Dish of the Day

Dish of the Day
Fool's Garden studio album
Publication (s)	1995
Label (s)	Intercord
Format (s)	CD , MC
Genre (s)	pop
Title (number)	11
running time	45:51
occupation	Singing: Peter Freudenthaler Electric bass: Thomas Mangold Keyboard: Roland Röhl Guitar: Volker Hinkel Drums, percussion: Ralf Wochele
production	Volker Hinkel , Bernd Hasebrink , Fool's Garden
Studio (s)	New Line Studio; Hinkelstone Productions; Maryland Studio
chronology Once in a Blue Moon (1993) Dish of the Day Go and Ask Peggy for the Principal Thing (1997)

Dish of the Day is a 1995 Intercord published music album of the group Fool's Garden .

Creation and publication

As early as 1994, Fool's Garden had won the young talent competition of the clothing chain C&A with the song Wild Days against 700 other participants, whereupon the band shot a video and the song was accompanied by music for a C&A commercial. However, the group was not successful. A new song by the group, Lemon Tree , was eventually included on a trial basis by SWF 3 in 1995 and attracted listeners' interest. The group then signed a deal with Intercord and recorded the album Dish of the Day . It was recorded in the Maryland studio in Weil der Stadt - Merklingen , among others . The first single from the album was released on December 4, 1995, Lemon Tree . The album itself was released on December 7, 1995.

As of December 25, 1995, both Dish of the Day (99th place) and Lemon Tree (70th place) entered the German charts for the first time. The single developed into a surprise success and had already developed into a catchy tune in December 1995, which the radio stations serve daily, sometimes almost every hour. Lemon Tree became the group's first and so far (as of 11/2015) biggest hit. In 1996 the song reached number 1 in the charts in Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden and Ireland. On March 11, 1996, the album reached number 1 in the German album charts for a week. Both the single and the album were awarded a platinum record in Germany; in February 1996 the single had already sold 250,000 copies. In late February 1996 the album was released internationally. In April 1996 the second single Wild Days came on the market, but only reached number 59 in the German single charts.

From March to May 1996 Fool's Garden went on an album tour and appeared in July and August 1996 as the opening act for Pur in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A tour through Asia followed in September 1996.

Track list

1. Ordinary Man - 3:30
2. Meanwhile - 4:40
3. Lemon Tree - 3:11
4. Pieces - 3:56
5. Take Me - 4:20
6. Wild Days - 3:45
7. The Seal - 4:22
8. Autumn - 3:43
9. The Tocsin - 2:54
10. Finally - 4:28
11. One Fine Day - 4:44

reception

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Dish of the Day   DE 1 December 25, 1995 (36 weeks)   AT 4th 03/03/1996 (19 weeks)   CH 3 02/04/1996 (33 weeks)

Singles

Lemon tree   DE 1 December 25, 1995 (37 weeks)   AT 1 02/18/1996 (18 weeks)   CH 2 02/04/1996 (38 weeks) Wild Days   DE 59 07/01/1996 (13 weeks)   AT 37 07/07/1996 (2 weeks)

The album “offers tasteful, timeless and traditionally arranged compositions. Peter and guitarist Volker Hinkel write songs without a lot of frills and fashionable frills, ”wrote the Saarbrücker Zeitung . "Their original guitar sound with cross-references to the Beatles , Sting , U2 and various other sizes fits the currently acclaimed Brit-Pop like a light blue skirt to pastel-colored fashion," stated the Focus . For the Stuttgarter Zeitung , Dish of the Day sounded "very clearly like a Beatles copy with Sting scrap" and the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung also found that the album was "teeming with catchy tunes and melodies in the style of the Beatles". In 1997, Fool's Garden received an echo for Lemon Tree in the “National Newcomer of the Year” category.

Awards for music sales

Dish of the Day has been awarded 2 × gold and 6 × platinum worldwide.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	-	123,500
Malaysia (RIM)	2 × platinum	50,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Singapore (RIAS)	platinum	15,000
Taiwan (RIT)	platinum	50,000
Thailand (TECA)	gold	25,000
All in all	2 × gold 6 × platinum	838,500

Web links

• Dish of the Day at Discogs
• Dish of the Day at Allmusic (English). Retrieved November 17, 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gaby Schleinkofer: Melodies for Lemons . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , August 24, 1996.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Steffen Rüth: "It's just not normal anymore" - With "Lemon Tree" in the charts . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung , March 21, 1996.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Squeezed lemon . In: Focus , April 1, 1996, p. 232.
4. ↑ ^{a b c} ub: Lemon instead of Christmas tree . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , December 22, 1995.
5. ↑ Information according to http://www.musikindustrie.de/ (search Fool's Garden ), accessed on November 23, 2015.
6. ↑ ^{a b} häu: “Fool's Garden” will be on tour from March . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , February 22, 1996.
7. ^ Ingrid Böck: Five delicacies . In: Focus , October 28, 1996, pp. 266-268.
8. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH
9. ↑ Gold / platinum database. Federal Association of the Music Industry, accessed on April 2, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Les Meilleures Ventes de CD / Albums “Tout Temps” - Top 3700 ( Memento from September 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ellie Weinert: A Short-List of German Global Hits. Billboard, December 20, 1997, p. 36 , accessed April 2, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Gold & Platinum. IFPI Austria - Association of the Austrian Music Industry, accessed on April 2, 2020 . 
13. ↑ precious metal. Swiss hit parade, accessed on April 2, 2020 .