Kings of Suburbia

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Kings of Suburbia
Tokio Hotel studio album

Publication
(s)

2014

Genre (s)

Pop-rock , electro

Title (number)

11 (Standard Edition)
15 (Deluxe Edition)

running time

39:00 min. (Standard edition)
52:52 min. (Deluxe edition)

occupation
  • Bass : Georg Listing

production

Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz, David Jost , Madizin , Peter Hoffmann, Rock Mafia

chronology
Humanoid Kings of Suburbia Dream machine

Kings of Suburbia is the fourth studio album by the German band Tokio Hotel . It was released on October 3, 2014 by the Island Records label in Germany and internationally on October 6, 2014. It is the band's first album that was only recorded in English.

background

On September 3, 2014, singer Bill Kaulitz shared the cover, name and release date of the new album on Instagram .

When Facebook was on the side of the band that in the period from 12 September to release of the album every Friday of their new songs on iTunes for download is available.

On September 9, an excerpt from a video entitled Run, Run, Run was published on their YouTube channel . On September 12th you could watch the whole video.

The album's second song, Girl Got a Gun , was released on September 19th in the form of a censored music video on YouTube. It met with strong criticism in the media and was described, among other things, as being too sexist.

The album's pre-released single, Love Who Loves You Back , was released in digital format on September 26, and the accompanying video was available for viewing on the band's YouTube channel on September 30. This was also rated very critically by the media, especially because of the cover.

style

Kings of Suburbia is a mixture of alternative , pop , rock and electro and surprised by a new style compared to the previous albums. In the five years that they worked on the album, the band tried out a great many styles. In an interview Tom Kaulitz said that the songs, as always, were mostly written by the band members and that the album was mixed and produced by him. They would have done a lot of computer work on this album and then added live instruments to get the sound you wanted.

Track list

Standard edition

No. title length
1. Feel It All 4:00
2. Stormy Weather 3:29
3. Run, run, run 3:25
4th Love Who Loves You Back 3:49
5. Covered in gold 4:29
6th Girl got a gun 2:46
7th Kings of Suburbia 3:23
8th. We Found Us 3:23
9. Invaded 3:28
10. Never let you down 3:13
11. Louder Than Love 3:35

Deluxe Edition

No. title length
12. Masquerade 3:17
13. Dancing in the Dark 3:27
14th The Heart Get No Sleep 3:49
15th Great Day 3:19

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Photo by Bill Kaulitz - New cover . Instagram account of Bill Kaulitz. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  2. Chronicle photos . Retrieved October 7, 2014
  3. Run, Run, Run - Video . Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  4. Girl Got A Gun - Video . Retrieved October 7, 2014
  5. Bill Kaulitz and the plush toy masturbating . Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  6. Love Who Loves You Back - Video . Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  7. Plush penis, click vagina, autotune - Tokio Hotel are back . Retrieved October 7, 2014
  8. Tokio Hotel comeback with video orgy: Whether male or female, everyone can be there . Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  9. Tokio Hotel's new album: You don't need to . Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  10. Tokio Hotel TV 2014 (EP 04) 'Change The Band Name to ...?' - video . Retrieved October 7, 2014.