Life louder
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| Christina Stürmer's studio album | ||||
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September 15, 2006 |
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| Label (s) | Universal / Amadeo / Polydor -Island | |||
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CD |
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14th |
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49:38 |
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Thorsten Brötzmann |
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Live Louder is the third studio album by the Austrian pop rock singer Christina Stürmer . The album was released on September 15, 2006 and reached number 1 in the Austrian and German album charts as a newcomer .
background
The album was released in Germany (No. 1 in the sales charts), Austria and Switzerland (No. 6). Stürmer's most successful production to date has sold around 300,000 copies and was awarded the Amadeus Austrian Music Award in 2007 as the best rock / pop album of the year.
Never enough , the preliminary single was released on April 28, 2006, it entered the Austrian charts at number 1, and the single was placed for 26 weeks. No top ranking could be achieved in Germany and Switzerland.
The Popularity Christina was for advertising used in Austria. The product "Christina Stürmer" was positioned in commercials for the fast food restaurant chain McDonald’s , the ice cream brand Eskimo and the mobile phone company Hutchison Drei Austria . The above-average media presence through these advertising campaigns increased awareness of the artist on the one hand, and these measures gave rise to criticism on the other. Fans criticized the increasing commercialization , which was in contrast to the previously cultivated “clean woman” image. Christina Stürmer was also given media coverage in Germany. The single Never Enough was used as the theme song for the RTL soap Alles was geht .
Live Louder is the first album with a picture of the band on the cover . In interviews Christina often emphasized that Christina Stürmer & Band should be understood as a unit, that without a band there would be no "Christina Stürmer" in this form. However, Christina is primarily perceived by the public as a singer.
After Never Enough , the single To be with you / An Sommertagen was released in Austria , the fifth number one hit in the singles charts. This was followed by the single releases Ohne Dich and Scherbenmeer , which were again present in the entire German-speaking area. In the summer of 2007, more songs from the album Lebe Lauter were released as a single: in Austria, moment a day - in Germany and Switzerland, a new version of the number one hit, To be with you . Only in Austria was the single Mitten unterm Jahr released on November 16, 2007 , which after initial hesitation sold well.
music
Musically, the album offers a cross-section of rocking tracks with guitar-heavy, fast-paced music, as in the case of An Sommertagen , as well as soulful and romantic ballads with orchestral sound, as in the song Mitten unterm Jahr . Rhythmic, by piano - staccato dominated pieces like To be with you , complete the overall picture.
In terms of style, Stürmer continues to develop in the direction of German rock . The titles are comparable to other German-speaking bands such as Juli , Echt and Silbermond .
Songwriter
The title To be with you was written by Sportfreunde Stiller , whom Christina sees as a role model for her own music. The titles Live Louder , Shard Sea , Page One and Revolution come from 3typen . The moment in the day and the sun behind the fog were written by Christina Stürmer's partner, Oliver Varga. On summer days all five band members worked together.
Track list
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| # | Life louder | |
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| 1. | Never enough | 3:32 |
| 2. | Life louder | 3:24 |
| 3. | The world | 3:56 |
| 4th | Without you | 3:21 |
| 5. | revolution | 3:24 |
| 6th | Moment a day | 2:53 |
| 7th | Page one | 3:54 |
| 8th. | Shard Sea | 3:49 |
| 9. | Our best days | 3:09 |
| 10. | On summer days | 3:16 |
| 11. | Sun behind the fog | 2:57 |
| 12. | To be with you | 3:29 |
| 13. | A minor matter | 3:53 |
| 14th | In the middle of the year | 4:33 |
Singles
- Never enough - the song about summer joy, enjoyment and pure zest for life, produced to match the Eskimo ice cream advertising.
- To be with you / On summer days - The first track of the double single To be with you is a song that tries to make you think. The title impresses above all with the chorus. The easy and fast song On Summer Days is a clear opposite.
- Without you - The soulful ballad describes the processing of a failed relationship. Stylistically comparable to songs by Silbermond .
- Shard Sea - Reflects, laid out as a rock-pop song, lyrically and musically the development process of Christina as a singer.
- Moment am Tag - The song is from band member Oliver Varga. It was the first single release of a song written by a band member.
- To be with you (2007) - On August 8, 2007 the ballad, which was only released in Austria in 2006, was released as a revised and rearranged single Edit 2007, also in Germany and Switzerland as a single.
Reviews
- Kurier : " Never enough as the first single, storms off in the typical manner - tight structure, catchy melody, educationally valuable text with identification potential -, Lebe Lauter follows quickly, The world , a ballad, falls into a slower rut & and so on, the knitting pattern remains essentially the same. So the sweater looks a bit boring (albeit less boring than its predecessors). Stürmer's voice and presence are not boring at all - they somehow make the music credible and unmistakable. So nothing should stand in the way of a career continuation, also in Germany. It is well known that one should not compare apples with oranges. Christina Stürmer's new album is an apple. A very tasty one. Those who prefer pears should eat pears. "
- Sebastian Räuchle, Kronen Zeitung : “Conclusion: With her uncomplicated and direct manner as well as the deep and honest texts, Christina Stürmer proves once again why she is Austria's number 1 and will probably stay for a while. We can only hope that Christina will not lose any of her down-to-earth nature in the future. "
- Eberhard Dobler, laut.de : “Four definitely likeable musicians, a squeaky clean production with a distinctive young front woman. Absolutely TV-compatible, what's going on. And that also makes the difference. Really cool bands play their way onto TV from the street. Christina comes from television, which should by no means diminish her talent. "
Live loudly live
At the end of 2007 a live DVD and a limited edition EP were released under the name Lebe Lauter Live . This DVD contains the tour documentation Our Best Days and the live recording from the concert on the Kaiserwiese in Vienna's Prater Summer 2007.
tour
After the promotional tour Never Enough , Stürmer went on the Lebe Lauter tour in February 2007 , which led through Germany, Switzerland and Austria for the first time. At the end of this tour she sang in Vienna on the Kaiserwiese in the Prater in front of around 100,000 spectators.
Production and Promotion
This concert was recorded due to the relatively large number of visitors from Feschfilm Entertainment. At that time, production was under the direction of Marc Schütrumpf and directed by Paul Hauptmann . On October 18, one day before the sales start, a preview party was held for the publication, to which journalists and selected fans were invited.
Charts
The album entered the music DVD charts at number 2 and went gold before it was released.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Live louder . austriancharts.at - Austrian hit parade and music portal.
- ↑ Chart tracking for “Live louder” ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. musicline.de
- ↑ Amadeus Austrian Music Award - The 2007 winners .
- ↑ Never enough . austriancharts.at - Austrian hit parade and music portal.
- ↑ Christina orders the 'perfect combination' . ( Memento of the original from September 28, 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. nurido.at
- ↑ Putz & Stingl Event, Public: Christina Stürmer: 'Nie Enug' - new single, new co-op - new Austria tour - AUDIO , press release APA-OTS, April 4, 2006.
- ↑ 'Mobile ticketing' of the next generation at 3 . ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release drei.at, May 14, 2006.
- ↑ Fanpage - Everything that counts ( Memento of the original dated August 11, 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.
- ↑ Interview with Christina Stürmer . ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) br-online.de.
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH
- ↑ Kurier: Knitted the same way, sung well ( memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , September 17, 2006, p. 38.
- ↑ Sebastian Räuchle: Christina Stürmer lives louder , Kronen Zeitung website.
- ^ Eberhard Dobler: CD Review , laut.de.
- ↑ naanoo.com ( Memento of the original from July 7, 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.
- ↑ now-westmuensterland.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ feschfilm.com
- ↑ austriancharts.at
- ↑ ifpi.at
