room 483
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2007 |
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CD |
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12 |
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44:55 |
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Patrick Benzer, Dave Roth, Peter Hoffmann, David Jost |
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Zimmer 483 is the second studio album by the German band Tokio Hotel . It was published on February 23, 2007 in German-speaking countries and later throughout Europe.
History of origin
Tokio Hotel worked for Zimmer 483 with the same team as on their debut album Schrei . According to their own statements, they had more room to experiment and no deadline to finish the album. During the recordings they focused on the guitar and drum sounds. The song We never die out is the only one in which only Bill and Tom Kaulitz are listed as songwriters. The remaining songs were created by a songwriting collective. The songwriting was democratic, all four members of Tokio Hotel had to be convinced of the songs.
The album title is based on an existing hotel room that is very important to the band. The band keeps the exact background of the title naming secret. Contrary to speculation to the contrary, the room number has nothing to do with sex.
The single Übers Ende der Welt was released on January 26, 2007 before the album was released. The album itself followed on February 23, 2007 as a normal CD version and as a "Limited Deluxe Version" with an accompanying DVD. This includes a photo shoot, an exclusive interview, the music video for Übers Ende der Welt and the corresponding making-of . On June 1, 2007, an English version of the album will also be released for the European market under the title Room 483 .
The corresponding tour start in mid-March, however, had to be postponed by two weeks because the stage could not be completed on time. The tour was filmed and released as a live album , a double DVD and a feature film in autumn 2007.
Track list
| # | title | Songwriter | length |
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| 1. | About the end of the world | Dave Roth, Patrick Benzner, David Jost, Peter Hoffmann, Bill Kaulitz, Tom Kaulitz | 3:33 |
| 2. | Dearly loved | D. Roth, Benzner, Jost, Hoffmann, B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz, Georg Listing, Gustav Schäfer | 3:42 |
| 3. | do not jump | D. Roth, Benzner, Jost, Hoffmann, B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz | 4:09 |
| 4th | Holy | D. Roth, Benzner, Jost, Hoffmann, B. Kaulitz | 4:03 |
| 5. | Where are your hands | D. Roth, Benzner, Jost, Hoffmann, B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz, Listing, Schäfer | 3:37 |
| 6th | Stab into luck | D. Roth, Benzner, Jost, Hoffmann, B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz | 4:05 |
| 7th | Ibreak out | D. Roth, Benzner, Jost, Hoffmann, B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz, Listing, Schäfer | 3:24 |
| 8th. | Talk | D. Roth, Benzner, Jost, Hoffmann, B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz | 3:13 |
| 9. | After you there is nothing | D. Roth, Benzner, Jost, Hoffmann, B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz | 3:14 |
| 10. | We never die out | B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz | 2:59 |
| 11. | Forgotten children | D. Roth, Benzner, Jost, Hoffmann, B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz | 4:34 |
| 12. | By your side (i'm there) | D. Roth, Benzner, Jost, Hoffmann, B. Kaulitz | 4:24 |
- France / Spain bonus tracks
| # | title | Songwriters | length |
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| 13. | We lock ourselves in | D. Roth, Benzner, Jost, Hoffmann, B. Kaulitz, T. Kaulitz | 3:14 |
| 14th | Monsoon | D. Roth, Benzner, Jost, Hoffmann, B. Kaulitz, Rebecca Roth | 4:02 |
| 15th | Ready, set, go! | D. Roth, Benzner, Jost, Hoffmann, T. Kaulitz, B. Kaulitz, R. Roth | 3:34 |
Song info
About the end of the world , opening song and first single, was created quite early at the end of the last tour for the Schrei album and represents for the band a process of reflection on their rapid and rapid rise from an unknown school band to one of the most successful bands in Germany. The music video picks up on the Metropolis theme by director Fritz Lang and was implemented as a dark black and white film . The song Reden also deals with the rock star problem. With Dead Loved , Forgotten Children and By Your Side (Ich Bin Da) three ballads can be found on the album. The second single Spring nicht , released on June 4, 2007, deals with the subject of suicide , while Stich ins Glück deals with drug abuse.
Charts
The album went straight to number one in the German charts. The album also made it into the top three in France and, with second place, it made Tokio Hotel's highest entry in France. In the first week alone, Zimmer 483 sold 146,000 units.
Zimmer 483 was also able to achieve very good placements internationally . The album went gold in Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Hungary and Zimmer 483 went platinum in Russia .
The first single, “Over the End of the World”, was published on January 26, 2007 and was able to take first place in Germany and Austria. The single stayed in the charts in Germany and Switzerland for 12 weeks each. In Austria the single left the charts after 13 weeks. In Switzerland, the single made it to number two.
The second single, " Don't Jump " (English for Don't Jump ), was released on April 6, 2007. It rose to third place in Germany and seventh place in Austria. In Switzerland, the single took 21st place, and this time the single stayed in the charts for a few weeks. So she stayed in Germany for nine weeks in the charts in Austria for ten weeks. In Switzerland, the single stayed in the charts for 21 weeks.
The third single "On your side (Ich bin da) / 1000 Meere" was released on November 16, 2007 and went straight to number two in the German and number six in the Austrian charts. It stayed in the charts in Germany for nine weeks. In Austria, too, the single was able to establish itself in the charts for several weeks.
The fourth single "Heilig" was released on April 28, 2008 ONLY in France.
Videos were shot for all single releases (with the exception of "Heilig").
album
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2007 | room 483 |
DE1 (36 weeks) DE |
AT2 (11 weeks) AT |
CH2 (16 weeks) CH |
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First published: February 23, 2007
Sales: +323,000 |
| Charts (2007) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums Chart | 50 |
| Danish Albums Chart | 11 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 23 |
| Finnish Albums Chart | 13 |
| French Albums Chart | 2 |
| Hungarian Albums Chart | 5 |
Singles
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Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2007 | Over the End of the World, Room 483 |
DE1 (12 weeks) DE |
AT1 (12 weeks) AT |
CH2 (13 weeks) CH |
First published: January 26, 2007
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| Don't jump room 483 |
DE3 (9 weeks) DE |
AT7 (10 weeks) AT |
CH21 (6 weeks) CH |
First published: April 6, 2007
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| At your side (I'm here) / 1000 seas room 483 |
DE2 (9 weeks) DE |
AT6 (8 weeks) AT |
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First published: November 16, 2007
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| 2008 | Holy room 483 |
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First published: April 28, 2008
in France only |
reception
Matthias Möller from laut.de said the following about the album:
“What remains of the second work by Germany's biggest pop band? Twelve times chart-compatible uniformity. Unfortunately no longer."
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Mathias Möller: laut.de review: Yeah! Rock'n'roll! Unfortunately only in one place. Laut.de , accessed on November 22, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Tokio Hotel: Room 483 (download & CD album). (No longer available online.) Naanoo.com, formerly the original ; Retrieved November 22, 2011 . ( 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.
- ↑ a b Stefan Woldach: Bill Kaulitz and the number in "Room 483". Die Welt , February 22, 2007, accessed November 22, 2011 .
- ↑ Room 483 Discogs , accessed November 22, 2011 .
- ↑ Room 483. Discogs , accessed 22 November 2011 .
- ^ Biography of Tokio Hotel. Laut.de , accessed on November 22, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from January 11, 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. AT CH US ( Memento from May 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ "Room 483" Chart Positions and Trajectories . Retrieved October 15, 2008.
- ↑ Top 40 album- és válogatáslemez-lista - 2007. 9. hét ( Hungarian ) In: Mahasz . Retrieved November 15, 2011.
