LaFee (album)

LaFee
Studio album by
Publication (s)	June 23, 2006
Label (s)	EMI
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Pop-rock , German rock
Title (number)	12
production	Bob Arnz
Studio (s)	La Hacienda
chronology - LaFee Right now (2007)

LaFee is the debut album by German rock singer LaFee . It was recorded at the La Hacienda studio in Ibiza and released on June 23, 2006. It reached number one in the German and Austrian charts and was awarded gold and platinum several times.

publication

The album was released as a limited fan edition at the same time as the normal version. This contains the bonus song Why and a temporary tattoo a bonus DVD with the karaoke videos to virus and princess , a photo gallery and the Making of to the virus .

On December 1, 2006, a third version of the album, the Bravo Edition, was released. This version lacks the mix of Where are you? (Mama) , instead five piano versions of LaFee songs are also included, as well as the song Why in the limited fan edition . The enclosed DVD contains a photo gallery of the little princess , as well as the music videos for Virus , Little princess , What is that? and midnight .

The genre of the album can be classified as pop rock or German rock . Individual tracks, such as the album opener Prinzesschen , also contain metal elements. According to Thorsten Schatz and Michael Fuchs-Gamböck, the “tough heavy metal guitars” could “also come from heavy rock bands like Rammstein or Metallica ”.

Depending on the version, the record cover shows either the “good” LaFee with the “bad” LaFee in the mirror in the background or the LaFee logo in gold on a dark background.

Together with the second studio album now even more , which was released in 2007, the album was released again as a classic album on May 20, 2011.

Track list

All songs except what is that? were written by Gerd Zimmermann, Bob Arnz and LaFee.

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

LaFee   DE 1 07/10/2006 (64 weeks)   AT 1 07/07/2006 (43 weeks)   CH 19th 07/16/2006 (29 weeks)

1. Princesses - 4:20
2. Virus - 3:57
3. Midnight - 4:46
4. Where are you? (Mom) - 4:42
5. Prohibited - 3:48
6. Hold me - 3:37
7. The first time - 3:19
8. You live - 4:25
9. What's this? - 3:56 (text and music by Marko Bussian and Peter Ries)
10. Set me free - 3:28
11. Die for you - 3:00
12. Where are you? (Heavy Mix) - 3:39

The following tracks are only included on the "Bravo Edition":

1. Virus (piano version) - 3:54
2. Die for you (piano version) - 3:00
3. Set Me Free (piano version) - 3:53
4. The first time (piano version) - 3:06
5. Midnight (piano version) - 3:35

The following track is only available on the "Special Edition" and on the "Bravo Edition":

1. Why? - 3:35

Song information

• "Prinzesschen" is about rich and beautiful young women who receive money from their wealthy parents and who waste it on a large scale and consider themselves to be something better. Examples of this type would be Paris Hilton or Nicole Richie .
• "Virus" is about the best friend who has taken the boyfriend off.
• In “Midnight” LaFee sings about child sexual abuse. The background was that this happened to a friend of LaFee.
• In "Where are you (Mama)" LaFee sings about a mother who has left her child and wants the child back to his mother. Something similar happened to LaFee's cousin.
• "Prohibited" is the theme of the strict upbringing in Greece, which her mother actually experienced firsthand.
• In “Halt mich”, LaFee describes the feeling when you need someone who gives you strength and whom you can always turn to and trust.
• “The first time” is based on an experience that LaFee had when she was 12 years old. Her boyfriend at the time wanted to sleep with her, but she wasn't ready yet.
• "You live" is about death. LaFee sings this song for her late aunt.
• “What is that?” Is a song about being in love. The singer describes in the song that a boy has turned her head and she does not know what is happening to her and him.
• In “Let Me Free”, LaFee describes the relationship with her father, who had patronized her like a little girl for a long time and who now finally wants to be free.
• "Die for you" is also based on a true event, because as she describes in this song, LaFee felt herself once. The singer lives only for one boy, without him her life would be pointless, they would die for him.
• “Why” is about bullying. LaFee describes her experiences after her breakthrough, because of her success she was bullied by her classmates at the time.
• “Everything is new” describes a new situation that occurs all of a sudden and you don't know whether it is good or not.
• "You don't love me" is a cover version of the song by Sabrina Setlur , in which the singer settles accounts with her relationship. This song was originally written for the 50th anniversary of Bravo magazine .

Singles

Virus is the first song on the album to be released as a single, reaching number 14 in the German charts. Prinzesschen entered the German single charts at number eleven. The third extraction, what is it? , was released as a maxi and 2-track single and reached number 17. Midnight rose to number 23 in the German single charts. The single was released in two different versions, both as a maxi. The two covers complement each other, because once the good, once the bad LaFee is shown. The dark version also features the two previously unreleased songs “Alles ist neu” and the cover version “You don't love me” by Sabrina Setlur .

Reviews

• “LaFee has pretty much taken off with their debut album 'LaFee', which was awarded 3 times gold! They also have two sold out tours on their account. ”- Music channel VIVA
• “ Hot irons are tackled on their debut album . [...] All in all a target group-oriented album that will probably not miss its target. "- Pooltrax

literature

• Michael Fuchs-Gamböck, Thorsten Schatz: LaFee: the first time . Knaur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-426-78047-3 , pp. 69-98 .

Web links

• Review at laut.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Fuchs-Gamböck, Thorsten Schatz: LaFee: the first time . Knaur, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-426-78047-3 , pp. 69 .
2. ↑ lafee.de First publication of the Classic album ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 18, 2012) 
3. ^ LaFee (album). Discogs , accessed October 12, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH
5. ↑ Review of the album LaFee by Viva ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Review of the album LaFee by Pooltrax ( Memento of the original from November 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.