Absolute (album)

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absolute
Studio album by Mike Leon Grosch

Publication
(s)

2006

Label (s) Sony BMG

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

pop

Title (number)

12-15

running time

57:27

occupation Mike Leon Grosch

production

Peter Ries

Absolute is the debut album by German singer Mike Leon Grosch . The runner-up of the third season of Germany is looking for the superstar is continuing the soulful cuddle pop from DSDS .

Track list

Some of the tracks on the album were written by well-known artists, including Bryan Adams and Laith Al-Deen .

The album was available in three different versions. The Basic Edition contains twelve titles, but no booklet . The Standard Edition had a booklet and on top of that the additional song Helpless When She Smiles . The Premium Edition contains in addition to the additional song and Love's Divine , as this title because Grosch votes similarity to Seal often by himself in American Idol and sang. There is also a studio recording of We've Got Tonight on this CD , which Grosch sings with his girlfriend at the time, Vanessa Jean Dedmon and who had already performed with her in a prepress broadcast of DSDS . It also includes the music video for Don't Let It Get You Down and a making-of video.

  1. This ride
  2. Confessional
  3. Don't Let It Get You Down
  4. Already Been Too Long
  5. 24 hours
  6. Wonderful
  7. From the middle
  8. Winter in July
  9. Not to Love You
  10. Ain't that the way
  11. No ordinary love
  12. Wonderful Tonight
  13. Helpless When She Smiles (Bonus Title)
  14. We've Got Tonight (with Vanessa Jean Dedmon ) (bonus title)
  15. Love's Divine (Bonus Title)
  16. Don't Let It Get You Down (Video Clip)
  17. Making of the Album (Video)

success

The highest ranking of the album was from June 9th to 16th, 2006 number two in the German album charts. After that it was able to stay in the Top10 for two weeks.

Single releases

Don't Let It Get You Down

The song was penned by Kiko Masbaum, Michelle Leonard and Sean Colon. It was premiered on March 18, 2006 as part of the DSDS finals , in which Grosch only took second place. To the surprise of many, however, he was immediately offered a contract with Sony BMG so that his final title could also be published. The song hit DSDS winner Tobias Regner's I Still Burn from the top on May 5th . After just a week, the title slipped to third place.

Confessional

Since August 11, 2006, Confessional has also been available as a single, because, according to Grosch, it is the title that "was best received by the fans on the tour".

Cover songs

The bonus track Helpless When She Smiles was covered by the Backstreet Boys in 2007 and distributed on the Internet for advertising for their new album. The Polish pop singer Natalia Lesz covered Confessional for her first album "Natalia Lesz", released in 2008.

Concert tour

Together with the DSDS winner and his good friend Tobias Regner , he went on a month-long tour of Germany in 2006 entitled Absolute Straight . The two words of this name correspond to the album titles by Regner ("Straight") and Grosch. The last concert took place on June 15th in Halle (Westphalia) .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart placement DA CH: Absolute , accessed on December 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ Tour dates: "Absolute Straight" accessed on February 27, 2014