Glee: The Music, Volume 7 Explained

Glee: The Music, Volume 7 is the eleventh soundtrack album by the cast of the American musical television series Glee. It was released by Columbia Records on December 6, 2011.

Background

The album was announced as being released in standard and deluxe versions,^[1] but only appeared in a standard edition that features fifteen tracks consisting of sixteen covers (one track is a mash-up of two songs by Adele). The version being sold at Target features five bonus tracks for a total of twenty, though it is not marketed as a deluxe edition.

Reception

Heather Phares of AllMusic gave the album a rating of three stars out of a possible five, writing that the show's "music is as reliable as ever, a mix of traditional glee club favorites with some seemingly risky choices thrown in for good measure."

Track listing

Unless otherwise indicated, Information for all the album editions are taken from their respective Liner Notes^{[2] [3]}

Notes

• While Jane Lynch and Jayma Mays are listed in the liner notes' Glee Cast Vocalists section, their vocals do not appear on this album.
• All of the Vocalists on the song "Uptown Girl" are members of a singing group known (on the show) as "The Warblers".

Personnel

• Adele – composer
• Dianna Agron – cast, lead vocals
• Adam Anders – arranger, digital editing, producer, vocal arrangement, additional vocals
• Alex Anders – digital editing, vocal producer, additional vocals
• Nikki Anders – additional vocals
• Peer Åström – arranger, engineer, mixing, producer
• Brock Baker - background vocals (“Uptown Girl”)^{[2] [3]}
• Kala Balch – additional vocals
• Glen Ballard – composer
• Emily Benford – additional vocals
• Leonard Bernstein – composer
• Dave Bett – creative director
• Joshua Blanchard – assistant engineer
• PJ Bloom – music supervisor
• Steve Bone – assistant engineer
• Anita Marisa Boriboon – art direction, design
• Ed Boyer – engineer, vocal arrangement
• Ben Bram – transcription, background vocals (“Uptown Girl”)
• Ravaughn Brown – additional vocals
• Geoff Bywater – executive in charge of music
• Alvin Chea – background vocals (“Uptown Girl”)
• Deyder Cintron – assistant engineer, digital editing, engineer
• Chris Colfer – cast, lead vocals
• Kamari Copeland – additional vocals
• Darren Criss – cast, lead vocals
• Tim Davis – vocal contractor, additional vocals
• Robert Dietz – editing, background vocals (“Uptown Girl”)
• Dante Di Loreto – soundtrack executive producer
• Luke Edgemon – background vocals (“Uptown Girl”)
• Brad Falchuk – soundtrack executive producer
• Tommy Faragher – mixing, producer, vocal arrangement
• Berry Gordy Jr. – composer
• Lukasz Gottwald – composer
• Heather Guibert – coordination
• Grant Gustin – lead vocals, background vocals (“Uptown Girl”)
• Jon Hall – background vocals (“Uptown Girl”)
• James Harris III – composer
• Robert Hazard – composer
• Fredrik Jansson – assistant engineer
• Billy Joel – composer
• Beyoncé Knowles – composer
• k.d. lang – composer
• Storm Lee – additional vocals
• David Loucks – additional vocals

• Jane Lynch – cast, vocals
• Meaghan Lyons – coordination
• Dominick Maita – mastering
• Chris Martin – composer
• Eddie Martin – background vocals (“Uptown Girl”)
• Jayma Mays – cast, vocals
• Damian McGinty – cast, lead vocals
• Kevin McHale – cast, lead vocals
• Curt Mega – background vocals (“Uptown Girl”)
• Idina Menzel - guest vocals, lead vocals^{[2] [3]}
• Lea Michele – cast, lead vocals
• Gordon Mills – composer
• Alphonzo Mizell – composer
• Cory Monteith – cast, lead vocals
• Heather Morris – cast, lead vocals
• Matthew Morrison – cast, lead vocals
• Ryan Murphy – producer
• Jeanette Olsson – additional vocals
• Chord Overstreet – cast, lead vocals
• Adidja Palmer – composer
• John Paterno – engineer, mixing
• Freddie Perren – composer
• Katy Perry – composer
• Martin Persson – programming
• Zac Poor – additional vocals
• Jemain Purifoy – background vocals (“Uptown Girl”)
• Nicole Ray – production coordination
• Deke Richards – composer
• Amber Riley – cast, lead vocals
• Naya Rivera – cast, lead vocals
• David Lee Roth – composer
• Mark Salling – cast, lead vocals
• Drew Ryan Scott – additional vocals
• Onitsha Shaw – additional vocals
• Harry Shum Jr. – cast, lead vocals
• Jenny Sinclair – coordination
• Scott Smith – assistant engineer
• Stephen Sondheim – composer, lyricist
• Jenna Ushkowitz – cast, lead vocals
• Alex Van Halen – composer
• Eddie Van Halen – composer
• Windy Wagner – additional vocals
• Trevor Wesley – background vocals (“Uptown Girl”)
• Dan Wilson – composer
• Joe Wohlmuth – engineer

Unless otherwise indicated, Information is taken from Allmusic^[4]

Charts

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Peak position
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[5]	58

Notes and References

1. Web site: Glee: The Music, Volume 7 Available Tuesday 12/6. November 22, 2011. GleeTheMusic.com. Sony Music Entertainment. November 24, 2011. December 28, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111228123916/http://www.gleethemusic.com/us/news/glee-music-volume-7-available-tuesday-126. live.
2. Glee Cast. “Glee: The Music, Volume 7”. Columbia. 2011.
3. Glee Cast. “Glee...Volume 7 (Target Edition)”. Columbia. 2011.
4. Web site: Glee: The Music, Vol. 7: Credits. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. December 12, 2011. April 29, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240429183331/https://www.allmusic.com/album/glee-the-music-vol-7-mw0002266598/creditsAjax. live.
5. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-09-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121031010327/http://www.centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofon3/Top100.pdf . 2012-10-31 .