Ladylike

Ladylike
Monrose studio album
Publication (s)	June 11, 2010
admission	Summer 2009 - 2010
Label (s)	Starwatch , Warner
Format (s)	CD, download
Genre (s)	Pop , dance-pop , electro-pop
Title (number)	12 + 1
running time	45:34
occupation	Mandy Capristo Senna Guemmour Bahar Kizil
production	Pete Kirtley, Tim Hawes, Obi Mhondera, Christian Buettner, Marcello Pagin, Alex Geringas, Bülent Aris, Marcus Brosch, Tobias Neumann, Andrew Murray, Christian Ballard, Elias Kapar
Studio (s)	Weryton Studios , Munich KMA Recording Studios, New York Lexland Studios, Hamburg Nucleus Studios, Berlin
chronology I Am (2008) Ladylike -

Ladylike ( German: "Damenhaft" ) is the fourth studio album by the girl group Monrose . It was published on June 11, 2010 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

background

After the release of the last single Why Not Us , the band took a break to pursue other activities. Senna Guemmour presented the karaoke show Singing Bee on ProSieben , Bahar Kizil also presented a karaoke show, Star Karaoke , on the Cartoon Network. Mandy Capristo, on the other hand, worked as a model for Otto and ProSieben's We Love collection. It wasn't until the summer of 2009 that the girls began recording the new album. The long pause of two years between the new releases was a novelty. However, Guemmour explained that this was a relief, as there was no great time pressure and the recordings went ahead relaxed. For Ladylike , the band had the largest selection of songs for the track list to date, as a lot of material had accumulated in a two-year break. The selection was made by the band members and in addition, second opinions were obtained from their families, friends and producers.

The recordings for Ladylike took place in Germany, but also in New York City . The band members found this time very inspiring. Bahar Kizil said, "Recording an album in a city like New York is putting yourself on a whole different level." The songs that were recorded in New York are Superstar DJ and Don't Take It Personal .

The title Ladylike is supposed to symbolize that the band has matured and grown up during the short break and the girls have developed into strong women. The album cover was photographed by photographer Christian Barz.

promotion

Monrose in June 2010 at Children's Day in Bremen.

The first new song was All or Nothing presented in November 2009 at a fan club meeting. As a second song they presented the title Superstar DJ in February 2010 at a Douglas event.

At the Thomas & Helga Show on NDR on April 17th, 2010 Monrose covered the song On the Radio by Donna Summer and presented another song from the new album, This Is Me . On April 17, 2010, the first radio stations played the single Like a Lady , the video premiere took place on May 11, 2010 on the band's MySpace page, and VIVA Live! the clip on May 12, 2010 for the first time. In addition, Monrose were totally guests on TV , where they presented the music video for Like a Lady , and at Kindertag in Bremen, where they presented some songs from the new album. On June 11, 2010, one day after the band presented their single at Germany's Next Top Model Final, their fourth studio album, Ladylike , was released. The second single This Is Me was released on August 27, 2010, it was used as the theme song for the ninth season of Popstars. The last single Breathe You In was released on December 3, 2010 and only reached number 60 in the German charts and missed entry into the Austrian and Swiss charts. It is the weakest single in the band's history.

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
Laut.de
CDStarts
LetMeEntertainYou
Pooltrax	positive

The reviews of Ladylike were rather negative. Eberhard Dobler from Laut.de awarded two out of five possible points and described some of the songs as "clumsy", "lame on the waist", "bulky" or "sucked out". It is "primarily about a production that must meet minimum sales requirements. Add to that a chic styling, sexiest woman of the world past and voices tried and tested by Casting: the qualification has been achieved. Musically speaking, Monrose won't survive the group stage like this. "

LetMeEntertainYou criticized the arbitrariness of the electronic songs, but praised the ballads for it. Here Monrose could "show what is vocal in them much better". The rather unusual song No No No takes a back seat in terms of the instrumentation and allows Capristo's “distinctive vocals to come into their own”.

Track list

#	title	music	Duration
1.	" This Is Me "	Jonas Jeberg, Mich Hansen, Paul Michael Barry & Shaznay Lewis	3:42
2.	"Superstar DJ"	Alistair Tennant, Christian FJ Buettner & Marcello Pagin	3:36
3.	" Like a Lady "	Alexander Komlew, Ercola, Risto Asikainen & Zippy Davis	4:34
4th	"Don't Take It Personal"	Christian FJ Buettner, Fiora Cutler & Marcello Pagin	3:11
5.	"Doing Fine"	Obi Mhondera, Paul Berry, Tim Hawes & Will Simms	3:23
6th	"Definition of a Woman"	Barry Southgate, Michael Szumowski & Paulini Curuenavuli	3:30
7th	"Love Must Carry On"	Inessa Alexandrova , Marcus Brosch, Mark Tremaine Agbi & Tobias Neumann	3:40
8th.	"Breathe You In"	Gary Pinto, Rodney Mark Davies & Thanh Bui	3:22
9.	"All or Nothing"	Billy Burnette & Valeria	4:08
10.	"No No No"	CRaphael Schillebeeckx & Sanne Putseys	3:54
11.	"Catwalk VOGUE"	Joy Lynn Strand & Tobias Gad	2:48
12.	"Mono"	Alex Geringas , Bernd Klimpel, Charlie Mason & Elias Kapari	3:18

Bonus track

#	title	music	Duration
13.	"I Surrender"	Kit Hain, Udo Mechels & Yannic Fonderie	4:06

Chart successes

Charts	position
Germany	10
Austria	26th
Switzerland	25th

Singles

year	title	Chart placements			annotation
		DE	AT	CH
2010	Like a lady	9	9	13	Released: May 28, 2010 Music Video: Thomas Job
	This is me	22nd	28	-	First published: August 27, 2010 Music video: Lennart Brede
	Breathe You In	60	-	-	First published: December 3, 2010

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.monrose.de/biografie
2. ↑ http://hitparade.ch/interview.asp?id=387
3. ↑ http://hitparade.ch/interview.asp?id=387
4. ↑ http://hitparade.ch/interview.asp?id=387
5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 13, 2010 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. ^ Statement by Bahar in the Monrose Sat1 Music Special
7. ↑ http://www.laut.de/Monrose/Ladylike-%28Album%29
8. ↑ http://www.cdstarts.de/kritiken/105950-Ladylike.html
9. ↑ http://www.letmeentertainyou.de/artikel_5039.html
10. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2010 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. 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Germany ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2009 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. Austria Switzerland