Dark Room (Michele Morrone album)

Dark Room
Dark Room
Studio album by Michele Morrone
Released	February 14, 2020
Recorded	2020
Genre	Pop rock
Length	30:50
Language	English
Label	Agora; Polydor Germany; Universal Music Group;
Producer	Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek; Patryk Kumór;
Singles from Dark Room
	"Feel It"; Released: 17 January 2020; "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 14 February 2020. It is partly a promotion for the film 365 Days.

Critical reception

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

Track listing and credits adapted from Tidal.^[3]

*Dark Room* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Drink Me"	Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek Patryk Kumór Michele Morrone	Buczkowski-Wojtaszek Kumór	2:13
2.	"Hard For Me"	Buczkowski-Wojtaszek Kumór Morrone	Buczkowski-Wojtaszek Kumór	2:58
3.	"Watch Me Burn"	Małgorzata Uściłowska Buczkowski-Wojtaszek Kumór Morrone	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.	Title	Writer(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.	Title	Writer(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

Weekly charts

Chart performance for *Dark Room*
Chart (2020)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[6]	178
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[7]	72
French Albums (SNEP)^[8]	195
Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[9]	2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	63

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Dark Room*
Chart (2020)	Position
Polish Albums (ZPAV)^[11]	38

Certifications

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

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

References

^ "Michele Morrone "Dark Room": Karzeł z pasztetu [RECENZJA]". muzyka.interia.pl (in Polish). 17 February 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ Szachowska, Agnieszka (16 February 2020). "Michele Morrone zaskakuje? [Recenzja]". Kulturalne Media (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Dark Room by Michele Morrone". listen.tidal.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Michele Morrone - Michele Morrone: Dark Room (365 dni) [Winyl] - Amazon.com Music". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Dark Room (Bonus Edition) by Michele Morrone on Apple Music". Apple Music. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ "Ultratop.be – Michele Morrone – Dark Room" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Michele Morrone – Dark Room" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Top Albums". SNEP (in French). Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Michele Morrone – Dark Room". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Najpopularniejsze single radiowe i najlepiej sprzedające się płyty 2020 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2020 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
^ "Dark Room". www.universal-music.de (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Dark Room by Michele Morrone on Amazon Music". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ Dark Room, retrieved 6 November 2020
^ "Dark Room by Michele Morrone (PL)". Apple Music (PL). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Dark Room by Michele Morrone". Apple Music (US). Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Dark Room by Michele Morrone". Apple Music (GB). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Dark Room by Michele Morrone". Apple Music (AU). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Dark Room (edycja kolekcjonerska - winyl 7 cali)". kulturalnysklep.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Dark Room". www.empik.com (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Dark Room". www.empik.com (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Michele Morrone "Dark Room"". Wydawnictwo Agora (in Polish). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[1] "Michele Morrone "Dark Room": Karzeł z pasztetu [RECENZJA]". muzyka.interia.pl (in Polish). 17 February 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[2] Szachowska, Agnieszka (16 February 2020). "Michele Morrone zaskakuje? [Recenzja]". Kulturalne Media (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[3] "Dark Room by Michele Morrone". listen.tidal.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

[vinyl-4] "Michele Morrone - Michele Morrone: Dark Room (365 dni) [Winyl] - Amazon.com Music". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[5] "Dark Room (Bonus Edition) by Michele Morrone on Apple Music". Apple Music. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[ac_Wallonia_Michele_Morrone-6] "Ultratop.be – Michele Morrone – Dark Room" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[ac_Germany4_Michele_Morrone-7] "Offiziellecharts.de – Michele Morrone – Dark Room" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[8] "Top Albums". SNEP (in French). Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[ac_Poland_-9] "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[ac_Switzerland_Michele_Morrone-10] "Swisscharts.com – Michele Morrone – Dark Room". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[11] "Najpopularniejsze single radiowe i najlepiej sprzedające się płyty 2020 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[PolandMichele_MorroneDark_RoomalbumCertRef-12] "Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2020 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[13] "Dark Room". www.universal-music.de (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[14] "Dark Room by Michele Morrone on Amazon Music". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[15] Dark Room, retrieved 6 November 2020

[16] "Dark Room by Michele Morrone (PL)". Apple Music (PL). Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[17] "Dark Room by Michele Morrone". Apple Music (US). Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[18] "Dark Room by Michele Morrone". Apple Music (GB). Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[19] "Dark Room by Michele Morrone". Apple Music (AU). Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[20] "Dark Room (edycja kolekcjonerska - winyl 7 cali)". kulturalnysklep.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[21] "Dark Room". www.empik.com (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[22] "Dark Room". www.empik.com (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2020.

[23] "Michele Morrone "Dark Room"". Wydawnictwo Agora (in Polish). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.

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