Heart strength works
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| Studio album by Sarah Connor | |||||||||||
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May 31, 2019 |
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| Label (s) | Polydor | ||||||||||
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CD, download, vinyl, |
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Title (number) |
15 (CD) |
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running time |
55:08 min. (CD) |
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Djorkaeff , Peter Plate , Ulf Leo Sommer , Daniel Faust , Nicolas Rebscher , Ali Zuckowski , Simon Triebel , Wim Treuner , Julian Philipp David , Tobias Kuhn |
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Herz Kraft Werke is the ninth studio album by the German singer Sarah Connor and her second in German , released by Polydor on May 31, 2019 . After Naughty but Nice (2005) and Mother Tongue (2015), it is Connor's third number one album.
background
On November 10, 2018, Sarah Connor announced a second album in German together with a tour that will include 14 concerts. She produced the album in Nashville , Tennessee and London . She wrote all the texts, Connor wrote a total of seven texts alone. She also took part in the music on all the songs. In addition to Djorkaeff , with whom she worked for the first time and who co-produced seven songs on the album , she received additional support from the producer trio von Rosenstolz , Peter Plate , Ulf Leo Sommer and Daniel Faust , who also played a key role in their previous album, mother tongue was involved in production.
Vincent , the album's first single , was released on April 5, 2019 . In it, she addresses love in puberty and also the subject of homosexuality . Connor told the taz that Vincent was "the most important song [she] has done so far". Some radio stations refused to play because of the first verse, "Vincent doesn't get a point when he thinks of girls," with which the song begins to play the song in their program at all. Others made a compromise by playing the song without the first verse, but numerous stations also broadcast the song uncensored . The album cover is outlined in rainbow colors to match the song, a globally recognized symbol of the tolerance of homosexuals.
At the beginning of May, Infinite followed as the second single on her album, singing about the infinite love for her children. She released her third single on May 17, 2019 with Listen to Your Belly , a song that musically takes up the motto of life, not dream your life, but live your dream . With the song Flugzeug aus Papier (For Emmy) , she brought out her fourth single a week before the album was released. In the song she deals with the death of the daughter of the American ski racer Bode Miller, who died in 2018, and his wife Morgan Miller .
The album reached number one in the German album charts and the Ö3 Austria Top 40 in the first week ; it reached number three in the Swiss charts .
reception
Reviewer Sven Kabelitz from laut.de gave the album two out of five possible stars and described the album as “Schunkelkitsch with attitude.” Kabelitz also said he had nothing against “pee-poop humor” or “a nice helping of beaver milking”, but on the album it seems "strangely out of place and on top of that stilted". All in all, Herz Kraft Werke reminds him , which he attributes to the hit , "of the good 1970s" and found that Connor shares the " DNA " with Mary Roos , Gitte and Manuela . In conclusion, he noted that the album was divided into two halves, “of which Scherer / Treuner took over the second”. As a result, there would be a “significant loss of tension”.
Axel Hill from the Kölnische Rundschau said that Sarah Connor shows herself on the album from “gorgeous to angry”. For the critic, the “hearty punched Vincent ” stood out from the “mostly ballad-like contributions ”. He praised the "certain snottiness" and the "beautiful pictures, like of the ex-love that she believed buried in the closet 'under old jackets'". It becomes “annoying to unbearable” when she changes to a “girlish, slightly brittle tone” or comes along with “simple solutions”, for example when she is told by “the AfD idiots who will not get their hearts” with love, love, Love ”. Hill wondered how much “calculus was involved” and whether something “more profound” might not have been possible.
Title list / production
Standard CD
| No. | title | text | music | Duration |
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| 1 | Vincent | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate , Ulf Leo Sommer | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer, Daniel Faust | 4:43 |
| 2 | I wish you | Sarah Connor, Julian Philipp David, Tobias Kuhn | Sarah Connor, Julian Philipp David, Tobias Kuhn | 3:52 |
| 3 | Ruined | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer, Daniel Faust | 4:41 |
| 4th | Airplane made of paper (For Emmy) | Sarah Connor, Hillebrand pill | Sarah Connor, Nicolas Rebscher | 4:45 |
| 5 | Listen to your stomach | Sarah Connor | Sarah Connor, Nicolas Rebscher | 3:54 |
| 6th | Nobody pisses in my area | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer, Daniel Faust | 3:33 |
| 7th | My now, my here | Sarah Connor, Ali Zuckowski , Simon Triebel | Sarah Connor, Ali Zuckowski, Simon Triebel | 2:55 |
| 8th | Infinite | Sarah Connor | Sarah Connor, Djorkaeff | 3:35 |
| 9 | Tent on the beach | Sarah Connor | Sarah Connor, Djorkaeff | 3:46 |
| 10 | Under old jackets | Sarah Connor | Sarah Connor, Djorkaeff, Wim Treuner | 3:09 |
| 11 | Castle of Glass | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer, Daniel Faust | 4:10 |
| 12 | Do you still know heart | Sarah Connor | Sarah Connor, Djorkaeff, Wim Treuner | 3:28 |
| 13 | Small town symphony | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer, Daniel Faust | 4:41 |
| 14th | It was good | Sarah Connor | Sarah Connor, Djorkaeff | 3:26 |
| 15th | Thank you | Sarah Connor, Ali Zuckowski, Simon Triebel | Sarah Connor, Ali Zuckowski, Simon Triebel | 3:50 |
Deluxe Edition
| No. | title | text | music | Duration |
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| 1 | Kill for it | Sarah Connor | Sarah Connor, Gregor Meyle | 3:30 |
| 2 | Dragons | Sarah Connor, Hillebrand pill | Sarah Connor, Djorkaeff | 3:39 |
| 3 | It was good (fan version) | Sarah Connor | Sarah Connor, Djorkaeff | 4:35 |
| 4th | Vincent (acoustic) | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer, Daniel Faust | 4:45 |
| 5 | I wish you (acoustic) | Sarah Connor, Julian Philipp David, Tobias Kuhn | Sarah Connor, Julian Philipp David, Tobias Kuhn | 3:49 |
| 6th | Tent on the beach (acoustic) | Sarah Connor | Sarah Connor, Djorkaeff | 5:17 |
| 7th | My now my here (acoustic) | Sarah Connor, Ali Zuckowski, Simon Triebel | Sarah Connor, Ali Zuckowski, Simon Triebel | 3:00 |
| 8th | Small Town Symphony (acoustic) | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer | Sarah Connor, Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer, Daniel Faust | 4:18 |
| 9 | Listen to your stomach (acoustic) | Sarah Connor | Sarah Connor, Nicolas Rebscher | 4:00 |
Commercial win
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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 Germany (GfK)
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1 (... Where.) | ... |
 Austria (Ö3)
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1 (49 weeks) | 49 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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3 (38 weeks) | 38 |
Awards for music sales
In September 2019, Herz Kraft Werke in Switzerland and October 2019 in Austria were each awarded a platinum record for over 20,000 and 15,000 units sold respectively. In February 2020, a double platinum record followed in Germany for over 400,000 units sold.
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Germany (BVMI)
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 2 × platinum
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400,000 |
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Austria (IFPI)
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platinum
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15,000 |
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Switzerland (IFPI)
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platinum
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20,000 |
| All in all |
4 × platinum |
435,000 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sarah Connor - Vincent (album "Kraftwerk" will be released on May 31 , 2019 ) In: Radio VHR from April 6, 2019.
- ↑ Sarah Connor Announces New Album and Tour In: NWZ Online November 10, 2018.
- ^ Biography Sarah Connor at laut.de.
- ↑ Sarah Connor is back with a new single In: 20 Minuten from April 6, 2019.
- ↑ Thomas Winkler: Sarah Connor about her new album: "I hate injustices" . In: The daily newspaper: taz . June 7, 2019, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed June 10, 2019]).
- ↑ Coming-out song: Some radios only play Connor's song shortened . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed June 7, 2019]).
- ↑ “Infinite”: Sarah Connor releases another song from the new album “Herz Kraft Werke” In: musikiathek.de on May 10, 2019.
- ↑ Living dreams: Message from Sarah Connor's new single "Hör Auf Deine Bauch" In: songtexte.com from May 23, 2019.
- ↑ New single "Planes made of paper": Sarah Connor breaks down in tears in a talk show - that's behind it In: stern.de from June 1, 2019.
- ↑ a b Sarah Connor - Heart Power Works. GfK Entertainment , accessed June 7, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Sarah Connor - Heart Power Works. Ö3 Austria Top 40 , accessed on June 12, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Sarah Connor - Heart Power Works. Swiss hit parade , accessed on June 12, 2019 .
- ↑ HEART POWER PLANTS criticism of Sven Kabelitz at laut.de .
- ↑ Herz Kraft Werke on discogs.com (accessed June 13, 2019)
- ↑ Gold / platinum database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on February 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Gold & Platinum. ifpi.at, accessed on October 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Frank Medwedeff: Twice medals for Sarah Connor. beta.musikwoche.de, September 6, 2019, accessed on October 27, 2019 .