Crystal Sky
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May 15, 2015 |
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Title (number) |
14th |
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running time |
51:28 min. |
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Beatgees • BIFFCO • AFSHeen • Josh Cumbee • Gianni Giuliani |
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Crystal Sky (German: Kristallener Himmel ) is the fourth studio album by the German singer Lena . It was released on May 15, 2015.
Track list
| # | title | Author (s) | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The girl | Melisa Bester • Karl Johan Råsmark • Laila Samuelsen | 4:09 |
| 2 | Keep on Living | Lena • Tim Myers • Rosi Golan • Richard "Biff" Stannard • Ash Howes | 3:21 |
| 4th | Traffic lights | Harry Sommerdahl • Hayley Aitken • Alexander James • Gianni Giuliani | 2:46 |
| 5 | All Kinds of Crazy | Lena • Beatgees • Samuelsen • Katrina Noorbergen | 3:40 |
| 7th | Beat to My Melody | Lena • Noorbergen • Jonny Coffer • Sam Preston | 3:36 |
| 8th | Sleep Now | Noorbergen • Alexander Rethwisch • Konstantin Rethwisch • Heiko Fischer | 3:47 |
| 9 | Lifeline | Lena • Afshin Salmani • Josh Cumbee | 3:06 |
| 10 | 4 sleeps | Lena • Beatgees • Samuelsen • Noorbergen | 4:06 |
| 11 | We Roam | Beatgees • Samuelsen • Noorbergen | 3:47 |
| 12 | Crystal Sky | Lena • Beatgees • Samuelsen • Noorbergen | 3:28 |
| 13 | Invisible | Lena • Coffer • Noorbergen • Preston | 3:31 |
| 14th | Catapult (feat. Kat Vinter & Little Simz) | Lena • Beatgees • Samuelsen • Noorbergen • Simbiatu Ajiwako | 5:09 |
| 16 | In the light | Ian Barter • Aurora Aksnes • Norma Jean • Noorbergen • Samuelsen | 3:18 |
| 17th | Home | Lena • Coffer • Katy Beth Young • Preston | 3:42 |
Republication
- Additional songs
| # | title | Author (s) | length |
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| 3 | Wild & Free | Lena • Myers • Sarah Connor • Beatgees | 3:14 |
| 6th | Galaxies | Lena • Robin Grubert • Stefan Skarbek • Nikki Flores | 3:19 |
| 15th | Back in time | Lena • Beatgees • Samuelsen • Simon Triebel | 3:27 |
| 18th | Beat to My Melody ( Madizin Mix) | Lena • Noorbergen • Coffer • Preston | 3:39 |
- DVD (live and music videos)
| # | title | length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Traffic Lights (MTV Live Sessions) | 2:58 |
| 2 | Beat to My Melody (MTV Live Sessions) | 3:39 |
| 3 | 4 Sleeps (MTV Live Sessions) | 4:11 |
| 4th | Catapult (feat. Kat Vinter & Little Simz) [MTV Live Sessions] | 5:10 |
| 5 | Junimond (feat. Lary ) [MTV Live Sessions] | 4:43 |
| 6th | Wild & Free | 3:12 |
| 7th | Traffic lights | 2:48 |
| 8th | Catapult (feat. Kat Vinter & Little Simz) | 5:15 |
| 9 | Home | 3:48 |
| 10 | Wild & Free (Making Of) | 7:26 |
| 11 | Traffic Lights (Making Of) | 3:17 |
promotion
Single releases
Lena first announced Traffic Lights as the album's first single on March 9, 2015 . Just one day later, the first German radio stations played the song. On May 1st, the song was officially published on all download portals, and an EP followed just under a month later with remixes by Jens Maywald, Pharfar, Dragonman, DIA and Mike Vamp . Critic reactions were mostly positive, Traffic Lights was attested to be “catchy”.
With Wild & Free song newly recorded was released in September 2015 not on the published in May version of Crystal Sky is included. Wild & Free , written by Tim Myers and Sarah Connor , serves as the theme song for the German comedy film Fack ju Göhte 2 . The song brought Lena to the top 10 of the German single charts since Stardust, which was published in 2012 .
tour
In October 2015 Lena started her Carry You Home Tour in Berlin. She played in a total of six German cities and continued the tour in ten other cities in February of the following year. The support act included the Australian singer Kat Vinter , who also composed some songs on the album with Lena, as well as the Belgian singer Emma Bale . The concert tour received positive reviews and the concerts were praised as “authentically staged”.
| date | city | Venue |
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| October 21, 2015 | Berlin | Home port Neuköln |
| October 22, 2015 | Hamburg | Gruenspan |
| October 23, 2015 | Leipzig | Plant2 |
| October 25, 2015 | Stuttgart | In the Wizemann |
| October 26, 2015 | Frankfurt | Batschkapp |
| October 27, 2015 | Cologne | Gloria theater |
| February 16, 2016 | Hanover | Capitol |
| 17th February 2016 | Bielefeld | Engine shed |
| February 18, 2016 | Bremen | Modern |
| 20th February 2016 | Erfurt | City garden of Erfurt |
| February 21, 2016 | Munich | Theater factory / Optimolwerke |
| February 22, 2016 | Frankfurt | Batschkapp |
| February 25, 2016 | Dortmund | FZW |
| February 27, 2016 | Hamburg | Great freedom 36 |
| February 28, 2016 | Berlin | Huxley's New World |
| February 29, 2016 | Cologne | E-Werk |
reception
Criticism
The reviews of Crystal Sky were mixed. While some critics praised the musical change towards more electronic sounds as courageous and successful, others chalked up the individual songs as being too interchangeable.
- “Similar to a chorale, the solemnity of the opener“ The Girl ”increases by a whole lot in the chorus. Structurally, the whole thing isn't bubblegum pop, the piece is too overgrown for that. Not a bad opener actually and also the best piece on the record. [...] There is little to complain about for a pop production. […] However international the record is, it sounds interchangeable. […] For a truly memorable and independent work, Crystal Sky lacks a bit of substance. ”- Markus Brandstetter, laut.de
- “The result are familiar sounding pop melodies, sometimes underlaid with hymn-like sounds, sometimes accompanied by electronic rhythms that sound like much that is already playing on the radio. For them and their musical development it may still be a realignment. [...] This album doesn't take any real artistic risk. ”- Hannah Feiler, Frankfurter Allgemeine
- “Her stubbornly overemphasized voice still penetrates, but is tamed a bit, so that Lena sounds less like school theater than like a gently car-tuned singer, in a field surrounded by dubstep and bag pop. In it she moves safely and inconspicuously. Not a new Frollein wonder. But a confident appearance. ”- Sebastian Zabel, Rolling Stone
- “Three years later, with Crystal Sky, there is little left of the little Fräuleinwunder. And that's a good thing. Instead, the duck-like undertone in Lena's voice has largely disappeared, her singing overall higher and not always distinguishable from Ellie Goulding . Doesn't matter , because the songs by Crystal Sky sound so international that Lena can easily keep up with the pop star and would probably have a chance in the Billboard charts. ”- Lena Zschirpe, plattentests.de
Commercial win
In Germany, Crystal Sky continued the success of Lena's previous albums. After its release, the album went straight to second place in the German album charts and stayed in the top 100 for 18 weeks. In the German midweek charts, Lena topped the chart list after the first four days of sales, but at the end of the week she had to join Mountain Man beaten by Andreas Gabalier . In German-speaking countries, the album was less successful with a top 30 and top 40 placement in Austria and Switzerland .
Chart placements
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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 Germany (GfK)
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2 (18 weeks) | 18th |
 Austria (Ö3)
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25th (2 weeks) | 2 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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40 (1 week) | 1 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jumpradio.de: Song of the day: Lena - "Beat to My Melody" ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2016 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.
- ^ 1. Single: Traffic Lights , twitter.com
- ↑ Traffic Lights radio premiere , twitter.com
- ↑ Lena: Crystal Sky ( album review ), Echo, echo-online.de
- ↑ Kotzulla, Barbara: Lena sings for Fack Ju Göthe 2 , unicum.de
- ↑ "Carry You Home": Lena goes on a club tour with her new album , universal-music.de
- ↑ Lena Live 2016: The tour starts in mid-February , universal-music.de
- ↑ Chernomordik, Anna: Authentically staged: Lena Singt Recycelte Hits Im FZW , ruhrnachrichten.de
- ↑ Lena: Crystal Sky , laut.de, accessed: September 11, 2015
- ↑ Feiler, Hanna: Lena with new album Crystal Sky , Frankfurter Allgemeine, faz.net, accessed: September 11, 2015
- ↑ Zabel, Sebastian: Lena: Crystal Sky , Rolling Stone , rollingstone.de, accessed: September 11, 2015
- ↑ Zschirpe, Lena: Lena: Crystal Sky • Review , plattentests.de, accessed: September 11, 2015
- ↑ GfK Entertainment: Midweek Charts: Lena on course for number one. officialcharts.de, May 20, 2015, accessed on May 25, 2020 .
- ↑ GfK Entertainment: Top 100 album charts; May 22, 2015. officialcharts.de, May 22, 2015, accessed on May 25, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH
