Songs of Mass Destruction

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Songs of Mass Destruction is the title of the fourth studio album by Annie Lennox, released on October 1, 2007 in the UK and October 2, 2007, in the U.S.[2]. The album debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200 selling 78,000 copies its first week.[3]

On August 15, 2007, the first single, "Dark Road", appeared on Annie Lennox's MySpace page.[4]

On September 13, 2007, Lennox announced a primarily North American tour for Songs of Mass Destruction called "Annie Lennox Sings," which is only the third solo tour of her career. The tour will include 18 stops, including London, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boulder, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Washington, D.C., Nashville, Atlanta, Miami, New York City (two dates), Philadelphia, and Boston. The venues generally are at medium-size theatres, except in New York, where one of the dates is a United Nations fundraiser at Wall Street restaurant Cipriani.

Track listing

All songs written by Annie Lennox, except where noted.

  1. "Dark Road" – 3:47
  2. "Love Is Blind" – 4:18
  3. "Smithereens" – 5:17
  4. "Ghosts in My Machine" – 3:30
  5. "Womankind" (Rap by Nadirah X) – 4:28
  6. "Through the Glass Darkly" – 3:29
  7. "Lost" – 3:41
  8. "Coloured Bedspread" – 4:29
  9. "Sing" – 4:48 featuring Anastacia, Isobel Campbell, Dido, Céline Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Fergie, Beth Gibbons, Faith Hill, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Gladys Knight, k.d. lang, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Beth Orton, Pink, Bonnie Raitt, Shakira, Shingai Shoniwa, Joss Stone, Sugababes, KT Tunstall, and Martha Wainwright [5]
  10. "Big Sky" – 4:02
  11. "Fingernail Moon" – 5:02

Singles

  1. "Dark Road" (released September 24, 2007)

Charts

Album

Chart (2007) Peak
Position 		Certifications Sales
Australian Albums Chart 41
Austria Albums Chart 25
French Albums Chart 28 +/- 3000
Ireland Albums Chart 21
Poland Albums Chart 27
Italy Albums Chart 3
Netherlands Albums Chart 45
Swedish Albums Chart 26
Switzerland Albums Chart 7
UK Albums Chart 7
U.S. Billboard 200 9 115,266
United World Chart 10 138,000

References

  1. ^ http://www.sonybmg.co.th/album/pop/viewans.asp?id=1273
  2. ^ Amazon.com site for Songs of Mass Destruction
  3. ^ Katie Hasty, "Springsteen Is Boss Of Album Chart With 'Magic'", Billboard.com, October 10, 2007.
  4. ^ Annie Lennox Official MySpace Site
  5. ^ http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/6412/
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