Long live death

Long live death
Studio album by Casper
Publication (s)	1st September 2017
Label (s)	Sony Music Entertainment
Format (s)	CD , download , vinyl
Genre (s)	German hip-hop , rap-rock , indie-rock
Title (number)	11
running time	40:41
production	Markus Ganter , Silkersoft
chronology Hinterland (2013) Long live death 1982 (2018)
Single releases June 27, 2016 Long live death 19th June 2017 Sirens July 14, 2017 No fear August 30, 2017 Everything is enlightened

Long live death is the fourth studio album by the German rapper and singer Casper . It was released on September 1, 2017 on the Sony Music Entertainment label .

production

The album was produced by Markus Ganter . Additional productions come from Silkersoft, Blvth, Drunken Masters, Stickle and Portugal. The Man .

Cover design

The cover of the album is kept quite simple and shows black barbed wire against a white background. No lettering was used.

Guest musician

In addition to Casper, other artists appear on three songs on the album. The title song Long Live Death is a collaboration with the singers Blixa Bargeld and Dagobert and the indie rock band Sizarr . On Don't worry , Casper is supported by the musician Drangsal and on Let them go are the rapper Ahzumjot and the American band Portugal. The Man represented.

Track list

1. Long live death (feat. Blixa Bargeld , Dagobert , Sizarr ) - 4:03
2. Everything is enlightened - 3:53
3. Don't be afraid (feat. Drangsal ) - 4:00
4. Sirens - Prologue - 0:49
5. Sirens - 2:37
6. Let them go (feat. Ahzumjot , Portugal. The Man ) - 4:42
7. Morgellon - 3:58
8. Where the wild maggots dig - 4:02
9. Deborah - 3:25
10. My resignation - 2:53
11. Flicker, flicker - 6:19

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Long live death   DE 1 09/08/2017 (13 weeks)   AT 2 09/15/2017 (6 weeks)   CH 2 09/10/2017 (4 weeks)

Singles

Long live death   DE 59 07/01/2016 (3 weeks) No fear   DE 66 07/21/2017 (2 weeks) Everything is enlightened   DE 72 09/08/2017 (1 week)

Long live the death rose on September 8, 2017, like the two previous studio albums Caspers, at number 1 in the German album charts. It was ranked 36th in the 2017 annual German album charts.

On June 27, 2016, the title song Long Live Death was released as the first single , which reached number 59 in the charts. On June 19, 2017, the second release Sirenen was released , followed by the songs Keine Angst (DE # 66) and Alles ist einuchtet (DE # 72). In addition, music videos were released on Let them go and Flicker, Flicker .

reception

Reviews

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de

Jan Ehrhardt from the website laut.de rated Long Live Death with four out of a possible five points. The album gives “Casper's innermost expression, lyrics and melody depict his personality. It captivates with its diversity, with a mélange of the most diverse influences, turns and dedications ”. The songs “ Everything is enlightened or the punk where the wild maggots dig ” are highlighted as “highlights”. The work is “perhaps not Casper's most emotional album. Not even the most true to the line. But it's the most honest. This is exactly where his raison d'être lies. "

Skinny from rap.de also rated the album positively. Long live death provides “an interesting overall picture” from “wildly collected genre influences”. The individual songs interlocked “uniformly without showing any great similarities”. The rapper has mastered his craft and plays "lyrically in the absolute top league".

Daniel Fersch from MZEE.com even drew the conclusion that this Casper album was "the greatest and most powerful work of his entire career". He also explained, “The fear of the inevitable in the heart, the musician takes his listener by the hand and celebrates life because of this fear. Death as a drive for life. All the horror and hatred - in and around us - as inspiration for beautiful music. "

At the 2018 Echo Awards, the album was nominated nationally in the Critics Award category, but was defeated by Haiyti's Montenegro Zero .

Leaderboards

Laut.de listed Long Live Death as 12th of the best rap albums of 2017.

The Juice put Lang lebe der Tod on rank 3 of the best German rap albums of 2017.

Web links

• Article at Laut.de: CASPER: "Lang Lebe Der Tod" with many guests

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Germany - Austria - Switzerland
3. ↑ Chart tracking Long live death on officialcharts.de
4. ↑ Annual album charts 2017
5. ↑ Rating: laut.de
6. ↑ Rating: rap.de
7. ↑ Daniel Fersch: Casper - Long live death. In: MZEE.com. September 1, 2017, accessed on December 23, 2018 (German). 
8. ↑ Best list: laut.de
9. ↑ Best list: juice.de