On the way to Wonderland

On the way to Wonderland
Studio album from Sunrise Avenue
Publication (s)	May 31, 2006 August 24, 2006
admission	Spring-Fall 2005
Label (s)	EMI Music
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Pop rock
Title (number)	15th
running time	55 min 54 s
occupation	Samu Haber : vocals , guitar Raul Ruutu: bass , backing vocals Sami Osala: drums Jukka Backlund: keyboard , backing vocals Janne Kärkkäinen : guitar , backing vocals
production	Jukka Backlund
Studio (s)	Mango Studios, Porvoo
chronology - On the way to Wonderland Popgasm (2009)
Single releases February 15, 2006 All Because of You April 19, 2006 Romeo August 11, 2006 Fairytale Gone Bad April 27, 2007 Forever Yours May 9, 2007 Diamonds August 29, 2007 Heal Me February 20, 2008 Choose to Be Me

On the Way to Wonderland (Engl., On the way to Wonderland ) is the debut album by the Finnish pop rock - band Sunrise Avenue . It was released on May 31, 2006 by EMI Music . With the album and in particular the single Fairytale Gone Bad , the band achieved their international breakthrough and high chart positions in several European countries.

Emergence

After Sunrise Avenue signed a contract with Bonnier Amigo Music Group for the Finnish market in the summer of 2005 , the band began to work on their first studio album. The recordings began in March 2005 and took place in the Mango Studios in Porvoo , southern Finland . The album was mixed in Stockholm at Cutting Room Studios and was released on May 31, 2006 in Finland; It was only launched in August 2006 at EMI in other countries.

Track list

1. Choose to Be Me - 4:11
2. Forever Yours - 3:22
3. All Because of You - 3:48
4. Fairytale Gone Bad - 3:33
5. Diamonds - 3:14
6. Heal Me - 4:22
7. It Ain't the Way - 3:23
8. Make It Go Away - 3:38
9. Destiny - 2:58
10. Sunny Day - 3:53
11. Only - 3:46
12. Into the Blue - 5:29
13. Romeo - 3:03
14. Fight 'Til Dying - 3:16
15. Wonderland - 5:38

There is also a bonus edition that contains the titles Fairytale Gone Bad , Forever Yours as an acoustic version and Fairytale Gone Bad as a remix as bonus material. There is also an acoustic version of an unreleased song called Nasty .

Songs

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

On the way to Wonderland   DE 12 09/11/2006 (61 weeks)   AT 5 02/02/2007 (25 weeks)   CH 15th 02/04/2007 (52 weeks)   FI 2 23/2006 (51 weeks)

Singles

All Because of You   FI 11 08/2006 (2 weeks) Romeo   FI 4th 18/2006 (3 weeks) Fairytale Gone Bad   DE 3 08/28/2006 (70 weeks)   AT 3 01/12/2007 (37 weeks)   CH 2 02/11/2007 (64 weeks)   FI 2 35/2006 (9 weeks) Forever Yours   DE 35 05/14/2007 (12 weeks)   AT 42 05/11/2007 (11 weeks)   CH 82 08/19/2007 (2 weeks) Diamonds   FI 14th 21/2007 (2 weeks) Heal Me   DE 58 10/08/2007 (9 weeks)   FI 16 38/2007 (1 week) Choose to Be Me   DE 24 03/10/2008 (12 weeks)   AT 50 03/07/2008 (6 weeks)

All Because of You

All Because of You was the album's first single and was released in Finland in autumn 2005. The song is characterized by a polyphonic harmony singing as well as quieter verses and a livelier chorus. The single was initially played by the Finnish radio station SuomiPop and reached number 11 on the Finnish singles charts.

Romeo

Romeo , the second single from the album, was initially only released in Finland and was able to place it at number 4 in the charts. It was one of the songs that were recorded first, even if the lyrics were completely rewritten shortly before the recording because Samu Haber disliked it. It is one of the quieter pieces of the band.

Fairytale Gone Bad

With Fairytale Gone Bad , the third single, the band became internationally known. Haber thought of the melody for the song while riding the tram in Helsinki . The song begins quietly in the first verse, only drums and keyboard accompany the vocals. With the use of the electric guitar in the chorus, the piece becomes rockier. The song is about a failed relationship and the memories associated with it. In the video you can see the band standing in front of a wall and on a house roof while a projector shows videos of a woman as a memory. In Germany and Austria the song reached number three in the singles charts, in Switzerland and Finland the song was placed in second place.

Fairytale Gone Bad received a gold record in Germany , Switzerland , Finland and Sweden .

Forever Yours

Forever Yours is the fourth single from the album and was released on April 27, 2007. Lyrically it deals with the same topic as Fairytale Gone Bad , musically it is more rock-heavy. In Germany the song came in at number 35, in Austria at number 42 and in Switzerland at number 82 on the charts. In Finland, the song did not make it into the charts, but it was awarded a gold record.

Diamonds

The song was released on May 9, 2007 as the fifth single from the album. In the German-speaking countries, the single received little attention, in Finland the piece reached number 14 in the single charts.

Heal Me

The song reached number 58 in the single charts in Germany, and the single rose to number 16 in Finland.

Choose to Be Me

The last single from the album, Choose to Be Me , was released on February 20, 2008 and reached number 24 in the German and number 50 in the Austrian single charts. The song was also the theme song for season 8 in the German edition of Big Brother .

reception

On the Way to Wonderland was rated by only a few critics, with most of the reviews being negative.

Adam Greenberg gives Allmusic 3 out of 5 stars and complains that Sunrise Avenue have not come up with anything of their own and that their music does not stand out from other bands. He also says that although the songs are well arranged, the lyrics are not always good, which, according to Greenberg, is typical for non-native speakers.

Plattentests.de awards 3 out of 10 points. Critic Christian Preusser thinks that Sunrise Avenue's soaring will stop early because the album is way too boring.

The record received 4.5 out of 10 points from cdstarts.de. Critic Matthias Reichel wrote that On the Way to Wonderland was very catchy, but that the album was simply too good to carry people away. In addition, Sunrise Avenue played a sound that, according to the critic, had been heard a thousand times.

Susanne Lang gives the album 2 out of 5 points. She says that the record exudes a lot of joy and differs from most other Finnish bands, but that it sounds completely soft and has no recognition value.

Awards

• Golden record
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
• Platinum record
  • Germany
  • Finland
• Border Breakers Award
  • Award for the European sales and tour successes of her debut album On the Way to Wonderland outside her home country in the past twelve months

Web links

• Sunrise Avenue website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Blog posts from Sunrise Avenue. ( Memento of May 17, 2007 on the Internet Archive ) (English). Retrieved December 27, 2011
2. ↑ On the Way to Wonderland in the German album charts ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2011 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. 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} On the Way to Wonderland in the German single charts ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2013 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. 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} On the Way to Wonderland in the Austrian charts
5. ↑ ^{a b c} On the Way to Wonderland in the Swiss charts
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e} On the Way to Wonderland in the Finnish charts
7. ↑ Interview with Sunrise Avenue. On: youtube.com. Retrieved December 27, 2011
8. ↑ Fairytale Gone Bad on myvideo.de. Retrieved December 27, 2011
9. ↑ Awards for music sales in Germany. On: musikindustrie.de. Retrieved December 29, 2011
10. ↑ ^{a b} Awards for music sales in Switzerland. On: swisscharts.com. Retrieved December 29, 2011
11. ↑ ^{a b c} Awards for Music Sales in Finland. In: ifpi.fi (Finnish). Retrieved December 29, 2011
12. ↑ Awards for music sales in Sweden. ( Memento from August 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) On: ifpi.se (Swedish, .pdf file). Retrieved December 29, 2011
13. ↑ Big Brother - Sunrise Avenue. On: rtl2-bigbrother.de. Retrieved December 29, 2011
14. ^ Adam Greenberg: Review on allmusic.com (English). Retrieved December 29, 2011
15. ^ Christian Preusser: An Icarus legend. On: plattentests.de. Retrieved December 27, 2011
16. ^ Matthias Reichel: Criticism on cdstarts.de. Retrieved December 27, 2011
17. ↑ Susanne Lang: Criticism  ( 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. on monstersandcritics.de. Retrieved December 29, 2011  
18. ↑ Awards for music sales in Austria. On: ifpi.at. Retrieved December 29, 2011
19. ↑ Awards for music sales in Germany. On: musikindustrie.de. Retrieved December 29, 2011
20. ↑ Viennese concert hall atmosphere meets acoustic rock feeling. ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2012 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. On: wiener-online.at. Retrieved December 29, 2011