland]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Austria]] respectively.
Critical reception of the album has been mixed to negative, with many critics disliking the repetitive beat and saying the album had too much [[filler (media)|filler]]. Most critics did admire, however, its chart success for a dance album in the tough U.S. music market. The album has sold about 7 million copies worldwide.<ref name=3weeks&sales>{{cite web|url=http://top40.about.com/od/c/p/cascada.htm|title=Cascada Profile|author=Lamb, Bill|accessdate=January 2, 2011|publisher=About.com}}</ref> There was a total of seven singles released from the album. "[[Miracle (Cascada song)|Miracle]]" and "[[Everytime We Touch (Cascada song)|Everytime We Touch]]" were released in America and were the only singles that received gold and platinum certifications. Along with "[[Truly Madly Deeply#Cascada version|Truly, Madly, Deeply]]", these singles attained notable chart success internationally, peaking in the top ten in countries like the [[United Kingdom]], [[Ireland]] and [[Sweden]]. "[[Bad Boy (Cascada song)|Bad Boy]]" and "[[Ready for Love]]" were released as the second and the seventh single from the album and failed to attain any chart success. "[[A Neverending Dream#Cascada cover|A Neverending Dream]]" and "[[How Do You Do!#Cascada's version|How Do You Do!]]" achieved minor chart success in [[Ireland]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Austria]] respectively.

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Everytime We Touch is the debut album from German eurodance group Cascada, consisting of DJ Manian, Natalie Horler, and Yanou, first released on March 23, 2007. Recording sessions for the album took place during Fall of 2004 to January 2007, most of which was recorded after the third single from the album Everytime We Touch rose to popularity. It took only three weeks to record.[1] The entire album was produced by the two disc jockeys from Cascada, Yanou and DJ Manian. The album is comprised heavily of up-tempo eurodance tracks, many of which are covers of hit songs from the 1980's and 1990's of the synthpop, eurodance, and rock genres. Musically, the album is composed of dance tracks with thick euro synths, trance beats that clock in over 140 beats per minute and europop lyrics. Lyrically, the albums is composed of love songs and dance floor euphoria.

Critical reception of the album has been mixed to negative, with many critics disliking the repetitive beat and saying the album had too much filler. Most critics did admire, however, its chart success for a dance album in the tough U.S. music market. The album has sold about 7 million copies worldwide.[2] There was a total of seven singles released from the album. "Miracle" and "Everytime We Touch" were released in America and were the only singles that received gold and platinum certifications. Along with "Truly, Madly, Deeply", these singles attained notable chart success internationally, peaking in the top ten in countries like the United Kingdom, Ireland and Sweden. "Bad Boy" and "Ready for Love" were released as the second and the seventh single from the album and failed to attain any chart success. "A Neverending Dream" and "How Do You Do!" achieved minor chart success in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Austria respectively.

Composition

The album is filled with club ready dance music, ranging from subgenres like trance, Hi-NRG, eurotrance, hard trance and europop. Cascada's disc jockeys Yanou and DJ Manian wrote all the original songs and produced all the songs on the album. Most of the lyrics on the album's songs are about love and relationships. The title track starts out as the first track from the album. The song is used as the basis of most of the songs from album, taking on a euphoric trance sound with a thumping beat created by a drum machine and a wave of synthesizers. Like most of the songs, "Everytime We Touch" has interludes after the chorus is sung in which only dance music plays for the of forty seconds to one minute. "How Do You Do" comes in as the album's second track. It is a cover of the first single off the album Tourism by Swedish pop recording duo Roxette. The third track off the album is "Bad Boy", which was written by Yann Peifer and Manuel Reuter about casual relationship with a bad boy. "Miracle" is the fourth track off the album. The song features a different production than some of the other tracks on the album, comprising of fizzing trance and elevating techno synthesizers during the dance interlude. The fifth track on the album is "Another You", a lite piano ballad that is completely devoid of the thump and synth composition of the rest of the album. "Ready for Love" is a europop/eurodance track about the uncertainties of love. Track number seven on the album is "Can't Stop the Rain", a song about life post-breakup, claiming that she can't sleep at night, cries constantly to the point she feels like drowning and is overwhelmed by the relationship's sudden end. The song is counteractive to the eurodance beat and euphoric synthesizers

"Kids in America" was recorded as the eighth track for the album and is a cover of the debut synthpop single from the debut album of British recording artist Kim Wilde, released in 1981. The ninth track on the album is "A Neverending Dream", a cover of the hit European single by German eurodance recording group X-Perience. The song was produced as a thumping eurotrance track that mimics the same style of the first song, "Everytime We Touch", featuring the same dance interludes consisting of a progressing synthetic beat and same rhythmic buzzing synthesizers. The tenth track on the album is "Truly Madly Deeply", a cover of the 1996 hit song by Australian recording duo Savage Garden. The song was produced as a lite synthesizer ballad as the original album version and as a euphoric electronic dance song for the single version. The eleventh song on the album is "One More Night", a song about a blissful relationship. "Wouldn't It Be Good",the twelfth track on the album and a cover version of the 1984 hit song by British recording artist Nik Kershaw, was produced by DJ Manian and Yanou as a eurotechno track with influences of eurotrance and dance music. "Love Again" is thirteenth track on the album about someone who has lost faith in love. The last track on the album is the stripped down ballad version of "Everytime We Touch" called "Everytime We Touch (Yanou's Candlelight Remix)".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
Stylus MagazineC+[5]
USA Today[6]

Sharon Mawer from Allmusic gave the album a mixed review and said the album's songs were for "dancing to" in a "club with lights flashing and people all around" but said that "after an hour of the same repetitive beat, one's senses can become a little jaded."[7] Dom Passantino from Stylus Magazine gave the album a C+ and said the album had "a lot of filler" and called "Everytime We Touch" unoriginal and said 'Miracle' "is the end result of a bunch of producers kicking back in the studio going “Hey... whatever happened to Lasgo? I think we could do a track like those guys, y’know?" He said the cover of Kim Wilde's 'Kids of America' was "fantastically pointless" and that it "removes the original’s cocaine paranoia and replaces it with some German guys going “la la la la la.”[8] Ken Barnes of USA Today, however, awarded the album 3 out of 4 stars and said that "you couldn't ask for a more insanely infectious concoction." Unlike Stylus Magazine, Barnes said the album's covers were "fairly boggling" and that they all "survive the alchemical transformation into the dance medium in [a] thrilling fashion."[9]

Chart performance

The album was accidentally released on iTunes for digital download on February 11, 2006, ten days before its scheduled release, in what was said to be a computer error. The album entered The Billboard 200 at number 67, selling over 17,000 copies in its first week. It has gone on to sell over 100,000 copies in the US.[2]

In the UK, the album entered the charts at #6. It then went on to peak at #2.[10] It spent 28 weeks in the UK Albums Top 75, and 35 weeks in the Ireland Albums Top 75 (where it peaked at #1).[11] The album went on to sell over 600,000 copies in the UK, achieving Platinum Certification.[12]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Everytime We Touch"P. Risavy, M. Reilly, S. MackillopDJ Manian, Yanou3:19
2."How Do You Do!"P. GessleDJ Manian, Yanou3:15
3."Bad Boy"Yann Peifer, Manuel ReuterDJ Manian, Yanou3:12
4."Miracle"Yann Peifer, Manuel ReuterDJ Manian, Yanou3:38
5."Another You"Yann Peifer, Manuel ReuterDJ Manian, Yanou3:37
6."Ready for Love"Yann Peifer, Manuel ReuterDJ Manian, Yanou3:23
7."Can't Stop the Rain"Allan Eshuijs, Yann Peifer, Manuel ReuterDJ Manian, Yanou3:28
8."Kids in America"Ricky Wilde, Marty WildeDJ Manian, Yanou3:00
9."A Neverending Dream"A. Kaiser, M. UhleDJ Manian, Yanou3:23
10."Truly Madly Deeply"D. Jones, D. HayesDJ Manian, Yanou4:12
11."One More Night"Yann Peifer, Manuel ReuterDJ Manian, Yanou3:42
12."Wouldn't It Be Good"N. KershawDJ Manian, Yanou3:27
13."Love Again"Yann Peifer, Manuel ReuterDJ Manian, Yanou3:28
14."Everytime We Touch (Yanou's Candlelight Mix)"P. Risavy, M. Reilly, S. MackillopDJ Manian, Yanou3:15
Japan release additional tracks
No.TitleLength
15."Everytime We Touch" (Verano Radio Edit) 
16."Everytime We Touch" (Rocco vs. Bass-T Remix Edit) 
17."Bad Boy" (Cannon Cracker Remix Radio Edit) 

German release

Includes all 14 tracks from the first release (US) in rearranged order along with the following five remixes:

  2. "Everytime We Touch (Club Mix)"
  3. "How Do You Do (Original Mix)"
  4. "A Neverending Dream (Club Mix)"
  5. "A Neverending Dream (Deepforces Remix)"
  6. "A Neverending Dream (The Real Booty Babes Remix)"

Singaporean release

Disc one

  1. "Everytime We Touch" – 3:10
  2. "A Neverending Dream" – 3:23
  3. "Bad Boy" – 3:13
  4. "How Do You Do!" – 2:52
  5. "Another You" – 3:38
  6. "Miracle" – 3:39
  7. "Can't Stop the Rain" – 3:29
  8. "Kids in America" – 3:01
  9. "Love Again" – 3:28
  10. "One More Night" – 3:44
  11. "Truly Madly Deeply" – 4:13
  12. "Ready for Love" – 3:24
  13. "Wouldn't It Be Good" – 3:28
  14. "Everytime We Touch" (Ballad Version) – 3:17 (a.k.a. "Yanou's Candlelight Mix")

Disc two

  1. "A Neverending Dream" (Original Club Mix) – 4:57
  2. "A Neverending Dream" (The Real Booty Babes Remix) – 5:59
  3. "Everytime We Touch" (Original Club Mix) – 5:32
  4. "Everytime We Touch" (Rocco Vs. Bass-T Remix) – 5:41
  5. "How Do You Do!" (Rob Mayth Remix) – 5:32
  6. "How Do You Do!" (Tune Up! Remix) – 5:29
  7. "Bad Boy" (Original Club Mix) – 6:16
  8. "Bad Boy" (Central Seven Remix) – 5:57
  9. "Miracle" (Original Club Mix) – 6:09
  10. "Miracle" (The Usual Suspects Presents EXR Remix) – 6:22

UK release

Includes all 14 tracks from the first release (US) in rearranged order along with the following two remixes:

  2. "Truly Madly Deeply" (Radio Edit) – 2:57
  3. "Everytime We Touch" (Yanou's Candlelight mix) – 3:15

Australian release

Includes all 14 tracks from the first release (US) in rearranged order along with the following remixes:

  2. "Everytime We Touch" (Club Mix) – 5:32
  3. "How Do You Do!" (Club Mix) – 5:05
  4. "A Neverending Dream" (Club Mix) – 4:58
  5. "A Neverending Dream" (Deepforces Remix) – 6:10
  6. "A Neverending Dream" (The Real Booty Babes Remix) – 5:59

Premium Edition

Web Release: Zoo Digital: Cat: ZDS 088

  1. Everytime We Touch – 3:17
  2. Ready For Love – 3:23
  3. Miracle – 3:38
  4. How Do You Do – 3:15
  5. Can't Stop The Rain – 3:28
  6. Truly Madly Deeply – 2:55
  7. Wouldn't It Be Good – 3:27
  8. Bad Boy – 3:11
  9. Another You – 3:37
  10. A Neverending Dream – 3:22
  11. Love Again – 3:27
  12. Kids In America – 3:00
  13. One More Night – 3:42
  14. Truly Madly Deeply (pop radio edit) – 4:11
  15. Everytime We Touch (Yanou's Candlelight mix) – 3:15
  16. Everytime We Touch (club mix) – 5:31
  17. Everytime We Touch (Rocco vs Bass-T remix) – 5:41
  18. Everytime We Touch (2-4 Grooves remix) – 6:15
  19. Everytime We Touch (Verano remix) – 5:51
  20. Ready For Love (club mix) – 4:54
  21. Ready For Love (ItaloBrothers New vox remix) – 5:23
  22. Miracle (original mix) – 6:08
  23. Miracle (The Hitmen remix) – 6:54
  24. Miracle (Alex M remix) – 6:46
  25. Miracle (Sunset Crew remix) – 6:21
  26. How Do You Do (original mix) – 5:04
  27. How Do You Do (Megara vs DJ Lee remix) – 7:05
  28. How Do You Do (Rob Mayth remix) – 5:30
  29. Can't Stop The Rain (club mix) – 5:03
  30. Can't Stop The Rain (Mainfield Hardspace remix) – 7:16
  31. Truly Madly Deeply (club mix) – 4:32
  32. Truly Madly Deeply (2-4 Grooves remix) – 6:00
  33. Truly Madly Deeply (Thomas Gold remix) – 8:32
  34. Truly Madly Deeply (Tune Up! remix) – 4:33
  35. Wouldn't It Be Good (club mix) – 5:07
  36. Bad Boy (original mix) – 6:15
  37. Bad Boy (Pulsedriver remix) – 5:54
  38. A Neverending Dream (club mix) – 4:56
  39. A Neverending Dream (The Real Booty Babes remix) – 5:58
  40. A Neverending Dream (Digital Dog remix) – 6:26
  41. A Neverending Dream (Deepforces remix) – 6:09
  42. Love Again (club mix) – 5:29
  43. Love Again (Rob Mayth remix) – 6:23
  44. Kids In America (original mix) – 4:18
  45. One More Night (club mix) – 5:32

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (2006) Peak
position 		Sales
Austria Albums Chart[13] 31
France Albums Chart[13] 11 134,100+
Swedish Albums Chart[13] 10
U.S. Billboard 200[14] 67 100,000+
U.S. Billboard Top Electronic Albums[14] 3
Chart (2007) Peak
position 		Sales
German Albums Chart 50
Ireland Albums Chart[13] 1
Norway Albums Chart[13] 14
UK Albums Chart[13] 2 600,000+
World Albums Chart[13] 33

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United States March 30, 2007 CD Robbins
Germany March 31, 2007 CD Zeitgeist, Zooland
April 23, 2007 CD Zeitgeist, Zooland
April 27, 2007 CD Zeitgeist, Zooland
Canada April 4, 2007 CD Awesome Music, Robbins
Singapore May 9, 2007 CD EQ Music, Zooland
India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka May 9, 2007 CD EQ Music, Zooland
Thailand May 9, 2007 CD EQ Music, Zooland
Malaysia May 9, 2007 CD EQ Music, Zooland
China and Taiwan (including Hong Kong and Macau) May 9, 2007 CD EQ Music, Zooland
Middle East May 9, 2007 CD EQ Music, Zooland
Japan April 26, 2007 CD Pony, Zooland
France November 6, 2007 CD M6 Interactions
UK March 5, 2007 CD AATW
Australia June 11, 2008 CD Central Station
Netherlands May 3, 2007 CD Universal Music
Sweden 2007 CD Central Station

References

  1. ^ "Cascada - Everytime We Touch". itemvn. August 3, 2005. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Lamb, Bill. "Cascada Profile". About.com. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  3. ^ "Everytime We Touch - Cascada". AllMusicGuide. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  4. ^ "Cascada: Everytime We Touch". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  5. ^ "Cascada - Everytime We Touch - Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  6. ^ "Ne-Yo's 'Words' ring true; Cascada's pop flows". USA Today. February 27, 2006. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  7. ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Everytime We Touch - Cascada". Allmusic. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  8. ^ Dom Passantino (March 22, 2007). "Cascada - Everytime We Touch - Review". Stylus. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  9. ^ Ken Barnes (March 27, 2007). "Ne-Yo's 'Words' rings true; Cascada's pop flows". USA Today. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
  10. ^ Chart Run UK
  11. ^ UK & Ireland Chart Positions
  12. ^ "Certified Awards Search". BPI. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g "Everytime We Touch - Worldwide chart peaks". aCharts.com. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
  14. ^ a b "Cascada - Artist Chart History". Allmusic. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
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