8 (Anggun album)

8 is the seventh international studio album by Indonesian-French singer Anggun and her eleventh overall.^[1][2] It was released by Universal Music on 8 December 2017 and became her first English-language album not to have a standalone French version. The album's first single, "What We Remember", was released digitally on 13 October 2017^[3] and reached number eight on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in the United States.^[4]

8
Studio album by Anggun
Released	8 December 2017
Recorded	2016–17
Genre	Pop
Length	33:33
Language	English
Label	April Earth, Universal Music
Anggun chronology
Toujours un ailleurs (2015) 8 (2017)
Singles from 8
"What We Remember" Released: 13 October 2017 "The Good Is Back" Released: 20 April 2018

Background

Following the release of her sixth French-language album, Toujours un ailleurs (2015), Anggun worked on the English version.^[5] In July 2017, it was announced that the singer had signed a pan-Asian recording deal with Universal Music Asia, based in Hong Kong, and her album would be released by the end of the year.^[6] She then restarted the album's recording and rejected all the English songs from the Toujours un ailleurs session, including the ones she recorded with Brian Rawling in Metrophonic Studio, London.^[1]

Titled 8, the album became Anggun's eighth album since her international breakthrough, following Snow on the Sahara / Au nom de la lune (1997), Chrysalis / Désirs contraires (2000), the Open Hearts soundtrack (2002), Luminescence (2005), Elevation (2008), Echoes / Échos (2011), and Toujours un ailleurs (2015).

Promotion

The album was launched at the Apple Store on Orchard Road in Singapore on 8 December 2017, with an acoustic showcase by the singer.^[7][8] Anggun also travelled to Manila, Philippines to do a promotional tour.^[9] "What We Remember" was released as the album's first single on 13 October 2017, with a music video directed by Roy Raz.^[10][11] The second single, "The Good Is Back", was released in two duet versions on 20 April 2018, one with Indonesian singer Rossa and the other with Malaysian singer Fazura.^[12][13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"No Promises"	Anggun Julian Grenier Romain Joutard		3:28
2.	"What We Remember"	Anggun Silvio Lisbonne Guillaume Boscaro	Lisbonne Tiborg	2:46
3.	"The Good Is Back"	Anggun Manon Romiti Jeremy Poligné	Poligné Tiborg	3:45
4.	"Righteous"	Anggun Eddy Pradelles Thomas Caruso	Pradelles Tiborg	3:34
5.	"Alive"	Anggun Laurent Wilthien Matthieu Tosi Jean-Noël Wilthien	Skydancers	3:25
6.	"Medicine and Meditation"	Nazim Khaled Manon Romiti Lisbonne	Lisbonne Tiborg	3:27
7.	"Inhuman"	Anggun Nicolas Loconte	Loconte	3:10
8.	"Forget Her"	Anggun Loconte	Loconte	3:08
9.	"Oceans"	Anggun Christian Kretschmar	Kretschmar	3:55
10.	"Thank You"	Anggun Grenier Joutard		3:05

Charts

List of singles and chart positions

Title	US Dance [14]
"What We Remember"	8
"The Good Is Back"	20

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Edition(s)	Format(s)
Indonesia[15]	8 December 2017	Universal Music	Standard edition	CD
Malaysia[16]
Philippines[17]
Taiwan[18]
Various[19]				Digital download, music streaming