Ham

Ham
Studio album by Seiler and Speer
Publication (s)	17th April 2015
Label (s)	Jokebrothers Records , Preiser Records
Format (s)	CD, download, LP (limited edition)
Genre (s)	Austropop , pop , rock
Title (number)	12
running time	48:56
production	Daniel Fellner, Bernhard Speer
chronology - Ham And weida?
Single releases 12/10/2014 The last snow 08/18/2015 Ham 03/22/2016 Soits live

Ham kummst is the debut album by the Austrian band Seiler und Speer . It was released on April 17, 2015 on the specially founded label Jokebrothers Records and was distributed by Preiser Records .

Emergence

While working on the satirical web series Horvathslos , Christopher Seiler and Bernhard Speer began to write songs. Seiler usually wrote the lyrics, while Speer composed the music on the guitar. From the actual "fun project" the debut album Ham kummst emerged. According to Seiler, nobody knew "where the journey was going". The two would have recorded the album for themselves, they wouldn't have cared what it sounded like.

Track list

No.	title	length
1.	Soits live	4:04
2.	Ham	4:00
3.	I wish	3:56
4th	Bonnie and Clyde	4:17
5.	Servas baba	4:20
6th	Put you here	4:55
7th	Stiagnhaus Gstanzl	3:40
8th.	Stop the time	3:12
9.	I wü ned (acoustics)	4:17
10.	The last snow	5:08
11.	Curfew is	3:15
12.	Washington feat. Anton Horvath	3:52
Overall length:		48:56

occupation

• Text & music: Christopher Seiler, Bernhard Speer
• Recording, mixing and mastering: Daniel Fellner
• Production: Daniel Fellner, Bernhard Speer
• Percussions: Chris Grabner, Raphael Bader
• Additional guitars: Bernd Brodträger, Daniel Fellner, Börns Fellner
• CD design: Bernhard Speer

reception

The album and especially the single "Ham kummst" were received mostly positively, both in Austria and in parts of Germany. The Kronen Zeitung described the title piece as the "most Austrian song" and Seiler and Speer as the "musical illustration of the local folk soul", while the Süddeutsche Zeitung described "Ham kummst" as "super charming, rousing, melodious [and] funny".

At the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards 2016 , the album was nominated in the category "Album of the Year" and the single "Ham kummst" was named "Song of the Year". Seiler and Speer were also nominated in the categories "Band of the Year", "Live Act of the Year" and "Pop / Rock" and received the "Songwriter of the Year" award for "Ham kummst".

Chart placements

album

In Austria, the album was in the charts for 167 weeks (6 of them at number 1 and 47 in the top 10), making it number 9 on the all-time best list. It received quadruple platinum in June 2016 .

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Austria (Ö3)	1 (167 weeks)	167
Germany (GfK)	31 (33 weeks)	33

Singles

Of the singles released from Ham kummst , the title track was by far the most successful. The accompanying music video developed into an Internet hit and now has over 35 million views (as of January 2019) on the YouTube video platform . The two tracks "I wü ned" and "Stopp but die Zeit", which were not officially released as singles, also made it into the Austrian charts.

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		AT	DE
2014	The last of the snow hits ham	AT- AT	DE-DE
2015	Ham kicks Ham kicks	AT1 (58 weeks)AT	DE45 (25 weeks) DE
	Soits live ham kummst	AT10 (23 weeks)AT	DE- DE	Official release as a single in March 2016, but chart entry in November 2015
	I wish you could take care of Ham	AT27 (21 weeks)AT	DE- DE	No official release as a single
2016	Stop the time Ham takes	AT40 (7 weeks)AT	DE-DE	No official release as a single

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Stefanie Panzenböck: Ham kummst von Seiler and Speer - FALTER CD review - falter.at. In: Falter. 2015, accessed January 10, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Andreas Westphal: Seiler and Speer: "Ham kummst" is followed by "And weida?" In: The press. April 3, 2017, accessed January 10, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Seiler & Speer: "We are not interested in sell-out". In: Kronen Zeitung. November 26, 2015, accessed January 17, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Max Fellmann: "Ham kummst" by Seiler and Speer: the number 1 in Austria. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin. January 5, 2016, accessed January 17, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Austrian Charts - Seiler and Speer - Ham kummst. In: Austriancharts.at. Retrieved May 24, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Austrian Charts - Eternal Best List - Albums. In: Austriancharts.at. Retrieved May 24, 2019 . 
7. ↑ IFPI search. In: IFPI.at. Retrieved January 17, 2019 . 
8. ↑ https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Seiler+und+Speer&titel=Ham+kummst&cat=a
9. ↑ https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-273761
10. ↑ Music video for "Ham kummst". In: YouTube. June 4, 2014, accessed January 17, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Chart sources:
    • Artist in the Austrian charts. In: austriancharts.at. Retrieved January 17, 2019 (AT). 
    • "Ham kummst" in the German charts. In: officialcharts.de. Retrieved January 17, 2019 (DE). 
12. ↑ Sources Awards for Music Sales