A Tribute to Die Fantastischen Vier

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A Tribute to Die Fantastischen Vier
Compilation album by various artists

Publication
(s)

August 7, 2009

Label (s) Columbia Germany

Format (s)

2 CD

Genre (s)

Hip-hop / diverse

Title (number)

36

production

Andreas Lasker

A Tribute to Die Fantastischen Vier is a compilation on which artists from different genres cover successful songs by the Stuttgart hip-hop band Die Fantastischen Vier in their respective styles. The double CD with 36 tracks was released on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Fantastischen Vier in August 2009.

Emergence

The project was initiated by Andreas “Bär” Läsker , who has been the manager of Fantastischen Vier from the start. Läsker is also shown on the cover of the CD. A limited edition of the album also contained a DVD with pictures from photo shoots and a conversation between Andreas Läsker and Dieter Nuhr.

The album rose to fourth place in the German longplay charts and stayed in the charts for five weeks.

Track list

CD 1

  1. Gunslinger - What's Up (Version 2009)
  2. Sebastian Krumbiegel - thick sweater
  3. Roger Cicero - Born
  4. In Extremo - Yeah Yeah Yeah
  5. 7 Faces - summer rain
  6. Massive tones - picnickers
  7. Mommy's Gun - That one!?!
  8. Xavier Naidoo - warrior
  9. The Rattles feat. Gary Krosnoff - Forever
  10. Knorkator - G. Boren
  11. Thomas Godoj - Fleeting
  12. FR - Le Smou
  13. Puhdys - MFG
  14. Scooter - Troy
  15. Big city whispers - speaking out loud, saying nothing
  16. Pohlmann and “Les Sauvignons” - what remains
  17. Wrong colors - give more
  18. Yeti Girls - Yeah Yeah Yeah

CD 2

  1. Mario Barth - thick sweater
  2. July - He has to go
  3. Gods of Blitz - Like the others
  4. Peter Maffay - made a warrior overnight
  5. Sasha - That one!?!
  6. Uncle rock 'n roll - she's gone
  7. Oomph! - Harvest what we sow
  8. Christina Lux - What remains
  9. Carpathian Dog - Paranoia Blues (Schizophrenia)
  10. Spezializtz - 4 wins
  11. Pure - MFG
  12. Thomas Anders - Born
  13. Extra Wide - Warrior (Version 2009)
  14. Max Mutzke - After the rain
  15. Fools Garden - reap what we sow
  16. Karat - summer rain
  17. Clueso - hope
  18. Dieter Nuhr - Buenos Dias Messiah

Reviews

The album was controversial. Some have criticized the selection of artists involved, most of whom have no recognizable relationship to German hip-hop. If there is no connection to hip-hop, the artists could have dared to do a rap cover, they demand. Others see this compilation as an interesting cross-section of German music genres. Even if the album makes die-hard fans of the Fantastischen Vier flinch, the different genres have not resulted in plagiarism, but entirely new creations.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Various: A Tribute to Die Fantastischen Vier. (No longer available online.) Musicline.de chart tracking, archived from the original on August 29, 2009 ; Retrieved September 3, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Mark Read: Der Problembär , Plattentests.de , accessed on September 3, 2010.
  3. ↑ Kai-Uwe Weser: Die Fantastischen Vier: A Tribute to Die Fantastischen Vier ( Memento from August 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), motor.de , accessed on September 3, 2010
  4. ↑ Musiktipps24: Tribute CD storms the charts ( Memento from June 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

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