Blessed With Love
| Blessed With Love | ||||
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| Studio album by Saara Aalto | ||||
| Released | May 11, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Genre | pop | |||
| Length | 54:42 | |||
| Label | Yume Records | |||
| Producer | Teemu Roivainen | |||
| Saara Aalto chronology | ||||
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Blessed With Love is the debut studio album by Finnish singer-songwriter Saara Aalto. It was released on May 11, 2011, by self-release label Yume Records.
Aalto has described the style of her first album as 'epic love-pop'. The album consists mainly of ballads, drawing influences from movie themes and Disney songs.
The title track Blessed With Love was released as a single on February 8, 2011. Aalto competed with it in the Finnish national selection to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, but finished tightly second. Later she released Chinese and Japanese versions of the song. The song's Chinese title Ai De Zhu Fu was also the name of her album for the Asian markets.
Besides the title track, music videos were made for the songs Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind and Cage Bird. The Finnish bonus track Varpaisillaan ("On my toes") was first performed by Aalto in 2007 on Talent Suomi, her first participation on a TV competition.
During the album campaign she also launched a web shop and a jewellery line by the name Blessed With Love.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "You Are Home" | Saara Aalto | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Shelter" | Aalto | 4:02 |
| 3. | "Blessed With Love" | Aalto | 3:05 |
| 4. | "I Breath You" | Aalto | 3:51 |
| 5. | "Can I Keep The Pictures?" | Aalto | 4:00 |
| 6. | "Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind" | Aalto | 3:41 |
| 7. | "Empty Show" | Aalto, Teemu Roivainen | 3:18 |
| 8. | "Letting Go" | Aalto | 4:21 |
| 9. | "Meant To Be" | Aalto | 4:05 |
| 10. | "Hope" | Aalto | 4:49 |
| 11. | "Forgiveness" | Aalto | 4:07 |
| 12. | "Ready To Go Home" | Aalto | 4:11 |
| 13. | "Cage Bird (feat. Petteri Sariola)" | Aalto | 3:41 |
| 14. | "Varpaisillaan" | Aalto | 3:57 |