The normal madness (album)

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Of ordinary Madness
Studio album by Udo Juergens

Publication
(s)

March 18, 2011

Label (s) Ariola ( Sony Music )

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Bat

Title (number)

14th

production

Udo Juergens

Studio (s)

Hansa recording studios

chronology
Just me
2008 		Of ordinary Madness In the middle of life
2014
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Of ordinary Madness
  AT 2 04/01/2011 (16 weeks)
  DE 3 04/04/2011 (12 weeks)
  CH 20th 04/03/2011 (6 weeks)

The normal madness is the 41st studio album by Udo Juergens . It was released on March 18, 2011 by Ariola ( Sony Music ).

Emergence

With the songwriting for the album Udo Jürgens began in early 2010 following hip replacement surgery. In the summer of that year he had written 14 songs on the piano and wanted to start producing the album. Together with the co-producer Peter Wagner, Jürgens decided to make the recordings with an orchestra. First he had the rhythm section of the Pepe Lienhard Orchestra fly to Berlin . Then he presented from various Berlin orchestras, e. B. the Berliner Philharmoniker , an ensemble of around 100 people, who were supposed to make the recordings with him. The recordings took place in the Berlin Hansa recording studios .

publication

The album was presented on March 17, 2011 at the GOP Varieté Theater in Munich . As part of the event, Udo Jürgens was also presented with a platinum record for 200,000 units of his 2009 best-of album sold. The tour for the album has been announced for spring 2012.

The album was released under the impressions of the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011 and the Fukushima nuclear disaster . At the presentation of the album, he explained that he saw his role as an entertainer and that he was trying to distract people with his songs in these "crazy times".

Track list

  1. The normal madness - 4:14
  2. Love lives - 4:18
  3. If a song were like you - 4:42
  4. For that I need you - 3:40
  5. You are seen through - 3:34
  6. The woman I never met - 4:12
  7. Everything is so easy - 4:29
  8. October wind - 4:10
  9. Give Me a Dream (New York Version) - 4:32
  10. Leave a little love - 4:07
  11. Against the wind - 3:47
  12. Have a good journey through life - 3:39
  13. My first way - 3:32
  14. On the bank - 3:53

Lyrics and music

The lyrics of the album are very different, so you can find "thoughtful (e), satirical (e) or optimistic (e)" texts on the album. Some of the texts are socially critical and deal with topics such as the decay of morals ( Der absolut normal Wahnsinn , author: Wolfgang Hofer) and the German language ( Everything is so easy , author: Rainer Thielmann & Udo Jürgens), the aging process ( October wind , Author: Rainer Thielmann), but also genre-typical love songs ( if a song were like you , I need you for that, author: Wolfgang Hofer). The album consists largely of ballads , which are occasionally interrupted by up-tempo songs. Most of the songs are accompanied by orchestral accompaniment. In the Udo-Jürgens-typical hits and chansons in entertainment style , influences from jazz and bossa nova mix .

reception

The album was generally well received. Maja Schäfer from Intro magazine states that Udo Jürgens “never deals with embarrassing clichés” in his songs, but rather is capable of “carefully observed social criticism.” Laut.de praises the “dense, harmonious atmosphere”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sources chart placements: DE  ( 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. / AT / CH , accessed on April 5, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.musicline.de  
  2. ↑ a b Horst Senker: Interview with Udo Jürgens on the album “Der absolut normal Wahnsinn”. In: track4. Sony Music, March 8, 2011, accessed April 5, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Jürgen Ruopp: "The normal madness" - Udo Jürgens presents new album in Munich. (No longer available online.) Musikmarkt.de, March 17, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 5, 2011 .  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.musikmarkt.de  
  4. ↑ Stefan Weber: Udo Jürgens and "The normal madness". Weser-Kurier , March 18, 2011, accessed April 6, 2011 .
  5. ↑ a b c The normal madness at laut.de.
  6. ↑ Maja Schäfer: Udo Jürgens: Never only pop singer. Unterhaltung.t-online.de , March 18, 2011, accessed on April 6, 2011 .