Where is here
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Publication |
June 29, 1999 |
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| Label (s) | L'age d'Or | |||
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CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
39:44 |
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Chris von Rautenkranz , Die Sterne, Mense Reents , Thies Mynther , Christian Mevs |
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Studio (s) |
Soundgarden Studio Hamburg |
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Where is here is the fifth music album by the Hamburg band Die Sterne . It was recorded in the Soundgarden Studio in Hamburg and was released on June 29, 1999 on the L'age d'or label . It is the last album of the band with founding member Frank Will on keyboards.
Track list
- I vary my rhythm - 3:58
- Big in Berlin - 2:58
- Nothing like we know it - 4:15
- Dingeling - 3:27
- While on the way - 3:41
- Biestbeat - 1:54
- Before you go - 4:01
- That little bit better - 4:09
- Melody d'Amour - 3:07
- Sometimes you say familiar things to yourself - 4:04
- Respect - 4:10
Track information
Frank Spilker wrote all the lyrics for this album. All band members were responsible for writing the music. In addition, Thies Mynther was involved in the creation process for the titles Before you go and sometimes you say familiar things to yourself . As with the song Risk Biography from the album Posen , Jimi Siebels contributed the sound effects to Nothing Like We Know .
Publications
In addition to the normal album, a double CD was released. The second CD contains two remixes by Big in Berlin (by Edwyn Collins and Brezel Göring from Stereo Total ), the song Fluchtthema as well as a live recording and a live video of the title You mustn't forget to eat .
A single was released for Big in Berlin , which consists exclusively of remixes. The second single was Das little better . In addition to various remixes of the song, it also contains the title Fluchtthema .
reception
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The album was largely well received by critics. The music magazine Visions gave 8 out of 12 points and noted: "You can get used to the varied rhythm after a short period of getting used to it." One point of criticism, however, is "... the somewhat uniform coloring of the songs: in between a piece of the format" Widerschein "or" Trrrmer "would not have hurt."
The album received the highest rating from the online magazine laut.de with 5 out of 5 stars, the readers rated it with 4 stars. It is "... a round album that tells of inner restlessness in an inner calm. Not the large, new, trend-setting design for the end of the millennium [...], but a star album." The increased use of "... electronic frills, which undoubtedly represent one of the main musical developments of this album ..." and fit well into the sound of the stars was positively highlighted .
"Nobody who attacks the (pop) ether with open ears can escape them [the stars] or even give a damn. The fault for this is · as is so often the case when something sounds together in an appealing way · only the special mixed grace." writes Reinhold Aumaier from the Wiener Zeitung . He describes the sound of the album as easy listening; in contrast, the lyrics are "... equipped with all sorts of barbs and don't just scratch the surface."
In the 1999 annual charts of Musikexpress magazine , the album was ranked 34th.
The title Nothing as we know it is mentioned several times in the movie 3 Rooms / Kitchen / Bath from 2012 and played towards the end.
Chart placements
With this album, the band reached their highest chart position in Germany to date. It reached number 27 on the album charts for one week in the year of its release. For the first time the band was also represented in the Austrian charts. The album made it to number 46 for a week in August 1999.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information about the album on Discogs.com
- ↑ Information about the double CD on Discogs.com
- ↑ a b Chart position ( memento of the original from June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Germany on musicline.de
- ↑ a b Chart position in Austria on austriancharts.at
- ↑ Review on Visions.de
- ↑ Review on laut.de
- ↑ CD review of the Wiener Zeitung on November 19, 1999 (accessed on November 6, 2013)
- ↑ 1999 annual charts on indiepedia.de
Web links
- All publications of the band on the homepage of the stars