Mr. Lee

Mr. Lee
Studio album by Reinhard Mey
Publication (s)	May 6, 2016
Label (s)	Universal Music GmbH
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	song writer
Title (number)	15th
running time	71:58
occupation	Reinhard Mey (guitar, vocals) Victoria-Luise Mey (vocals) AMN String Ensemble Ian Melrose (guitar) Jens Kommnick (guitar, flutes) Antoine Pütz (bass) Manfred Leuchter (grand piano, keyboards, percussion) u. v. a.
production	Manfred Leuchter
Studio (s)	Teldex Berlin, Temple of the Muses Aachen
chronology Songs from Friends (2015) Mr. Lee The house at the traffic light (2020)

Mr. Lee is the 27th studio album by German songwriter Reinhard Mey . It was published by Universal Music GmbH in 2016 . It contains 15 songs, including 13 pieces written and composed by Reinhard Mey himself, as well as Zeit zu Leben by Klaus Hoffmann and the English children's song Lavenders Blue by Elliot Daniel (music) and Larry Morey (text).

content

Many of the 15 songs on the album deal with everyday situations that Reinhard Mey experienced, for example Mr. Fellmann actually existed according to Reinhard Mey's statement in the talk show 3 to 9 . Another topic is getting older, which he addresses, for example, in So Many Summers. With Mr. Lee he takes up the death of his son, whose vegetative state was the subject of previous albums.

Track list

1. So many summers - 4:32
2. In the Golden Rooster - 4:31
3. Dr. Fire - 4:11
4. Mr. Fellmann, Bonsai and I - 5:58
5. Lucky Laschinski - 6:59
6. Mr. Lee - 5:12
7. When it rains bricks on you - 4:33
8. When Hannah laughs - 4:10
9. Do you hear how the glasses sound - 6:58
10. Wenningstedt middle - 4:18
11. Homesickness for Berlin - 5:33
12. In the house by the sea - 4:01
13. So long - 4:57
14. Time to Live - 3:52
15. Lavender's blue - (Victoria-Luise Mey) - 2:13

photos

As with the previous studio album , take care of yourself , the booklet contains some professional photos of Jim Rakete as well as private photos that were taken by Mey's wife Hella.

Reviews

The Süddeutsche Zeitung feels “reminded of the brisk mouth, the omnipresent freedom issue and the anti-philistineism of young Mey”. The Rolling Stone sees a “gently smug late work by the soft giant”.

Chart placement

Mr. Lee reached number three on the German album charts and stayed there for 18 weeks. In 2018 the live version ( Mr. Lee Live ) was released.

Web links

CD Mr. Lee on Reinhard Mey's website

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Booklet "Mr. Lee"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 3nach9: Reinhard Mey - songwriter. April 16, 2016, accessed February 4, 2018 . 
2. ^ Album review by Dorothea Grass: The Diary of Reinhard Mey . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2016, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on February 4, 2018]).
3. ↑ Why Reinhard Meys "Mr. Lee" is a chart striker . In: Rolling Stone . May 13, 2016 ( rollingstone.de [accessed February 4, 2018]).
4. ↑ Official German Charts - Official German Charts. Retrieved on February 4, 2018 (German).