Telegram for X

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Telegram for X
Studio album by Xavier Naidoo

Publication
(s)

November 24, 2005

Label (s) Naidoo Records

Format (s)

  • CD (Basic & Standard Version)
  • CD & DVD (Premium Version)

Genre (s)

Soul , contemporary R&B , pop

Title (number)

15th

running time

  • Audio CD 72 min 40 s
  • DVD-CD 170 min
occupation

Studio (s)

  • Tracks 1–8 & 13.14 Klangzeuger Tonstudio
  • Tracks 9,10,12,15 Klangstudio Leyh, Sandhausen
  • Track 11 Camp Davis
chronology
Interlude - Everything for the Lord
(2002) 		Telegram for X Everything Can Get Better
(2009)

Telegram für X is the ninth album by Xavier Naidoo . It was released at the end of 2005 and was Naidoo's second most successful album after his solo debut album Not of this World (1998) with over 800,000 albums sold.

Emergence

Telegram for X is Xavier Naidoo's ninth album and his third solo album . Who or what exactly is behind "X" remains unclear, but it is clear that Xavier Naidoo, as in the last songs and albums, is about a religious message. This is already clear in the last lines of the booklet: "You know who you are - God bless you".

The titles of the album were recorded in different recording studios: The tracks And , Please don't ask me , This path , lines of gold , Oh My Lady , Salvation , Where do I come from , You are like a blessing , What we cannot do alone and Are you interested in life were recorded in the sound producer recording studio Ma ( Philippe van Eecke ). The titles Abgrund , Are you woken up , In YOUR hands , Thank you and additional strings for What we can't do alone were recorded in the sound studio Leyh, Sandhausen. The title You're Not For It , however, was recorded at Camp Davis.

Music genre

The album mixes different styles like R&B , jazz and soul . As a stylistic device, spoken chants , scratches and samples were used. The music, however, is mainly carried by the vocals of Xavier Naidoo. The songs are held in mid-tempo and very calm. In addition to Naidoo's religious creed, which also earned him a lot of criticism, the lyrics deal with secular topics such as love ( Oh My Lady ) and his own origin ( This Path ). Political statements are also the subject of various texts ( abyss , you are not in favor ). The only English language song on the album is Oh My Lady .

The four rappers Pal One , Jonesmann , Tone and Danny Fresh are guests on the album.

Charts

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 1 (77 weeks) 77
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 1 (60 weeks) 60
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 1 (63 weeks) 63

Cover

A blue and white background with a white "X" can be seen on the cover picture. The text "Telegram for" (top left) is small and also written in white. The artist name is written in gray at the top right. The "X" from "Xavier" is linked to the gray band logo, an (open) Star of David .

content

Audio CD

  1. And - 4:20
  2. Please don't ask me - 5:07
  3. This way - 4:04
  4. Lines of Gold - 5:31
  5. Oh my lady - 5:40
  6. Salvation - 4:31
  7. Where am I from - 4:57
  8. Are you interested in life - 5:56
  9. Abyss - 4:58
  10. Did you wake up - 4:08
  11. You're not for it - 4:27
  12. In YOUR hands - 6:10
  13. You are like a blessing - 4:27
  14. What we can't do alone - 3:44
  15. Thanks - 7:20

Other versions

The album was released in a basic and standard version, as well as a premium version with an enclosed DVD. This has a running time of 170 minutes. In addition to the music videos for eight songs on the album, the bonus material offers an insight into the singer's private life.

DVD-CD

  1. And - 4:20
  2. Please don't ask me - 5:07
  3. This way - 4:04
  4. O Live Lait
  5. Lines of Gold - 5:31
  6. Salvation - 4:31
  7. Are you interested in life - 5:56
  8. Abyss - 4:58
  9. What we can't do alone - 3:44

Single releases

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2005 This way
telegram for X 		DE2 (80 weeks)
DE 		AT2 (27 weeks)
AT 		CH3 (67 weeks)
CH
First published: November 4th, 2005
Sales: + 150,000
2006 Are you interested in life
Telegram for X 		DE27 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT32 (14 weeks)
AT 		CH24 (10 weeks)
CH
First published: March 10, 2006
with Tone
Lines of gold
telegram for X 		DE32 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT49 (14 weeks)
AT 		CH66 (11 weeks)
CH
First published: June 23, 2006
Thank you
telegram for X 		DE1
gold
gold

(18 weeks)DE 		AT34 (8 weeks)
AT 		CH100 (1 week)
CH
First published: July 21, 2006
Sales: + 150,000
What we cannot do alone
Telegram for X 		DE2 (29 weeks)
DE 		AT7 (18 weeks)
AT 		CH28 (15 weeks)
CH
First published: November 3, 2006

This way

The only single to be released, this path , was among the top 30 until the beginning of 2007. The maxi contains three different mixes of the song and a bonus track .

  1. This Way (Radio Edition)
  2. This Way (Instrumental)
  3. That Way (Dusty & Davis' I Can Hear U Remix)
  4. Abyss (Rap Version)

Are you interested in life?

The song Are you interested in life was released on February 21, 2006 and reached # 27 in Germany. The song was presented at the 2006 Echo Awards. There Xavier Naidoo received the echo in the category “Best National Artist” for the second time. The following songs can be heard on the maxi CD:

  1. Are You Interested In Life (Radio Edit)
  2. Are you interested in life (Band Edit without Rap) ( feat.Tone )
  3. Are you interested in life (rap version)
  4. Are You Interested In Life (Amaze Me Remix)
  5. Think it over

lines of gold

The song Linien aus Gold is the third single from the album Telegramm for X. The single was released on June 23, 2006 and reached # 32 in Germany as the highest ranking. In Austria # 49 and in Switzerland # 66 not even the top 50. The following songs can be heard on the maxi CD:

  1. Lines of Gold (Radio Remix)
  2. Lines of Gold (Live Version)
  3. Lines of Gold (Gold Fever Disco Mix)
  4. Lines of Gold (Bomm't-Zag Remix)
  5. Lines of Gold (Aural Float Treatment Remix)
  6. Lines of Gold (Eletrozeilen Remix)
  7. Lines Of Gold (Album Edit Download)
  8. Lines of Gold (instrumental download)
  9. Lines Of Gold (Album Edit Video)

thank you

Thank you is a song that Xavier Naidoo wrote for the German national team after they were eliminated in the semi-finals against Italy. The song was initially only published on the Internet, but then also as a maxi CD due to great demand. In Germany the song went straight to # 1 and stayed there for 5 weeks. In Austria it reached # 34 and in Switzerland just # 100. The following songs can be heard on the maxi CD:

  1. thank you
  2. This way (WM version)

What we cannot do alone

What we do not do it alone is the final single from the album Telegram for X . The song entered Germany at number 2 and stayed in the top 10 for several weeks, in Austria the song also reached the top 10 with number 7. In Switzerland, the song only reached number 29 and thus made it into the top 30. The following songs can be heard on the maxi CD:

  1. What we can't do alone (rap version)
  2. What we can't do alone (tape version)
  3. What We Can't Do Alone (Radio Remix)
  4. What We Can't Do Alone (Instrumental)
  5. Video from the MTV Campus Invasion 2006

particularities

  • The single Thank you was only added to the album on a re-release. Before that, the album only had 14 tracks.
  • There is a song O Live Lait on the DVD version , which is not on the album's audio CD.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ laut.de
  2. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH
Xavier Naidoo
Studio albums

Seeing Is Believing • Out of this world • Interlude - Everything for the Lord • Telegram for X • Everything can get better • Murder music • For my soul • Dance music (Xavier no longer lives here) • Out of this world 2 • For you. • There and away

Collaboration albums

Split personality

Live albums

Live •… All the best in front of us… • Singing competition in Schwetzingen - MTV Unplugged • Everything can get better - Live • Hear, hear! Live from the Waldbühne • Not from this world 2 - Alone with a grand piano Live • Thanks for listening 2 - Not from this world tour - The second 2017

Compilation albums

Thanks for listening - song collection 1998–2012

Singles
NoDISPLAY
Not from this world
20,000 miles • Out of this world • Take me to the light • She doesn't see me • Actually good • Its streets
live
Up to the stars
Interlude - Everything for the Lord
Where do you want to go • Before you go • If I already had children • Say goodbye • I don't know anything (that is as beautiful as you)
Telegram for X
This path • Are you interested in life? • Lines of gold • Thank you • What we cannot do alone
Singing competition in Schwetzingen - MTV Unplugged
When
Everything can get better
Everything can get better • Hold on • I need you • Wild with anger • Please don't stop dreaming
Split personality
Don't look back anymore • Dare to believe it
By my soul
With my soul • The last look • Hear, hear
Out of this world 2
Free • I won't let that happen • The rock
To you.
Take me with you • For you
There and away
I thank all people • world • good times • grace
Featurings

Freisen • 3P (License 2 Kill) • I Got You Stripped • Skillz • Everything • Everything • Come with me • Give me music • Way to Mars • Song (you, only you) • Jeanny • Adriano (last warning) • You have to walk over seven bridges • Tu me manques • You are not alone • Days and hours • Ready • I carry you • With You • Aura • Heroes • Thank you • Who stops the world • I do it for love • Adriano (SaMTV Unplugged) • Only with you • Have you ever