MTV Unplugged: Die Fantastischen Vier

MTV Unplugged: Die Fantastischen Vier
Live album from Die Fantastischen Vier
Publication (s)	October 29, 2000
admission	September 14, 2000
Label (s)	Four Music , Sony Music
Format (s)	CD , LP , DVD
Genre (s)	Hip-hop ( unplugged )
Title (number)	16
running time	71:35 / 150 min. (DVD)
occupation	House brand (Michael Beck) Thomas D (Thomas Dürr) And.Ypsilon (Andreas Rieke) Smudo (Michael Bernd Schmidt) Flo Dauner: drums Lillo Scrimali: grand piano, vibraphone, harmonium, orchestra leader Markus Kössler: Bass Roland Peil: Percussion Markus Birkle: Guitars Michael Heupel: flute, piccolo, bass flute, sub-double bass flute Anja Bukovec, Marko Hval, Gareth Lubbe, Maike Schmersahl, Ruben Mesado: violin Mirjam Trück, Razvan Popovici: Viola Gabriel Mesado, Matthias Trück, Emanuela Simeonova: Cello Manu & Matei Constantin: vocals
production	The fantastic Four
Location (s)	Balver cave , Balve
chronology 4:99 (1999) MTV Unplugged: Die Fantastischen Vier Much (2004)
Single release October 16, 2000 day at the sea

MTV Unplugged: Die Fantastischen Vier is a live and acoustic album by the German rap group Die Fantastischen Vier from the MTV Unplugged series. It was released on October 29, 2000 on the Four Music and Sony Music labels as CD and DVD versions. The album was recorded on September 14, 2000 in the Balver cave near Balve .

In 2012 the follow-up album MTV Unplugged II was released , which the group also recorded in the Balver Höhle.

content

The songs included on the album are from the group's previously released albums. Seven songs were taken from the studio album 4:99 , released the year before . Four tracks come from Die 4. Dimension and two each from Lauschgift as well as live and direct . In addition, a title from the debut album Jetzt geht's ab is included on the live album.

Cover design

The album cover shows a black and white photo of the band performing in the Balver Höhle . In the upper part of the picture are the lettering DieFantastischenVier and Unplugged in white and red respectively.

Track list

#	title	length	album
1	New land	3:15	The 4th dimension
2	The city that doesn't exist	4:46	4:99
3	The picnicker	4:22	Live and direct
4th	Now it's off	3:06	Now it's off
5	hammer	4:55	4:99
6th	Out	4:16	Live and direct
7th	Millions of legions	6:13	4:99
8th	Le Smou	4:30	4:99
9	Absolutely normal	3:33	The 4th dimension
10	she is gone	3:53	Bugging
11	day at the sea	5:04	The 4th dimension
12	Further than you think	5:13	4:99
13	consumption	4:25	Bugging
14th	Buenos Dias Messiah	4:50	4:99
15th	Schizophrenic	4:52	The 4th dimension
16	Kind regards	4:16	4:99

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

MTV Unplugged: Die Fantastischen Vier   DE 6th 11/13/2000 (28 weeks)   AT 7th 11/12/2000 (20 weeks)   CH 18th 11/12/2000 (13 weeks)

Singles

day at the sea   DE 67 10/30/2000 (6 weeks)

MTV Unplugged: Die Fantastischen Vier entered the German album charts at number 6 on November 13, 2000 and was at number 7 in the following two weeks before dropping to position 12. Overall, the album stayed in the Top 100 for 28 weeks with interruptions. The record also reached quite high chart positions in Austria and Switzerland. In the German annual charts in 2000, the album was ranked 85th.

The single was the song Tag am Meer , which entered the German charts at number 67 and stayed in the top 100 for six weeks.

Sales figures and awards

For more than 300,000 copies sold, the live album received a platinum record in Germany in 2003 . The DVD version was awarded gold for over 25,000 units sold. In Austria the album also received a gold record in 2001 for more than 10,000 sales .

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de
allmusic

The website laut.de gave the album four out of a possible five points:

“In addition to the innumerable instruments […], a string ensemble was also used to interpret the songs in a completely new way. It is precisely these new interpretations that give this album [...] a wonderful shine. Grand pianos, flutes, bass and strings fit into the songs in a tasteful way and, compared to the original, contribute to a more relaxed atmosphere that still grooves. The unplugged album cannot simply be seen as a profitable infusion of old songs, but as a new, independent work that makes you want another of this kind. "

- Excerpt from the review by laut.de.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH
3. ↑ Chart tracking MTV Unplugged: Die Fantastischen Vier at officialcharts.de
4. ↑ DE: Annual charts # 85
5. ↑ Chart tracking day at the seaside at officialcharts.de
6. ↑ MTV Unplugged: Die Fantastischen Vier DE: Platinum
7. ↑ MTV Unplugged: Die Fantastischen Vier AT: Gold
8. ↑ Rating: laut.de
9. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
10. ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier