Seven Years - Ten Weeks is the debut album from Fame Academy

Fame Academy

Fame Academy is a televised competition to search for and educate new musical talents. The winner received a chance to become a successful music artist. The prize consisted of a £1m recording contract with a major record company, plus the use of a luxury apartment in London and a sports car for one...

winner David Sneddon

David Sneddon

David Sneddon is a Scottish musician and singer-songwriter.He has performed on British television, radio and theatre. Sneddon won the first BBC UK series of Fame Academy in 2002...

, released on April 28, 2003 (see 2003 in music

2003 in music

-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...

), a week after his second single Don't Let Go

Don't Let Go

Don't Let Go may refer to:* Don't Let Go , an album by the Jerry Garcia Band* "Don't Let Go" , a song by The Rasmus* Don't Let Go , a song released by David Sneddon* "Don't Let Go ", a song by En Vogue...

. The album reached No 5 in the UK Album Chart before falling to No 11. The album spawned the number one single Stop Living the Lie

Stop Living the Lie

Stop Living the Lie was written by musician, singer and songwriter David Sneddon, and was his No 1 debut release single 2003. The single was released on January 13, 2003 and during its first week it charted at number one in the UK singles chart, as well as reaching number seven in Ireland. The...

, Don't Let Go

Don't Let Go

Don't Let Go may refer to:* Don't Let Go , an album by the Jerry Garcia Band* "Don't Let Go" , a song by The Rasmus* Don't Let Go , a song released by David Sneddon* "Don't Let Go ", a song by En Vogue...

and Best of Order

Best of Order

"Best of Order" is a song by Scottish musician, singer and songwriter David Sneddon. It was released as the third single from his debut album, Seven Years - Ten Weeks, on 11 August 2003 in the United Kingdom. It charted at No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart....

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Track listing

1. "Best of Order
   Best of Order
   "Best of Order" is a song by Scottish musician, singer and songwriter David Sneddon. It was released as the third single from his debut album, Seven Years - Ten Weeks, on 11 August 2003 in the United Kingdom. It charted at No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart....
   
   "
2. "Time to Fall Down"
3. "Stop Living the Lie
   Stop Living the Lie
   Stop Living the Lie was written by musician, singer and songwriter David Sneddon, and was his No 1 debut release single 2003. The single was released on January 13, 2003 and during its first week it charted at number one in the UK singles chart, as well as reaching number seven in Ireland. The...
   
   "
4. "All My Life"
5. "Follow Me"
6. "Don't Let Go
   Don't Let Go (David Sneddon song)
   "Don't Let Go" is a pop song, written by musician, singer and songwriter David Sneddon and Scott MacAlister, and released as a single on April 21, 2003 when in made No.3 in the UK Singles Chart. It was the second single and follow up to his debut number-one hit, "Stop Living the Lie".The song was...
   
   "
7. "The Bluebird"
8. "Lazy"
9. "OK"
10. "Without You"
11. "Neverland"
12. "Long Time Coming"
13. "I Love You"

The album also contains the music videos for "Stop Living the Lie" and "Don't Let Go"

Production

Sneddon's album, was released in April 2003, four months after he won the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 Fame Academy

Fame Academy

Fame Academy is a televised competition to search for and educate new musical talents. The winner received a chance to become a successful music artist. The prize consisted of a £1m recording contract with a major record company, plus the use of a luxury apartment in London and a sports car for one...

 TV show, and entered the UK album chart at no. 5. The album contains all original compositions written by Sneddon, and four songs co-written with Martians' member John Kielty. David wrote songs about his seven years after leaving university when he performed with bands, and on stage in Scotland - and about his ten weeks singing live on the BBC television series. It contains his three chart singles "Stop Living The Lie", "Don't Let Go" and "Best of Order".
The album was produced by Hugh Padgham

Hugh Padgham

Hugh Padgham is a British record producer. He has won many awards, including four Grammys, with Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year. A 1992 poll in Mix magazine voted him one of the world's Top Ten Most Influential Producers....

 who produced Phil Collins

Phil Collins

Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....

 and Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...

 in the '80s, and was recorded with Elton John's band. There was a Scottish album launch for the release on April 27 when David performed 7 gigs in ten hours all over Scotland.

Singles

The following singles were released from Seven Years - Ten Weeks:

• The first single, "Stop Living the Lie
  Stop Living the Lie
  Stop Living the Lie was written by musician, singer and songwriter David Sneddon, and was his No 1 debut release single 2003. The single was released on January 13, 2003 and during its first week it charted at number one in the UK singles chart, as well as reaching number seven in Ireland. The...
  
  ", was released on 13 January 2003, following on from his Fame Academy
  Fame Academy
  Fame Academy is a televised competition to search for and educate new musical talents. The winner received a chance to become a successful music artist. The prize consisted of a £1m recording contract with a major record company, plus the use of a luxury apartment in London and a sports car for one...
  
   appearances. David Sneddon had written the song himself, unlike the debut singles from Pop Idol
  Pop Idol
  Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
  
   contestants Will Young
  Will Young
  William Robert "Will" Young is a British singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominenceafter winning the 2002 inaugural series of the British music contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the now-worldwide Idols-format franchise...
  
   and Gareth Gates
  Gareth Gates
  Gareth Paul Gates , is an English singer-songwriter. He was the runner-up in the first series of the ITV talent show Pop Idol. Gates has sold over 3.5 million records in the UK alone. He is also known for having a stutter, and has talked about his speech impediment publicly...
  
  . It charted at #1 in the UK singles chart
  UK Singles Chart
  The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
  
  .
• "Don't Let Go
  Don't Let Go (David Sneddon song)
  "Don't Let Go" is a pop song, written by musician, singer and songwriter David Sneddon and Scott MacAlister, and released as a single on April 21, 2003 when in made No.3 in the UK Singles Chart. It was the second single and follow up to his debut number-one hit, "Stop Living the Lie".The song was...
  
  " was Sneddon's second release on 21 February 2003. It was his second top-10 hit, peaking at #8 in the UK, and also reached #48 on the World Charts.
• "Best of Order
  Best of Order
  "Best of Order" is a song by Scottish musician, singer and songwriter David Sneddon. It was released as the third single from his debut album, Seven Years - Ten Weeks, on 11 August 2003 in the United Kingdom. It charted at No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart....
  
  " was the third and final release from the album, charting at #28 in the UK.

Chart performance

The album reached #5 in the UK album chart and remained in the top 40 for two weeks.