Tocotronic (album, 2002)

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Tocotronic
Studio album from Tocotronic
Cover

Publication
(s)

June 10, 2002

Label (s) L'age d'or

Format (s)

CD, vinyl

Genre (s)

Indie rock ( Hamburg school )

Title (number)

13

occupation

production

Tobias Levin

chronology
KOOK
1999 		Tocotronic Pure reason must never win
2005
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Tocotronic is the sixth studio album by the German indie rock group Tocotronic , which was released in June 2002.

The self-titled album is due in allusion to the plain white cover The White Album of Beatles frequently White Album called.

style

The album is relatively calm, smooth and melodic compared to older albums, which is mainly due to the lengthy work in the studio. The lyrics are also very different from those of the previous albums. They are kept much more open and therefore leave more space for interpretations by the listener. The slogan-like character of the previous albums, which can also be found partly on the albums after Tocotronic , can only be recognized here in rudiments. So von Lowtzow sings in News from the trickster himself: "One thing is certain: one to one is over now." Only the single This Boy is Tocotronic reminds lyrically and musically of older pieces and breaks out of the basic scheme of the album.

Reviews

In the review by laut.de it says: "Apart from small exceptions (...) the self-titled work sounds old and leaned back throughout. Far removed from the roaring indie rock of the old days (...)" and regarding the lyrics: "' One to one is now over 'is more than a central sentence of the new tocotronic self-definition. "

Plattentests.de criticizes: "Some ideas only come out of the screw clamp after seven minutes, squeezed down to the last drop.", But conclude: "They confuse. And they touch."

The NME writes about the single This Boy is Tocotronic : "Excellent icy electro-guitar-clash-pop".

successes

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Tocotronic
  DE 5 06/24/2002 (14 weeks)
  AT 6th 06/23/2002 (10 weeks)
Singles
This Boy Is Tocotronic
  DE 48 05/27/2002 (3 weeks)
  AT 51 05/26/2002 (3 weeks)
Hi freaks (part 1)
  DE 77 10/14/2002 (1 week)

The album and the two singles that were released were very successful in Germany, but also in Austria. The album reached 5th place in the German album charts, which meant the best chart position for Tocotronic to date. 6th place was achieved in Austria. The singles were both placed in the German Top 100. With This Boy is Tocotronic the band even appeared on the TV show Top of the Pops , swapping places on the instruments.

The trade press was also enthusiastic. In Spex , the album was voted number 2 in the readers 'charts and number 7 in the critics' charts. The singles were even voted 1st and 2nd by the readers. The editors of the intro regard Tocotronic as the best album of the year, the readers as the fourth best. Hi Freaks reached position 3 or 4. For the Musikexpress the white album is the tenth best of the year 2002, for the Rolling Stone the second best.

Track list

  1. This Boy is Tocotronic , 4:05 am
  2. Everything will be on fire at 5:50 am
  3. Here's the proof , 4:22 am
  4. Hi freaks , 06:15
  5. Guide me gently , 4:18 am
  6. Free Hospital , 06:55
  7. The bad book , 4:31 am
  8. Closer to you , 3:57 am
  9. Shadows don't cast shadows , 07:28
  10. There is always urgency , 04:46
  11. Cloud of Ignorance , 4:33
  12. Drama , 4:02 am
  13. News from the trickster , 04:47

Single releases

This Boy is Tocotronic was released as the first single . The song is designed as a single, the video was shot in the style of Czech fairy tale films in Blomenburg Castle near Kiel . In autumn 2002 the second single Hi Freaks was released in two different versions. The first version contains cover versions of songs by the bands Turbonegro , Fuck and Minutemen . The second version features remixes by various DJs.

  • This Boy is Tocotronic ( Lado )
  1. This Boy Is Tocotronic (Single Version)
  2. Hi-Fi science fiction
  3. This Boy Is Tocotronic (Extended Version)
  4. Manifesto
  • Hi freaks (part 1) ( Lado )
  1. Hi Freaks (Time and Tide Mix)
  2. Sailor Man
  3. 22 No.
  4. Stories
  5. Hi Freaks (Extended Album Version)
  • Hi Freaks (Part 2) ( Lado )
  1. Hi Freaks (Time and Tide Mix)
  2. Hi Freaks ( DJ Rabauke Remix)
  3. Hi Freaks ( Superpitcher 's Beautiful Freaks Remix)
  4. Hi Freaks (Trockentonic Remix by Märtini Brös )
  5. Hi Freaks (Alexander Polzin Remix)

Other participants

  • Producer: Tobias Levin.
  • Recorded by Tobias Levin and Thomas Maringer at Electric Avenue in Hamburg
  • Mixed by Michael Ilbert, Christian Mevs and Tobias Levin in the Soundgarden recording studio , Hamburg.
  • Production and mix assistant: Thomas Maringer.
  • Mastered by Kai Blankenberg in the Skyline-Studio , Düsseldorf .
  • Solo on This Boy is Tocotronic by Ali Neander
  • Portrait photos: Gianni Occipinti, group photo: Anette Kelm
  • Design: Tocotronic in cooperation with offBIT.com
  • A&R : Carol von Rautenkranz

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review on laut.de
  2. ↑ Review on plattentests.de
  3. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT
  4. ↑ Looking back 2002 ( Memento from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )