Love is War

Love is War
Vanilla Ninja studio album
Publication (s)	May 19, 2006
admission	2005-2006
Label (s)	Capitol , EMI
Format (s)	Standard CD, download, Japanese version
Genre (s)	Pop , rock
Title (number)	12 (standard CD) 14 (Japanese version)
running time	41:23 (standard CD) 47:56 min. (Japanese version)
occupation	Lenna Kuurmaa ( vocals , guitar ) Piret Järvis (vocals, guitar) Katrin Siska ( keyboard )
production	Kiko Masbaum, Kent Larsson
Studio (s)	Tinseltown Music Studios
chronology Best Of (2005) Love is War -
Single releases April 21, 2006 Danger zone September 8, 2006 Rock star June 26, 2007 Insane in Vain

Love Is War (Engl. For "Love is War") is the fourth and final studio album by the Estonian pop-rock - girl group Vanilla Ninja . It was released on EMI in May 2006 after the band quit in late 2005 at Bros Music under the direction of producer David Brandes and Triinu Kivilaan left the group. The CD could not build on the success of the previous albums.

Track list

The following table provides information about which songwriter and producer worked on which song. Järvis and Kuurmaa also produced and co-wrote some of the songs. In addition to the two bonus tracks, the Japanese version also includes the music video for the single Dangerzone .

No.	title	Duration	Composers	Producer (s)
1	Kingdom Burning Down	3:59	Michelle Leonard , Kiko Masbaum, Piret Järvis, Lenna Kuurmaa	Kiko Masbaum
2	Dangerzone (long version)	3:17	Michelle Leonard, Lenna Kuurmaa, Martin Fliegenschmidt , Florian Peil	Kent Larsson, Kiko Masbaum
3	The Band That Never Existed	3:15	Michelle Leonard, Lenna Kuurmaa, Martin Fliegenschmidt, Florian Peil	Kent Larsson, Kiko Masbaum
4th	Rockstarz (single version)	3:26	Per Aldeheim, Christian Neander , Michelle Leonard	Kiko Masbaum
5	Shadows on the Moon	3:03	Piret Järvis, Martin Fliegenschmidt, Florian Peil	Kent Larsson, Kiko Masbaum
6th	Black Symphony	3:46	Kent Larsson, Michelle Leonard, Piret Järvis, Lenna Kuurmaa, Jeff Lebowski, Claudio Pagonis	Kent Larsson, Kiko Masbaum
7th	Pray	4:34	Lenna Kuurmaa, Martin Fliegenschmidt, Claudio Pagonis	Kent Larsson, Kiko Masbaum
8th	Battlefield	3:07	Jeff Lebowski, Claudio Pagonis	Kent Larsson, Kiko Masbaum
9	Spirit of the Dawn	3:52	Martin Fliegenschmidt, Claudio Pagonis	Kent Larsson, Kiko Masbaum
10	Insane in Vain	3:17	Michelle Leonard, Martin Fliegenschmidt, Claudio Pagonis, Bassel El Hallak	Kent Larsson, Kiko Masbaum
11	Bad girls	3:14	Michelle Leonard, Piret Järvis, Martin Fliegenschmidt	Kent Larsson, Kiko Masbaum
12	Silence	4:33	Michelle Leonard, Kiko Masbaum, Lenna Kuurmaa	Kiko Masbaum
13	Love Is Just a War (bonus track on the Japanese version)	3:28	Harry Hess, Lenna Kuurmaa, Michelle Leonard, Kiko Masbaum	Harry Hess, Lenna Kuurmaa, Michelle Leonard, Kiko Masbaum
14th	My Name (bonus track on the Japanese version)	3:05	Lenna Kuurmaa, Michelle Leonard, Kiko Masbaum, Christoph Neander	Lenna Kuurmaa, Michelle Leonard, Kiko Masbaum, Christoph Neander

Content and production

The version of the album Love Is War published for the European market contains twelve tracks. The Japanese version of the album also includes the tracks My Name and Love Is Just a War . It is the band's first album to feature only three instead of four band members after Triinu Kivilaan left the band in January 2006. The first songs on the album to be produced were Rockstarz and Silence . These songs were first played at a concert in Tallinn in December 2005 .

The album was produced by Kiko Masbaum and Kent Larsson. Michelle Leonard , Martin Fliegenschmidt, Florian Peil, Per Hendrik Aldeheim, Christian Neander , Jeff Lebowski, Claudio Pagonis and Bassel El Hallak worked on the album as songwriters and producers . Kuurmaa co-wrote on Kingdom Burning Down , Dangerzone , The Band that Never Existed , Pray and Silence . She also co-produced a few tracks for the first time. These were Kingdom Burning Down , Black Symphony , Pray and Silence . Järvis also co-wrote some of the lyrics, for example Kingdom Burning Down , Shadows on the Moon , Black Symphony and Bad Girls were partly written by her. Just like Kuurma, she co-produced some of the songs on the album. Kingdom Burning Down , Black Symphony and Bad Girls are also from Järvis.

publication

Love Is War was released in seven countries. In Brazil, the album was only released on October 7, 2009, over three years after its initial release.

country	date
Estonia	May 19, 2006
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Japan	May 31, 2006
Poland	June 26, 2006
Brazil	October 7, 2009

Chart placements

Charts	Top position	Weeks
Germany	16	5
Estonia	1	-
Austria	29	3
Switzerland	14th	9

In addition, the album reached number 48 in Poland and stayed there for a week.

Singles

Danger zone

→ Main article : Dangerzone

Rock star

→ Main article : Rockstarz

Insane in Vain

Insane in Vain was released on June 26, 2007 as a so-called airplay single. She only appeared in Estonia. The piece was produced by Kent Larsson and Kiko Masbaum. Michelle Leonard wrote the lyrics together with Martin Fliegenschmidt, Claudio Pagonis and Bassel El Hallak.

Lead singers

Lenna Kuurmaa	Kuurmaa and Piret Järvis
Kingdom Burning Down	Rock star
Danger zone	Shadows on the Moon
The Band That Never Existed	Insane in Vain
Black Symphony	Bad girls
Pray
Battlefield
Spirit of the Dawn
Silence
Love Is Just a War (Japanese Version)
My Name (Japanese version)

reception

“There is a lack ... of real highlights from which you cannot get rid of. So the album travels in relatively shallow waters for three quarters of an hour and still develops quite well over the course of the season. The plastic keyboards, some of which are still injurious to the body, are put in their place and are largely replaced by sleek guitars. "

- cdstarts.de

“Edward Oculicz from Stylus said about the opener Kingdom Burning Down that it could resemble a“ tATu song ”. In addition, the song is "perfectly intended to fill large stadiums". The song Insane in Vain is "with My Iron Lung by Radiohead compared". The title Silence , which is the last track of the album on the standard CD, has the “most beautiful melody of all titles”. The piece Bad Girls has the «most pop of all titles». "

- stylusmagazine.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Booklet
2. ↑ Kingdom Burning Down
3. ↑ Dangerzone
4. ↑ The Band That Never Existed
5. ↑ Rockstarz
6. ^ Shadows on the Moon
7. ^ Black Symphony
8. ↑ Pray
9. ^ Battlefield
10. ^ Spirit of the Dawn
11. ↑ Insane in Vain
12. ↑ Bad Girls
13. ↑ Silence
14. ↑ Title list of the Japanese version  ( 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.  
15. ↑ The first songs on the album (accessed November 7, 2011)
16. ↑ Kuurmaa co-produced
17. ↑ Järvis co-produced
18. ↑ Release dates of Love Is War ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2011 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. (accessed on December 31, 2011) 
19. ↑ Love Is War (Japanese version)
20. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH EE
21. ↑ Chart placement in Poland ( memento of the original from February 25, 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. 
22. ↑ Vanilla Ninja: Love Is War. cdstarts.de, accessed on November 6, 2011 . 
23. ↑ Vanilla Ninja: Love Is War. stylusmagazine.com, accessed December 18, 2011 .