4:99
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| Studio album by Die Fantastischen Vier | ||||
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Publication |
1999 |
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| Label (s) | Sony Music Entertainment | |||
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Format (s) |
CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
17th |
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running time |
58m10s |
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And.Ypsilon, house brand |
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4:99 is the fifth regular studio album by Fantastischen Vier . It was released on April 26, 1999 at Sony Music Entertainment , followed in 2002 by an LP version on the band's record label Four Music . In 2009, on the occasion of the band's 20th stage anniversary, a digitally revised version of the album was released, which contains some remixes as bonus tracks.
Style and reception
On “4:99”, as on the previous albums, Die Fantastischen Vier worked with sampling . The refrain of The City That Does n't Exist, for which a song quotation from Hildegard Knefs Im 80th Floor was used, became particularly well known . This track was supposed to be the first single, until the band decided on MfG - with kind regards . In Hammer a section of is U Can not Touch This by MC Hammer to hear. FunkYms20 is an instrumental piece by And.Ypsilon in the style of his solo works. Million Legions is the continuation of the piece Krieger from the album Lauschgift . Buenos Dias Messiah is a way of settling the four with the press and the media in general. In the accompanying video clip, the four disguised themselves as a kind of underground organization and appeared unannounced at various events such as the Echo or in television series such as Peep and caused unrest. The band wanted to make the brutality of the television program clear. In the song and video clip for Michi Beck in Hell , Michael DJ Beck, aka Hausmarke, plays his own death. He goes broke, loses all his money and ends up in hell. The video for Le Smou was shot in a real psychiatric hospital .
Compared to the previous album “Lauschgift”, which was released four years earlier, “4:99” is quieter, and the lyrics have also become more thoughtful. The reviews were positive: Laut.de found words of praise and Allmusic awarded the AMG Album Pick .
successes
The album was the only album by the Fantastischen Vier in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to make it to number 1, the first single MfG - Mit freundlichen Grüßen made it to number 2 on the charts.
Track list
| No. | title | length |
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| 1. | And Fanta Vier say hello every day | 1:23 |
| 2. | 30 Mark ( Skit ) | 0:42 |
| 3. | MfG - With best regards (1st Maxi) | 3:35 |
| 4th | hammer | 4:59 |
| 5. | The city that doesn't exist | 4:29 |
| 6th | 0:29 (Skit) | 0:30 |
| 7th | Seen it all (Smudo Solo) | 4:25 |
| 8th. | Michi Beck In Hell (Michi Beck Solo, 2nd Maxi) | 5:12 |
| 9. | Home Again (Skit) | 0:44 |
| 10. | Le Smou (Smudo Solo, 2nd Max) | 4:38 |
| 11. | Further than you think | 5:22 |
| 12. | Million Legions (Thomas D. Solo) | 5:38 |
| 13. | Schmock | 4:16 |
| 14th | FunkYms20 (Andy Ypsilon Solo) | 1:45 |
| 15th | Hope (Smudo Solo) | 5:05 |
| 16. | Buenos Dias Messiah (2nd maxi) | 4:31 |
| 17th | Good night (skit) | 0:56 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Florian Schade: 4:99 on Laut.de. November 30, 1999, accessed March 10, 2010 .
- ↑ 4:99 in the Allmusic Guide. Retrieved March 10, 2010 .
- ↑ Album hit parades: DE ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , AT , CH
- ↑ Single hit parades: DE ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , AT , CH
