Best Of (Vanilla Ninja Album)
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December 2, 2005 |
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| Label (s) | Bros Music , SPV GmbH | |||
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CD |
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16 |
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David Brandes , Jane Tempest |
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Bros Music Studio |
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Best Of is a compilation album of Estonian pop-rock - girl group Vanilla Ninja . The album is a mix of the band's most successful long players, Traces of Sadness (2004) and Blue Tattoo (2005). It was published on December 2, 2005 in Germany , Austria and Switzerland . The producer is David Brandes . All of his publications come from his own label Bros Music , which is located in Weil am Rhein . The compilation reached rank 70 in Switzerland and lasted four weeks there.
production
David Brandes also promoted the two previous albums and all CDs released up to December 2005. The lyrics of all the titles wrote Bernd Opinion . He had performed under his stage name "John O 'Flynn". The private television station RTL II promoted all of the band's CDs and DVDs. The design was created by Jan Weskott. Milan Sajé mixed four of the band's previously released tracks into a megamix . Sascha Kramer and Michael Wilfling photographed the singers in all pictures. Brandes made the instrumentalization together with Jane Tempest.
Markus Wienstroer and Peter Weihe played the guitars. Christoph Leis-Bendorff, David Brandes, Domenico Labarile and Pit Löw programmed the keyboards. The booklet contains all the lyrics and many photos of the band.
Dispute over copyrights
“The song rights for the songs on the albums Traces of Sadness and Blue Tattoo belong to David Brandes. He produced them and the songs were written by "John O'Flynn", songwriter at David's side. Brandes has all rights to the songs and can publish them whenever he wants. "
Vanilla Ninja said it was clear: “Don't buy them. David publishes them without asking us beforehand! "
Suspected chart manipulation
The then current articles by Gracia Baur and Vanilla Ninja were banned from the charts for three months. This affected the Gracia single Run & Hide , the ninja albums Traces of Sadness and Blue Tattoo , as well as their singles Blue Tattoo and ultimately I Know .
The chairman of the Federal Association of the Phonographic Industry, Gerd Gebhardt, emphasized that Gracia and the Vanilla Ninja group were victims of their producer's attempts at manipulation. "This is a Brandes case, not a Gracia case."
"As a further consequence, Brandes had to register its products for a special test for chart determination in the future," said Gebhardt. This special check routine costs around 600 euros per title. The investigation by the Lörrach public prosecutor's office against Brandes did not go back to the federal association. The process was initiated by a group of investors who feel they have been betrayed. Kögel announced that he would also sue Brandes.
After it was made public in 2005 that Brandes allegedly bought thousands of his own CDs himself, Vanilla Ninja separated from him.
Track list
| year | No. | title | Duration | From the album | annotation | Initial release |
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| 2003 | 1 | Tough Enough | 3:24 | Traces of Sadness | appeared as a single | November 24, 2003 |
| 2004 | 2 | Don't go too fast | 3:11 | Traces of Sadness | appeared as a single | March 22, 2004 |
| 2004 | 3 | When the Indians Cry | 3:33 | Traces of Sadness | appeared as a single | August 30, 2004 |
| 2004 | 4th | Blue tattoo | 4:10 | Blue tattoo | appeared as a single | November 15, 2004 |
| 2005 | 5 | Cool vibes | 3:00 | Blue tattoo | appeared as a single | May 30, 2005 |
| 2005 | 6th | My Puzzle of Dreams | 3:24 | Blue tattoo | Album track | March 14, 2005 |
| 2005 | 7th | Never Gotta Know | 3:17 | Blue tattoo | Album track | March 14, 2005 |
| 2004 | 8th | Traces of Sadness | 3:23 | Traces of Sadness | Album track | June 7, 2004 |
| 2004 | 9 | Liar | 3:38 | Traces of Sadness | appeared as a single | May 24, 2004 |
| 2004 | 10 | Don't you realize | 3:51 | Traces of Sadness | Album track | June 7, 2004 |
| 2005 | 11 | I know | 3:17 | Blue tattoo | appeared as a single | February 27, 2005 |
| 2005 | 12 | Corner of My Mind | 3:40 | Blue tattoo | Album track | March 14, 2005 |
| 2004 | 13 | Destroyed by you | 3:54 | Traces of Sadness | Album track | June 7, 2004 |
| 2003 | 14th | Tough Enough (Extended Version) | 6:24 | Best of | also on the single | November 24, 2003 |
| 2004 | 15th | Blue Tattoo (Extended Version) | 9:21 | Best of | also on the single | November 15, 2004 |
| 2005 | 16 | Megamix (Extended Version) | 6:29 | Best of | also on the single | November 25, 2005 |
- Number of tracks taken from "Traces of Sadness": 7 titles, 4 of which are singles
- Number of tracks taken from "Blue Tattoo": 6 titles, including 3 singles
- Number of bonus tracks: 3
Single release
Megamix was released on November 25, 2005 in two different versions. As a standard single and also as a 2-track. Both versions have a different cover. In Germany, the song took 79th place in seven chart weeks; in Switzerland the piece was ranked 66th, where it lasted four weeks.
DVD
A best of DVD was released on December 2, 2005, the same day the album was released. It contains the band's previously published music videos in their original length. The cover of the DVD is very similar to that of the album. Only the positions of the first are changed.
Video list
- Tough Enough (Video) [3:24]
- Don't Go Too Fast (Video) [3:11]
- Liar (video) [3:38]
- When the Indians Cry (Video) [3:33]
- Blue Tattoo (Video) [4:07]
- I Know (Video) [3:25]
- Cool Vibes (Video) [3:33]
- Megamix (video) [4:25]
- I Know [Unplugged] (Video) [3:26]
Individual evidence
- ↑ First publication
- ↑ Album placement in Switzerland (accessed December 9, 2011)
- ↑ Promotion of RTL2 ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2011 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. weskott-creations.de
- ↑ Vanilla Ninja: Megamix at Discogs
- ↑ Vanilla Ninja: Best-Of at Discogs
- ↑ Quote from Vanilla Ninja ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Federal Association of the Phonographic Industry ( Memento of the original of August 22, 2010 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.
- ↑ Scandal: Songs for 3 months from the charts ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2010 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.
- ↑ Vanilla Ninja and Gracia Baur separate from David Brandes . laut.de
- ↑ Vanilla Ninja: Megamix (single) at Discogs and Vanilla Ninja: Megamix (enhanced single) at Discogs
- ↑ Chart positions from Megamix (accessed December 9, 2011)
- ↑ a b Best Of The Video Collection ›Cover design of the DVD at Discogs
