In love forever
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| Studio album by Wolkenfrei | ||||
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Publication |
February 7, 2014 |
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| Label (s) | Ariola | |||
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CD, digital |
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Title (number) |
18th |
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running time |
70:52 |
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Felix Gauder |
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Studio (s) |
Jojo Music Studios |
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The debut album of the German pop band Wolkenfrei is endlessly in love .
Creation and artwork
The songs were all written by external songwriters and composers. Most of the titles were written together by Olaf Roberto Bossi , Felix Gauder and Alexandra Kuhn. All tracks were mixed, arranged and produced by Felix Gauder. The album was released under the Ariola music label . The album was recorded in the Jojo Music Studios in Stuttgart . On the cover of the album you can see - in addition to the artist name and song title - clouds free against the background of a lake. The cover picture was shot by the German photographer Andreas Richter and designed by Jan Weskott.
Publication and promotion
Endless in love was first published on February 7, 2014 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland . On September 28, 2013, the band announced via Facebook that the album was available for pre-order. The album consists of 14 new studio recordings, three remix versions and a medley .
On the day of the release, the band celebrated a release party in the Hotel Sonnenhof in Aspach . In order to promote the album, there followed, among other things, live appearances in the ZDF television garden on tour in Fuerteventura , twice in the ZDF television garden and in the MDR show Hit auf Hit. From November 2013 to January 2014 they toured Germany and Austria with Fantasy and from February to March 2014 through Germany with the “Schlager des Jahres”. In the rest of 2014 and 2015, there were various appearances at various hit events and regular appearances in the Hotel Sonnenhof in Aspach, as well as the first cloud-free summer party, which also took place on August 8, 2014 in the Aspacher Sonnenhof.
content
With the exception of the piece Champs-Élysées , all of the lyrics are entirely in German. In the Champs-Élysées the French passages “voulez-vous danser” (would you like to dance with me) and “je t'aime” (I love you) can be heard. Musically, the songs move in the realm of German hits . Hannes Butzer and Nico Schliemann were hired as further instrumentalists on the guitar. The pieces are sung by Vanessa Mai, in the background, in addition to the two remaining band members, the voices of Olaf Roberto Bossi, Jutta Mesch and Oli Nova can be heard.
| # | title | Author (s) | Producer (s) | length |
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| 1 | Jeans t-shirt and freedom | Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder, Alexandra Kuhn | Felix Gauder | 3:43 |
| 2 | I promise you nothing and give you everything | Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder, Alexandra Kuhn | 4:10 | |
| 3 | Forbidden longing | Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder, Alexandra Kuhn | 3:31 | |
| 4th | Champs-Élysées | Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder, Alexandra Kuhn | 3:19 | |
| 5 | The magic potion is empty | Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder, Alexandra Kuhn | 3:20 | |
| 6th | Finally me again | Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder, Alexandra Kuhn | 3:42 | |
| 7th | Direct hit in the heart | Justin Balk , Felix Gauder, Oli Nova | 3:33 | |
| 8th | Kiss me again | Justin Balk, Felix Gauder, Oli Nova | 3:51 | |
| 9 | You are my island | Tobias Reitz , Thomas Rosenfeld | 3:03 | |
| 10 | In love forever | Fredi Malinowski | 3:09 | |
| 11 | Secretly longed for you | Fredi Malinowski | 3:49 | |
| 12 | SOS princess in need | Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder | 3:48 | |
| 13 | Secret of a night | Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder, Alexandra Kuhn | 3:27 | |
| 14th | You were my life | Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder | 3:50 | |
| 15th | I promise you nothing and give you everything (everything, everything) (party mix) | Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder, Alexandra Kuhn | 4:22 | |
| 16 | Jeans T-Shirt and Freedom (Hazienda Extended Mix) | Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder, Alexandra Kuhn | 5:24 | |
| 17th | You are my island (hacienda mix) | Tobias Reitz, Thomas Rosenfeld | 4:07 | |
| 18th | Cloud free medley * | Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder, Alexandra Kuhn | 6:44 |
* Cloud-free medley: The magic potion is empty, SOS princess in need, jeans T-shirt and freedom, you are my island
Single releases
Half a year before the album was released, the single Jeans, T-Shirt and Freiheit was released on July 19, 2013 . One month before the album was released, the single of Du bist Meine Insel followed on January 4th, 2014 . The third single I promise you nothing and give you everything was released on June 6, 2014. The fourth single, Champs-Élysées , was released on August 29, 2014. The last single, The Magic Potion is Empty, followed on February 7, 2015. To date, none of the singles has made it into the single charts.
Tours
In order to promote the album and itself, Wolkenfrei played two tours. At first they played in the opening act of Fantasy during its final stop Sehnsucht tour . This consisted of a total of 17 concerts and lasted from November 26, 2013 to January 19, 2014; 16 concerts took place in Germany and one concert took place in Austria. The tour counted over 15,000 visitors. Afterwards, Wolkenfrei took part in the concert series Die Schlager des Jahres Tour 2014 . This consisted of 19 concerts and lasted from February 13th to March 23rd, 2014. The tour was presented by Bernhard Brink . The other participants in addition to Wolkenfrei were Andy Borg , Simone & Charly Brunner , Fantasy , Alexandra Lexer and Nicole .
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Charts and chart placements
Endless in love reached position 18 in the album charts in Germany and stayed in the charts for a total of three weeks. In Austria the album reached position 32 in three chart weeks and in Switzerland position 78 in one chart week. It was the band's first chart success in all three countries.
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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 Germany (GfK)
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18th (3 weeks) | 3 |
 Austria (Ö3)
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32 (3 weeks) | 3 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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78 (1 week) | 1 |
Awards for music sales
In January 2018, Endlos Liebe in Germany was awarded a gold record for over 100,000 units sold.
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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Germany (BVMI)
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 gold
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100,000 |
| All in all |
1 × gold |
100,000 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wolkenfrei - Endless in love (album). austriancharts.at, accessed on June 13, 2014 .
- ↑ Booklet: Cloud Free - Endless in Love , Ariola, February 7, 2014.
- ↑ Gallery. (No longer available online.) Wolken-frei.de, archived from the original on May 31, 2014 ; Retrieved June 13, 2014 .
- ↑ FANTASY live in concert. fantasymusik.de, accessed on June 13, 2014 .
- ↑ News. artists.sonymusic.de, accessed on June 13, 2014 .
- ↑ Cloud-free, endlessly in love. charts.de, accessed on June 13, 2014 .
- ↑ Cloud free - endlessly in love. swisscharts.com, accessed June 13, 2014 .
- ↑ Gold / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on January 15, 2018 .