Sorry, We're Open

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Sorry, We're Open
Studio album by Bonaparte

Publication
(s)

17th August 2012

Label (s) State act / Warner

Format (s)

CD , LP

Genre (s)

Indie rock , crossover

Title (number)

15th

running time

45:01

production

Tobias Jundt

chronology
My Horse Likes You
(2010)
Sorry, We're Open -
Single release
August 3, 2012 Quarantine

Sorry, We're Open (dt. Sorry, we are open ) is the third studio album by the Berlin indie rock - band Bonaparte . It was published on August 17, 2012 by Staatsakt .

Creation and publication

For the first time in the band's history, the album was not recorded on the computer, but in its own recording studio . There were also differences in the choice of label compared to the previous albums. Although the album was still recorded on the Staatsakt label, distribution and marketing was taken over by the major Warner label . Housemeister (for the song Quarantine ), Siriusmo (for Point & Shoot ) and Deichkind (for everything already seen ) could be won for collaborations . The album was released on August 17, 2012. As a pre-release, the single Quarantine was released on August 3, 2012.

Track list

  1. When the Ship Is Thinking - 2:36
  2. Quarantine - 3:07
  3. Sorry We're Open - 3:28
  4. C'est à Moi Qu'tu Parles? - 4:10
  5. 40 ° 42'48.46 N 73 ° 58'18.38 W - 0:59
  6. Point & Shoot - 3:10
  7. A Little Braindead - 3:11
  8. Mañana Forever - 3:27
  9. I've seen everything - 3:07
  10. 53 ° 32'26.81 N 09 ° 58'47.28 E - 1:50
  11. Quick Fix - 3:04
  12. High Heels to Hell - 4:04
  13. In the Breaks - 3:44
  14. 40 ° 51'42.94 S 173 ° 00'46.63 W - 1:34
  15. Bonahula - 3:28

Chart placements

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Sorry, We're Open
  DE 21st 09/03/2012 (1 week)
  CH 30th 02.09.2012 (2 weeks)

The album could be in Germany and Switzerland put in the album charts, which could be achieved in Germany ranked 21st and Switzerland Place 30th A single could not place in any country in the charts.

reception

The album was recorded mixed by music critics , but the reviews were mostly positive.

Mara Brugger from Laut.de gives the album four out of five possible stars and says that the album simply makes you happy. The cooperation with Deichkind is particularly praised.

Fritz.de also awards four out of five stars and praises the songwriting, the production and the depth of Sorry, We're Open . The collaborations are also described as very appropriate.

Plattentests.de gives a mixed rating with five out of ten points . Critic Thomas Pilgrim criticizes that the album is not musically subtle enough and that the music is exhausted after about halfway through the album.

Jan Freitag from the newspaper Die Zeit complains that the songs that work live could not spark the same mood on the album and that the band did not use their talents consistently. So it happens that the quality decreases towards the end.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Publications by Bonaparte. ( Memento of the original from October 16, 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. On: warnermusic.de. Retrieved January 13, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.warnermusic.de
  2. a b c Mara Brugger: With Deichkind into the next round. On: laut.de. Retrieved January 13, 2013
  3. ^ Bonaparte: new album in August.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: fritz.de, May 31, 2012. Accessed January 13, 2013@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.fritz.de  
  4. Rabea Weihser: We cannot have our songs written by children in China. On: zeit.de, August 27, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2013
  5. "Sorry, we're open": Pre-listening. On: warnermusic.de, August 16, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2013
  6. a b Bonaparte in the German album charts ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2016 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / musicline.de
  7. a b Bonaparte in the Swiss charts
  8. cockiness, eccentricity and glamor. ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2013 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: fritz.de, August 16, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fritz.de
  9. Thomas Pilgrim: Close to the wind. On: plattentests.de. Retrieved January 13, 2013
  10. Jan Friday: Please more music instead of a pop circus. On: zeit.de, August 17, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2013