The house at the traffic lights

The house at the traffic lights
Studio album by Reinhard Mey
Publication (s)	May 29, 2020
Label (s)	Universal Music GmbH
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	song writer
Title (number)	16
running time	CD 1 ( The Album ): 73:43 CD 2 ( The Sketchbook ): 67:41
occupation	Reinhard Mey (guitar, vocals) Victoria-Luise Mey (vocals) Ian Melrose (guitar, low whistle ) Basil Alaward (cellos) Manfred Leuchter (keyboards, piano, Hammond B3) Antoine Pütz (bass) Jens Kommnick (guitar) Markus Wienstroer (guitar) Steffen Thormählen (drums / percussion) Chris Burgmann (guitar) Uwe Böttcher (violins, violas) Blanca Gleisner ( oboe d'amore ) Jeanmarie Pesciutta (guitars) Manou Liebert (harp) Martin Ernst (Hammond B3) and the Temple of the Muses Session Strings
production	Manfred Leuchter
Studio (s)	Teldex Berlin, Temple of the Muses Aachen
chronology Mr. Lee (2016) The house at the traffic lights -

Das Haus an der Ampel is the 28th studio album by German songwriter Reinhard Mey . It was published by Universal Music GmbH in 2020 . It contains 16 songs, including 15 new pieces written and composed by Reinhard Mey himself, as well as Scarlet Ribbons with his daughter Victoria-Luise. The album consists of two CDs, one with only guitar accompaniment and one with an ensemble.

content

The album largely focuses on episodes from Mey's family: The house at the traffic light is Mey's parents' house. We have given every child a house for their children, but for their deceased son "only with a canopy of leaves". Other topics are his writing ( To my pencil ) and his first successes ( In Vienna ). Everyday knowledge can be found in the songs People who eat ice cream or I love being around people . Euthanasia is discussed in Gerhard and Frank . The last song, Scarlet Ribbons , was written by Evelyn Danzig and Jack Segal and was sung by Harry Belafonte , Roy Orbison and the Kingston Trio , among others . Mey sings it in English with his daughter.

production

The album produced by Manfred Leuchter was published by Edition Reinhard Mey Berlin. Leuchter (Musentempel Aachen) also took over the music recordings, the arrangements, mix and mastering. Jörg Surrey (Teldex Berlin) performed the vocal recordings. The design of the album comes from “DDT2w. Dusan Totovic ”.

The album was originally due to be released on May 8, 2020. Due to delivery bottlenecks as a result of the corona pandemic , the release date had to be postponed to May 29th. As compensation for his fans, he recorded a nearly quarter-hour concert in his garden, which he published on YouTube. It contains the songs I'll bring you through the night (2000), My Apple Tree (1985) and A quarter to seven (1998). His daughter Victoria took care of the picture and sound.

Track list

1. In the hotel for the eternal course of the tides - CD 1: 4: 35 / CD 2: 4:27
2. To my pencil - 3: 29/3: 04
3. The house at the traffic lights - 8: 14/7: 42
4. The father and the child - 4: 31/3: 53
5. In Vienna - 5:44/5:45
6. Stay with me - 4: 22/3: 43
7. Don't hang your heart on a dog - 3: 19/3: 24
8. Happiness is when you have friends - 4: 20/4: 03
9. People who eat ice cream - 5: 24/5: 07
10. I love to be around people - 4: 19/4: 20
11. Gerhard and Frank - 4: 37/4: 27
12. Lullaby - 3:25/2:41
13. We gave every child a house - 4:39/4:28
14. Room with a view - 5: 08/4: 21
15. What more do I want - 3: 43/3: 31
16. Scarlet Ribbons (with Victoria-Luise Mey) - 3: 45/2: 44

Graphics

The booklet contains all texts, which are illustrated with up to six photos. They come from Jim Rakete , Hella Mey, Victoria-Luise Mey, Reinhard Mey and Sali Aydin. It also contains drawings by Hella, Max and Victoria-Luise Mey. A limited version with a more extensive booklet is also available.

Reviews

The news channel n-tv believes that “the new pieces also often sound like they have been heard a thousand times, both thematically and compositionally”; the album only makes you sit up and take notice "where Mey leaves his endless loop of banalities".

The Nürnberger Nachrichten , on the other hand, describes the new album as an "event". It goes on to say: "Mey's curiosity about life and the poetry of dialogue seem unbroken in it".

Web links

CD "Das Haus am Ampel" on Reinhard Mey's website

Charts and chart successes

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	2 (... Where.)	...
Switzerland (IFPI)	5 (5 weeks)	5

swell

• Booklet: The house at the traffic light. Odeon (Universal Music), May 29, 2020.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The more planned a person proceeds, the more effectively chance hits him (Friedrich Dürrenmatt) | Reinhard Mey | Song writer. Accessed June 1, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Open air | Reinhard Mey | Song writer. Accessed June 1, 2020 . 
3. ^ Album review by Karl Masuch: "I still do these songs" . In: n-tv.de . May 30, 2020 ( n-tv.de [accessed May 31, 2020]).
4. ↑ Songs about love, schnapps and death | Michael Loesl | Nuremberg News. Retrieved August 22, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Reinhard Mey - The house at the traffic light. officialcharts.de, accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Reinhard Mey - The house at the traffic light. swisscharts.com, accessed June 10, 2020 .