Bel Air (album)

Bel Air
Studio album by
Publication (s)	April 1, 2011
Label (s)	Col S (Sony Music)
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	10 12 (limited edition) 18 (Exclusive Edition)
running time	35:58 42:30 (limited edition) 64:18 (Exclusive Edition)
occupation	Singing : Sandra Nasić Guitar : Henning Rümenapp Bass : Stefan Ude Drums : Dennis Poschwatta
production	Guano Apes, Joshua
Studio (s)	Studio Freequence / Berlin , Katzbach Studio
chronology Lost (T) apes (2006) Bel Air Offline (2014)
Single release March 18, 2011 Oh what a night

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Bel Air   DE 1 04/15/2011 (18 weeks)   AT 5 04/15/2011 (7 weeks)   CH 2 04/17/2011 (23 weeks)

Singles

Oh what a night   DE 37 04/01/2011 (9 weeks)   AT 68 04/15/2011 (1 week)   CH 51 04/17/2011 (1 week)

Bel Air is the fourth studio album by the German rock band Guano Apes and the first album after the six or eight year break.

Emergence

After the band had played together for the first time at various festivals in the summer of 2009, six years after their separation, the new album was announced at the Tuborg Green Fest Festival in Bucharest . 15 months after the reunification, the first album since 2003 was released on April 1, 2011. The first single Oh What a Night was played on the radios from January 18. The album debuted at number one in the German charts after its release.

Music genre

With fewer crossovers and more synthesizers and electro elements, Bel Air clearly differentiates itself from its predecessors. With more pop elements, the Guano Apes move away from the alternative style of their last three albums.

“ [...] But to draw the bow into the present, after everything that has happened to us, is of course not that easy. If I were a fan, that would irritate me too. "

- Guitarist Henning Rünemapp in an interview with laut.de.

Track list

1. Sunday Lover - 3:58
2. Oh What a Night - 3:12
3. When the Ships Arrive - 4:05
4. This Time - 3:51
5. She's a Killer - 3:15
6. Tiger - 2:33
7. Fanman - 3:51
8. All I Wanna Thu - 3:05 am
9. Fire in Your Eyes - 4:38
10. Trust - 7:07
11. Running Out the Darkness - 3:22 (Limited-Edition)
12. Oh What a Night (Music Video) - 3:12 (Limited Edition)

Exclusive edition

1. Open Your Eyes - 3:08
2. Lords of the Boards - 3:41
3. Big in Japan - 2:49
4. No Speech - 3:30
5. Pretty in Scarlet - 4:04
6. Rain - 4:36

Gold Edition (CD)

After receiving the corresponding award, the album was reissued as a Gold Edition in a bundle with an additional DVD .

1. Sunday Lover - 3:58
2. Oh What a Night - 3:12
3. When the Ships Arrive - 4:05
4. This Time - 3:51
5. She's a Killer - 3:15
6. Tiger - 2:33
7. Fanman - 3:51
8. All I Wanna Thu - 3:05 am
9. Fire in Your Eyes - 4:38
10. Carol and Shine - 3:24
11. Staring at the Sun - 3:11
12. Trust - 3:25
13. Running Out the Darkness - 3:22
14. Fire - 3:48

Gold Edition (DVD)

The Gold Edition DVD contains two music videos, their respective making-ofs, a film about the creation of the Bel Air album and two tracks recorded live.

1. Making of the album Bel Air
2. Oh what a night
3. Making of Oh What A Night
4. Sunday lover
5. Making of Sunday Lover
6. Fanman Live in Montreux 2011
7. This Time Live in Montreux 2011

reception

The online magazine Laut.de awarded two out of a possible five points and justified this in particular with the radical departure from the crossover, which originally made up the band. The production-related emphasis on Nasic's vocals, which downgrades the accompanying music as an accessory, is also criticized.

Web links

• Criticism at laut.de
• Short interview at laut.de
• Criticism at das-musikmagazin.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH
2. ↑ http://www.laut.de/Guano-Apes/Waere-ich-Fan,-wuerde-mich-das-auch-irritieren/31-03-2011
3. ↑ Review on laut.de accessed on April 8, 2011