Heal (Loreen album)

Heal is the debut studio album by Swedish singer Loreen, released on 24 October 2012[2] through Warner Music Sweden.

ESCDaily reported in August 2012 saying: "Signed by Warner Music Sweden, Loreen spent her time over the past month in the studio working with various producers for her anticipated first album.

[citation needed] The album opens with "In My Head", the song has a throbbing bass beat and low brooding synth strings.

[5] The next track "My Heart Is Refusing Me" is in a new remixed form and is slightly different from the original version released in 2011.

The song is a dance balladry track that has a chorus that formulaically expands after periods of restraint verses.

[6] "Everytime" was highly praised by critics, the song opens in an acoustic production, featuring only Loreen's voice and the piano.

[6] "Do We Even Matter" is a mid-tempo song that features a lullaby outro of a finger piano that gently tinkles away over the main chord melody.

[5] "Breaking Robot" is an uptempo track with heavy synths that features a distorted male vocal during the chorus of the song.

"[9] Samesame.com.au gave the album a positive review as well, saying: "Heal is an alluring blend of pulsating dance pop that feel more subtle than what one might initially expect from a Eurovision pop purveyor, in the current pop market that is already fluent in electronic dance music parlance, Heal speaks a language of its own – shrugging off trendy dubstep inflections in favour of a richer, soundscape that enhance its emotive lyrics rather than compete with it.

It's got everything a guilty pleasure would usually have but is given a much more mature edge with slick production, excellent vocals and enough minor chords to make each song sound valid and non-cheesed.

[18] Loreen premiered a new single included in the reissue of her debut album in the opening of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.

[23][24] The song is called "We Got the Power", and was produced by Patrik Berger and written by Ester Dean, who have previously worked with Icona Pop, Rihanna and Robyn.