Hotel Monopoly (Album)

Hotel monopoly
Studio album from Extrabreit
Publication (s)	19th February 1993
admission	April / July 1992
Label (s)	EastWest
Format (s)	CD , MC
Genre (s)	Hard rock , melodic rock
Title (number)	14th
running time	45:49
occupation	Singing : Kai Havaii Guitar : Stefan Kleinkrieg Guitar : Bubi Hönig Bass : Herb Leitner Drums : Rolf Möller
production	Extra wide
Studio (s)	Gaga Studio , Hamburg
chronology Anyone who thinks evil should finally be silent in 1991 Hotel monopoly Every day - every night 1996

Hotel Monopol is the title of the eighth studio album by the Hagen band Extrabreit , released in 1993 . Among other things, it contained a cover version of the song For me it's supposed to rain red roses, which was recorded by the original interpreter of the song, Hildegard Knef .

background

In August 1991, Extrabreit released the album Whoever thinks bad, should finally be silent . Despite positive reviews and the radio presence of the first single, Joachim must be harder, commercial success failed to materialize.

In April and July 1992, the Gaga studio in Hamburg recorded another album. Bassist Michi Grimm had left the band and was replaced by Herb Leitner. For the album, singer Kai Havaii and guitarist wrote a German text for REM's It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) and called the resulting song Das Ende der Welt.

The band also recorded a cover version of For me it's supposed to rain red roses by Hildegard Knef. There were two versions of this song, both of which are included on the album. The group had recorded the variant called “Radio Edit” together with the original artist. Knef seemed to have taken a liking to the recordings because she wrote for Havaii on the back of one of her autograph cards :

Roses rain in the waltz beat
but thorns need rock,
so Knef and Extrabreit have added
the gentle way

The song was released as the first single from the album. He followed Let it rain.

Track list

Hotel monopoly
No.	title	Songwriter	particularities	length
1.	The end of the world	REM (original version); Bubi Hönig, Kai Havaii (German text)	Cover version of the song It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)	2:29
2.	Over and over	Stefan Kleinkrieg , Rolf Möller, Havaii		2:44
3.	It should rain red roses for me	Hans Hammerschmid , Hildegard Knef		3:54
4th	All the beautiful women	Honey, guerrilla warfare		2:02
5.	My god, Rita	Guilty war, Havaii		3:31
6th	gold	Guilty war, Havaii		2:34
7th	The endless sea	Small war, Hönig, Herb Leitner, Möller, Havaii		4:13
8th.	Eulogy	Möller, Hönig, guerrilla warfare		3:11
9.	Just like you	Guerrilla warfare		3:08
10.	Baby I'm sinking	Guilty war, Havaii		4:19
11.	Fire for hell	Small war, Möller		2:48
12.	Hey ho	Guilty war, Havaii		2:57
13.	let it Rain	Guilty war, Havaii		3:22
14th	It should rain red roses for me	Hammerschmid, Knef	“Radio Edit” with Hildegard Knef	4:33

reception

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

For me it should rain red roses (with Hildegard Knef )   DE 35 02/08/1993 (22 weeks)

While the album was not a chart success, the group achieved a respectable success with the cover version of Für mich's shall's red roses rain . The song reached number 35 in the German single charts.

Musikexpress wrote that the band “still makes music for extra wide people.” At Hotel Monopol they prove to be “specialists for cover versions,” even if their blend of REM's It's the End of the World “lags behind the original.” Better are the red roses, a "chin hook for Hildegard Knef", who was touched on her knees. The rest of the record brings "tried and tested and sought-after" items, the clientele is "served quickly". Kai Havaii and Co. are their own fan project. My God, Rita sounds “like I've seen it myself”, Gold “somehow critical”, and The Endless Sea reminds me of Rio Reiser . The band offers "something for everyone". It's fun, and the guys are “noticeably young at heart”. The reviewer awarded three stars out of five.

Web links

• Official band website
• Hotel Monopol at Discogs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Havaiis published on March 27, 2009 in the Extrabreit-Forum , accessed on December 25, 2009
2. ↑ Chart sources: DE
3. ↑ Musikexpress, issue 2.1993, pages 64 & 65