Sam Smith - To Die For (2020)

Samuel Frederick Smith was born on 19 May 1992 Cambridgeshire, and both parents encouraged his singing at a young age, after the budding vocalist impressed them with a rendition of Whitney Houston's 'My Love Is Your Love'. Smith pursued vocal training and soon appeared in local theatre productions and with Youth Music Theatre UK, going through six managers before ultimately moving to London at age 18 to pursue opportunities there. Smith's breakthrough came as a vocalist on Disclosure's 'Latch', which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart, and the following year they performed on Naughty Boy's 2013 single 'La La La', which became a UK number one single. Smith's debut studio album, 'In The Lonely Hour', was released in May 2014 through Capitol Records UK, and the second single from the record, 'Money On My Mind', became their second number one single in the UK, as did its follow-up 'Stay With Me'. The album won four awards at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album, Best New Artist, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year, while the song 'Writing's On The Wall' served as the theme for the 2015 James Bond film 'Spectre', and it won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Smith's second studio album, 'The Thrill Of It All', was released in November 2017 and debuted at number 1 on the UK and US album charts, and its lead single, 'Too Good At Goodbyes' also topped the UK charts. 

On 13 February 2020, they revealed that a third studio album, then titled 'To Die For', was scheduled to be released on 1 May, but a few weeks later it was announced that due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the release of the third album would be delayed, and there would also be a number of changes to the album track list and title, although it would still be released sometime within 2020. 'I'm Ready', a collaboration with American singer Demi Lovato, was released on 16 April and charted well in the top 40 of several countries, and on 6 July, Smith released a cover of Coldplay's 'Fix You', followed in September by another single, 'Diamonds', following which the new title for the third album was announced as 'Love Goes', and it was released on 30 October. With the release of 'Love Goes', thoughts of 'To Die For' faded away, but tracks meant for it but which were removed were kept, and some appeared as bonus tracks on special editions of 'Love Goes'. There is a tentative track listing for the album out there, which includes some songs which appeared on 'Love Goes', along with a cover of Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love', and a few otherwise unreleased tracks, and so here is an approximation of what could have been Sam Smith's third album 'To Die For' from 2020. 

Track listing

01 To Die For
02 Dancing With A Stranger (feat. Normani)
03 How Do You Sleep
04 You Will Be Found
05 I Feel Love
06 Love Goes (feat. Labrinth)
07 I'm Ready (feat. Demi Lovato)
08 Sober
09 Promises (feat. Calvin Harris & Fessie Reyez)
10 Heart On My Sleeve
11 Laurel Canyon
12 Fire On Fire
13 Diamonds