Everything can get better

chronology
Everything can get better
Studio album by Xavier Naidoo
Publication ; (s)	October 9, 2009
Label (s)	Naidoo Records
Format (s)	CD, download
Genre (s)	Soul , R&B , pop
Title (number)	35
running time	48:58 min. (Light 1); 47:57 min. (Light 2); 55:26 min. (Dark and light); 152: 21 mins (total);
production	Xavier Naidoo; B. Davis; Mathias Grosch; Michael Herberger; Milan Martelli; Monroe; Neil Palmer; Rnrfactory; Aiko Rohd; Florian Sitzmann; Philippe van Eecke;
October 16, 2009	Everything can get better
February 26, 2010	Hold on
May 28, 2010	I need you
October 22, 2010	Wild with anger
October 22, 2010	Please do not stop dreaming

Everything can get better is the fourth studio album by German pop and soul singer Xavier Naidoo . The album was released on October 9, 2009 under Naidoo's own label Naidoo Records. It contains three partial albums, namely light 1 , light 2 and dark and light . There are a total of 35 tracks on the album. As singles, Everything Can Get Better , Hang On , I Need You , Wild with anger and Please don't stop dreaming were released.

background

A year earlier, Naidoo released the unplugged album MTV Unplugged - Wettsingen in Schwetzingen together with the Sons of Mannheims , which was released as a double CD. A year later, the album Everything can get better was released . The first two partial albums hell 1 and hell 2 contain the already well-known typical Naidoo songs, which are often about love, while the third partial album dunkHell deals more critically with some topics.

publication

On October 16, 2009, a week after the album was released, the song Everything can get better , which was recorded with Janet Grogan , was released as the first single. The second single was released on February 26th, the song hold through . The song I need you was released on May 28, 2010 as the third single . The song Wild with Rage was released on October 22, 2010 as the fourth single and is also the soundtrack to the film Conference of the Animals . The song was recorded with the band Naturally 7 . As the fifth and final single, the song Please don't stop dreaming was released on October 22nd, 2010 , which later became the theme song of the RTL donation campaign We Help Children .

review

On the Rolling Stone website , Rüdiger Knopf rated the album rather poor with two out of five stars. He criticizes Naidoo as a person as well as the number of titles that, in his opinion, are mostly just "expressions of love" and "encouragement".

Track list

bright 1
No.	title	Songwriter	production	length
1.	Everything Can Get Better (with Janet Grogan )	Xavier Naidoo , Matthew Tasa , Milan Martelli , Janet Grogan	Martelli	4:31
2.	Courage to Change (with Danny Fresh )	Naidoo, Danny Fresh , Michi Vajna, Ruben Rodriguez	Rnrfactory	5:08
3.	Stars	Naidoo, Mathias Grosch	Grosch	3:22
4th	Everything is alive	Naidoo, Philippe van Eecke	van Eecke	3:35
5.	The circle	Naidoo, Michael Herberger	Naidoo, Herberger	4:50
6th	I need you	Naidoo, Neil Palmer, Rodriguez, Ben Abarbanel-Wolff , Stu Krause	Rnrfactory	3:58
7th	My muse (with Olli Banjo )	Naidoo, Rodriguez, Oliver Otubanjo	Rnrfactory	3:49
8th.	Shine like a star	Naidoo, Herberger	Naidoo, Herberger	5:00
9.	Wild with rage (with Naturally 7 )	Naidoo, Herberger	Naidoo, Herberger	3:10
10.	queen	Naidoo, Herberger	Naidoo, Herberger	3:27
11.	she's coming back	Naidoo, Herberger	Naidoo, Herberger	3:58
12.	Please do not stop dreaming	Naidoo, Tala, Martelli	Martelli	4:10
Overall length:				48:58

bright 2
No.	title	Songwriter	production	length
1.	In too deep	Naidoo, Metaphysics , Ernest Gold , WT Davis	B. Davis	3:50
2.	What did I do wrong	Naidoo, Palmer	Palmer	4:06
3.	I'll wait until you come	Naidoo, Herberger	Naidoo, Herberger	4:30
4th	do not give yourself up	Naidoo, Herberger	Naidoo, Herberger	4:57
5.	Europe	Naidoo, Palmer	Palmer	4:46
6th	Hold on	Naidoo, Aiko Rohd	Rohd	4:00
7th	Liberated	Naidoo, Rohd	Rohd	4:24
8th.	I can't cry	Naidoo, van Eecke	van Eecke	6:03
9.	They open the gates for you	Naidoo, Palmer, Tino Oac , Davis, Azad Azadpour , Daniel Stoyanow, Toni Jurcic	B. Davis	5:19
10.	So calm	Naidoo, Palmer, Davis	Palmer, Davis	6:02
Overall length:				47:57

dark and light
No.	title	Songwriter	production	length
1.	Intro: You don't have to do it	Naidoo, Martelli	Martelli	2:21
2.	That was not all	Naidoo, Palmer, Davis	Davis	3:50
3.	Mercenary Song (Drugs and Gold)	Naidoo, Rohd	Rohd	4:30
4th	You deserve special protection	Naidoo, Florian Sitzmann	Seated man	5:13
5.	Ship ahoy	Naidoo, Davis, Grosch	Davis, grosch	5:30
6th	Bring the sailors home	Naidoo, grosch	Grosch	5:27
7th	Get out of the Reichstag	Naidoo, Herberger	Naidoo, Herberger	6:22
8th.	Different	Naidoo, van Eecke	van Eecke	3:38
9.	Gold scales / gold wagons	Naidoo, Herberger	Naidoo, Herberger	3:33
10.	Educational work	Naidoo, Willem Bock, Detlev Nottodt, Matthias Thurow	Monroe	3:25
11.	Ruth Maude	Naidoo, Herberger	Naidoo, Herberger	3:25
12.	Strange boy	Naidoo, Herberger, Andreas Bayless	Naidoo, Herberger	4:06
13.	Long and winding road	Naidoo, grosch	Grosch	4:06
Overall length:				55:26

success

Chart success

In Germany, the album reached number 1 in the album charts, making it the fifth Naidoo album to make it to the top of the charts in Germany. It is also the fourth studio album in a row, which Naidoo was able to place at number 1. The album stayed in the charts for a total of 103 weeks, making it Naidoo's longest chart success ever. In Austria the album was able to place itself up to number three and remained there for 31 weeks in the local charts. In Switzerland the album landed at number 2 and stayed there for a total of 42 weeks in the album charts.

Charts	placement	Weeks
Germany Germany	1	103
Austria Austria	3	31
Switzerland Switzerland	2	42

Awards for music sales

In Germany, the album received double platinum for over 400,000 units sold to date, while in Switzerland it was awarded a gold record for 15,000 units sold.

country	Award
Germany Germany	Double platinum
Switzerland Switzerland	gold

Individual evidence

↑ rollingstone.de "Xavier Naidoo EVERYTHING CAN BECOME BETTER"
↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH

Web links

Lyrics of the songs on Genius.com

[1] rollingstone.de "Xavier Naidoo EVERYTHING CAN BECOME BETTER"

[2] Chart sources: DE AT CH