Fantasy (album)

fantasy
Studio album from Münchener Freiheit
Publication (s)	March 23, 1988
Label (s)	CBS
Format (s)	CD , LP , MC
Genre (s)	Pop rock
Title (number)	10
running time	39:21
production	Armand Volker
Studio (s)	Weryton Studios ( Munich ); Track 10: also Abbey Road Studios , London (orchestra), Far Music Studio, Rosbach (Jackson Singers, background vocals)
chronology Dream destination 1986 fantasy Purple Moon 1989
Single releases October 23, 1987 As long as you can still live dreams February 26, 1988 Until we meet again June 6, 1988 So hot

Fantasie is the fifth studio album by the German pop rock band Münchener Freiheit . It was released in March 1988. It is the band's highest ranked album release.

Creation and artwork

The album was recorded again with Armand Volker . In addition to the already numerous vocal tracks, this time, with the first, pre-released single As long as one dreams can still live , a complete orchestral arrangement was made in the Weryton Studios in Munich (recordings by the band), in the Abbey Road Studios , London (orchestra ) as well as in the Far Music Studio, Rosbach (Jackson Singers, background vocals) - Frank Farian's studio . The music was written by the songwriting duo Stefan Zauner and Aron Strobel , bassist Michael Kunzi (music) was only involved in So HOT .

The cover of the album, designed by Mike Schmidt, shows the band members in a frame against a white background. The photo is from Dieter Eikelpoth .

publication

The album was released in March 1988. In October 1987, the first single As long as you can still live dreams was released. In February 1988 it was followed by Until we meet again , in June 1988 So hot .

In contrast to the previous album in English, Romancing in the Dark (1987 as "Freedom"), this time all of the songs by Fantasy were also published as Fantasy in English. The album reached number 81 in the Netherlands . The English-language single Keeping the Dream Alive made it to number 14 in the UK , number 18 in the Netherlands and number 27 in Belgium ( Flanders ).

Track list

No.	title	length
1.	Until we meet again	3:45
2.	In your eyes	4:41
3.	Diana	4:17
4th	Land of the imagination	4:53
5.	Moonlight	3:05
6th	So hot	4:04
7th	For the first time	3:32
8th.	You're in	3:45
9.	Just let it happen	4:08
10.	As long as you can still live dreams (Version 2)	3:25

reception

The album reached number four in the German charts and was in the charts for a total of 27 weeks from March 4, 1988 to October 10, 1988. In Germany they achieved the highest chart rating in the album charts of their career. In addition, the album received a gold record in Germany. In Switzerland reached fantasy space 14 and in Austria Place 29th

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
All in all	1 × gold	250,000

On the occasion of a re-release in 2019, Rolling Stone called the album the “greatest success” of the band and especially praised As Long as You Can Still Live Dreams as “a worthy Beatles homage - in German, an event that was unthinkable in the charts until 1987.” The compositions are “too clever for Schlager”, but the production is “too buttery for pop - and the lyrics only!” Three out of five stars were given.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/M%C3%BCnchener-Freiheit-Mit-Dem-London-Symphony-Orchestra-So-Lang-Man-Tr%C3%A4ume-Noch-Leben-Kann-Lange-Vers / release / 679503
2. ↑ ^{a b} https://www.discogs.com/de/M%C3%BCnchener-Freiheit-Fantasie/release/1908356
3. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/composition/70676832-9832-4ed2-a7a2-9b5e2077205b-So-Hei%C3%83%C2%9F
4. ↑ https://hitparade.ch/album/Freiheit/Fantasy-40797
5. ↑ https://hitparade.ch/song/Freiheit-with-The-London-Symphony-Orchestra/Keeping-The-Dream-Alive-60725
6. ↑ ^{a b} https://hitparade.ch/album/Muenchener-Freiheit/Fantasie-701
7. ↑ https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-701
8. ↑ Gold / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on May 28, 2019 . 
9. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.de/reviews/muenchener-freiheit-fantasiefantasy/