12 (album)
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March 2, 2007 |
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CD, DVD, LP |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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48:48 |
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Herbert Grönemeyer, Alex Silva |
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12 is the twelfth studio album by the German rock musician Herbert Grönemeyer . Just a few days after its release on March 2, 2007, the album reached the top of the German album charts. The album was also distributed as a special edition, which, in addition to the standard CD, contains a DVD that contains the entire album as a 5.1 mix in Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 96/24, as well as in PCM stereo. In order to ensure the greatest possible compatibility with a wide variety of playback devices, this DVD is designed as a DVD-Video.
Arezu Weitholz co-wrote the lyrics for the song Spur .
Naming
Grönemeyer explains the title of the album, which he would now call head up, dance , not only with the fact that it is the twelfth studio album in his career. His birthday is on April 12th and there are 12 songs on the album. According to his interpretation of the Chinese number symbolism , 1 and 2 are the symbols for man and woman and 3 for the child - in this case the third album that was created together with Alex Silva . Finally, the “ö” in the middle of the number twelve spoke for the album title.
Track list
- Song 1 - Piece of Heaven - 4:06
- Song 2 - Cheer Up, Dance - 3:54
- Song 3 - You are the ... - 3:45
- Song 4 - Marlene - 3:38
- Song 5 - Whispering Time - 3:40
- Song 6 - Live in my world - 4:25
- Song 7 - I understand ... - 3:30
- Song 8 - Without you - 4:10
- Song 9 - track - 3:47
- Song 10 - Draw Your Way - 4:05
- Song 11 - To the night - 3:00
- Song 12 - Love Does n't Lie - 6:40
Single releases
The titles "Song 1 - Piece from Heaven" and "Song 11 - Zur Nacht" were released as a release on the single "Song 1 - Piece from Heaven". (On the track list of the single is wrongly "Lied 7 - Zur Nacht", in fact it was on the album "Lied 11 - Zur Nacht")
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| 2007 | Song 1 - Piece of Heaven | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| 2007 | Song 3 - You are the one | 42 | 67 | 99 | |
| 2007 | Song 2 - Cheer up, dance | 66 | - | - | |
| 2007 | Song 6 - Live in my world | 71 | - | - | |
Song 1 - Piece from Heaven was the 49th most successful single in Germany in 2007.
Awards
- 2007: Gold record
- 7 × gold and 4 × platinum for the normal album
- 3 × gold and 1 × platinum for the live album
- 2008: Echo for Best Album 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release date
- ↑ a b Database of various charts from the last 50 years
- ↑ Land in sight. Interview. In: www.einslive.de. March 4, 2007, archived from the original on June 22, 2007 ; Retrieved July 2, 2013 .
- ↑ Successes in the Austrian single charts
- ↑ The Official Swiss Hit Parade and Music Community
- ↑ Single annual charts 2007. In: www.mtv.de. MTV Networks Germany GmbH, January 1, 2008, archived from the original on January 24, 2010 ; Retrieved July 2, 2013 .
- ^ Herbert Grönemeyer “12” in the IFPI database DE AT CH