Dark Room (Michele Morrone album)

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Dark Room
Black square with Michele Morrone face and the words "MICHELE MORRONE DARK ROOM".
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
Recorded2020
GenrePop rock
Length30:50
LanguageEnglish
Label
Producer
  • Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Patryk Kumór
Singles from Dark Room
  1. "Feel It"
    Released: 17 January 2020
  2. "Hard For Me"
    Released: 24 July 2020

Dark Room is the debut studio album by Italian singer Michele Morrone. It was released by Agora, Polydor Germany and Universal Music Group on February 14, 2020. It is partly a promotion for the film 365 Days.

Critical reception[edit]

The album was given a bad review by Interia journalist Paweł Waliński. He called the album an "extremely tasteless, aggressive promotion" for 365 Days. He compared the studio album to "a dwarf that shows up during a pâté feast". He noted that Morrone did not know how to sing completely, and wrote about the musicians who participated in the recording of the songs that they played "in a decent craftsman's class".[1]

In her review Agnieszka Szachowska, writing for the portal Kulturalne Media, mentioned the fact that four songs from the album were used in the film 365 Days. She explained that the lyrics and music of the songs were "sensual, but definitely commercial". She wrote that "the potential was only shown in the last 3 songs of the album". He also described the album as "not too ambitious rock/pop album".[2]

Track listing[edit]

Track listing and credits adapted from Tidal.[3]

Dark Room track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Drink Me"
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
2:13
2."Hard For Me"
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
  • Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
2:58
3."Watch Me Burn"
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
3:06
4."Dark Room"Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
3:05
5."Feel It"
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
  • Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
2:39
6."Do It Like That"
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
  • Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
2:16
7."Rain in The Hearth"
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
  • Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
3:55
8."Dad"
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
  • Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
3:24
9."No One Cares"
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
  • Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
3:02
10."Next"Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
4:12
Total length:30:50
Dark Room – vinyl edition[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Feel It"
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
  • Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
2:39
2."Hard For Me"
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
  • Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
2:58
3."Watch Me Burn"
  • Uściłowska
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
  • Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
3:06
4."Dark Room"Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
3:05
Total length:11:48
Dark Room (Bonus Edition)[5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
11."Hard for Me (Acoustic)"
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
  • Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
2:36
12."Dad (Acoustic)"
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
  • Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
3:20
13."Hard for Me (R3HAB Remix)"
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
  • Morrone
  • Buczkowski-Wojtaszek
  • Kumór
  • Fadil El Ghoul[a]
2:11
Total length:38:57

Notes

  • ^[a] – production for the remixed version

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Certifications and sales for Dark Room
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[12] Platinum 20,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various July 31, 2020 CD, MP3 standard Universal Music/Polydor Germany [13][14]
February 14, 2020 digital download, streaming [15][16][17][18][19]
July 25, 2020 vinyl vinyl edition Agora/Universal Music Polska [4][20]
Poland February 14, 2020 CD, MP3 standard [21][22][23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Michele Morrone "Dark Room": Karzeł z pasztetu [RECENZJA]". muzyka.interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  2. ^ Szachowska, Agnieszka (2020-02-16). "Michele Morrone zaskakuje? [Recenzja]". Kulturalne Media (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  3. ^ "Dark Room by Michele Morrone". listen.tidal.com. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  4. ^ a b "Michele Morrone - Michele Morrone: Dark Room (365 dni) [Winyl] - Amazon.com Music". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  5. ^ "Dark Room (Bonus Edition) by Michele Morrone on Apple Music". Apple Music. 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Michele Morrone – Dark Room" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  7. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Michele Morrone – Dark Room" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  8. ^ "Top Albums". SNEP (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  9. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  10. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Michele Morrone – Dark Room". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  11. ^ "Najpopularniejsze single radiowe i najlepiej sprzedające się płyty 2020 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2020 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  13. ^ "Dark Room". www.universal-music.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  14. ^ "Dark Room by Michele Morrone on Amazon Music". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  15. ^ Dark Room, retrieved 2020-11-06
  16. ^ "Dark Room by Michele Morrone (PL)". Apple Music (PL). Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  17. ^ "Dark Room by Michele Morrone". Apple Music (US). Archived from the original on 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  18. ^ "Dark Room by Michele Morrone". Apple Music (GB). Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  19. ^ "Dark Room by Michele Morrone". Apple Music (AU). Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  20. ^ "Dark Room (edycja kolekcjonerska - winyl 7 cali)". kulturalnysklep.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  21. ^ "Dark Room". www.empik.com (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  22. ^ "Dark Room". www.empik.com (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  23. ^ "Michele Morrone "Dark Room"". Wydawnictwo Agora (in Polish). 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2020-11-06.