Esperanto (album)

Esperanto
Studio album by Freundeskreis
Publication (s)	April 20, 1999
Label (s)	Four Music , Sony Music
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	German hip-hop , rap
Title (number)	18 (19)
running time	70:01
occupation	Max Herre Philippe A. Kayser DJ Friction (Martin Welzer)
production	circle of friends
Studio (s)	NoSé Studios
chronology Squaring the Circle (1997) Esperanto FK 10 (2007)
Single releases March 29, 1999 Esperanto July 5, 1999 With you February 4, 2000 Tabula Rasa Pt. II

Esperanto (named after the planned language Esperanto ) is the second album of the German Hip-Hop - band of friends . It was released on April 20, 1999 on the Four Music and Sony Music labels .

production

The album was produced by Freundeskreis and recorded in the NoSé Studios in Stuttgart . Tom Krüger did the mastering .

Cover design

The album cover shows a painted picture of the three band members DJ Friction, Max Herre and Philippe A. Kayser . Palm trees can be seen in the background and the Freundeskreis logo is in the foreground.

Guest Posts

In addition to Freundeskreis, other artists appear on nine songs on the album. The singer Déborah can be heard in the chorus of the title song Esperanto and the rapper Shurik'n, ​​member of the French group IAM , has a guest appearance on Briefwechsel / Letter Exchange . The track Tabula Rasa Pt. II is a collaboration with the musicians Andres, Gentleman , Tommy W. and Sékou , the latter also being featured on the piece All Apologies . In addition, Freundeskreis auf Pulsschlag is supported by the rap group Massive Töne and the rapper Afrob , while the singer Joy Denalane can be heard on the track Mit Dir . In addition to the singer Udo Lindenberg, Afrob has another guest contribution on Nebelschwadenbilder , and the rapper Samy Deluxe works on Eimsbush with Freundeskreis until 0711 . Mighty Tolga also appeared in the song Sternstunde / The Beard Revolution .

Track list

#	title	Guest musician	length
1	Kore Bonvenon / Intro		2:01
2	Esperanto	Déborah	4:20
3	FK Skit		0:50
4th	First steps / retrospective		6:52
5	$ 20 skit		0:47
6th	Tabula Rasa Pt. II	Gentleman , Sékou , Andres and Tommy W	4:53
7th	Hit Skit		0:23
8th	Great moment / The revolution of the beards	Mighty Tolga	5:24
9	Letter Exchange	Shurik'n	5:56
10	Recapitulation		1:00
11	With you	Joy Denalane	4:39
12	All apologies	Sékou	5:23
13	Frico's Skit		0:50
14th	Pulse rate	Massive tones and afrob	6:29
15th	Eimsbush until 0711	Samy Deluxe	4:55
16	Don's CP 70 Skit		1:34
17th	Fog images	Udo Lindenberg and Afrob	4:27
18th	Kore Salutas / Outro + Hold on to your love ( Hidden Track )		9:18

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Esperanto   DE 3 05/03/1999 (31 weeks)   AT 15th 05/09/1999 (24 weeks)   CH 9 05/02/1999 (17 weeks)

Singles

Esperanto   DE 46 04/12/1999 (8 weeks)   CH 22nd 04/25/1999 (8 weeks) With you   DE 9 07/19/1999 (19 weeks)   AT 30th 09/19/1999 (6 weeks)   CH 12 08/15/1999 (13 weeks) Tabula Rasa Pt. II   DE 30th 02/21/2000 (9 weeks)   CH 24 05.03.2000 (13 weeks)

Esperanto entered the German album charts at number 3 on May 3, 1999 and was at number 5 in the following two weeks. The album stayed in the top 100 for 31 weeks. Also in Austria (# 15, 24 weeks) and the Switzerland (# 9, 17 weeks) the sound carrier achieved quite high chart positions. In the German annual charts in 1999, the album was ranked 17th.

As singles , the songs were Esperanto (DE # 46) With You (DE # 9) and Tabula Rasa Pt. II (DE # 30) decoupled.

Sales figures and awards

For more than 250,000 copies sold, Esperanto received a gold record in Germany in the year of publication , making it the group's most commercially successful album.

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de

The website laut.de gave the album four out of a possible five points:

“Most of the songs are kept calm, with relaxed piano and flamenco guitar loops. Esperanto, the title song and also the first single, is just awesome and makes you want to mix up languages ​​with the bobbing beats. And the rest of the record doesn't disappoint. Freundeskreis have learned to clearly sell their message of freedom and brotherhood without being annoying missionary. You like to listen to their stories and get the feeling: Hey, these guys are serious. "

- Excerpt from the review by laut.de.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Esperanto at discogs.com
2. ↑ album cover
3. ↑ Chart sources album: DE / AT / CH
4. ↑ Chart sources singles: DE / AT / CH
5. ↑ Chart tracking Esperanto at officialcharts.de
6. ↑ DE: Annual charts # 17
7. ↑ Esperanto DE: Gold
8. ↑ Rating: laut.de
9. ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier