Crystal Sky
Crystal Sky is the fourth studio album by German recording artist Lena Meyer-Landrut. It was released on digital retailers on 15 May 2015 via We Love Music and Universal Music.[4] The album includes productions by Biffco and Beatgees. The sound is described as electronic sounds with pop influences. The lead single "Traffic Lights" was released in native Germany and across Europe on May 1, 2015. Crystal Sky peaked number 2 on the German Albums Chart.[5]
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Released | 15 May 2015 | |||
Recorded | 2014–15[1] | |||
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Background
In early 2014, Meyer-Landrut began principal work on her fourth studio album. In January, she traveled to New York City to engage in talks with record producer Bosko.[1] In May 2014, she visited the Yoad Nevo studios in London and in June 2014. she worked with Australian singer-songwriter Kat Vinter in Berlin and with Israeli-American singer-songwriter Rosi Golan in Los Angeles. In Brighton, she worked with the Biffco producer team. Further she worked with AFSHeeN and Berlin production team Beatgees who already produced a remix of "Neon (Lonely People)" and the children's song "Schlaft alle" for the compilation album Giraffenaffen 3 which was released in November 2014. On 7 August 2014, Meyer-Landrut revealed via her Twitter account that the title of the album would be Crystal Sky.[6]
Singles
"Traffic Lights" was released as the lead single from the album on May 1, 2015. The song entered the German Singles Chart at number 14. Follow-up "Wild & Free was released as the second single from the deluxe version of the album. It served as the title track of the German comedy film Fack ju Göhte 2 (2015). "Beat to My Melody" was released as the third and final single from the album. A Remix EP was released on April 8, 2016 via Universal Music.
Track listing
All tracks produced by Biffco and Beatgees, with dditional programming by Steven Malcolmson. Original production on "Lifeline" by AFSHeen and Josh Cumbee.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Girl" |
| 4:09 |
2. | "Keep on Living" | 3:21 | |
3. | "Traffic Lights" |
| 2:48 |
4. | "All Kinds of Crazy" |
| 3:40 |
5. | "Beat to My Melody" |
| 3:36 |
6. | "Sleep Now" |
| 3:47 |
7. | "Lifeline" |
| 3:06 |
8. | "4 Sleeps" |
| 4:06 |
9. | "We Roam" |
| 3:47 |
10. | "Crystal Sky" |
| 3:28 |
11. | "Invisible" |
| 3:31 |
12. | "Catapult" (featuring Kat Vinter and Little Simz) |
| 5:09 |
13. | "In the Light" |
| 3:18 |
14. | "Home" |
| 3:42 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Girl" |
| 4:09 |
2. | "Keep on Living" | 3:21 | |
3. | "Wild & Free" |
| 3:13 |
4. | "Traffic Lights" |
| 2:48 |
5. | "All Kinds of Crazy" |
| 3:40 |
6. | "Galaxies" |
| 3:17 |
7. | "Beat to My Melody" |
| 3:36 |
8. | "Sleep Now" |
| 3:47 |
9. | "Lifeline" |
| 3:06 |
10. | "4 Sleeps" |
| 4:06 |
11. | "We Roam" |
| 3:47 |
12. | "Crystal Sky" |
| 3:28 |
13. | "Invisible" |
| 3:31 |
14. | "Catapult" (featuring Kat Vinter and Little Simz) |
| 5:09 |
15. | "Back in Time" |
| 3:26 |
16. | "In the Light" |
| 3:17 |
17. | "Home" |
| 3:42 |
18. | "Beat to My Melody" (Madizin Mix / Bonus Track) |
| 3:38 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Girl" |
| 4:09 |
2. | "Keep on Living" | 3:21 | |
3. | "Wild & Free" |
| 3:13 |
4. | "Traffic Lights" |
| 2:48 |
5. | "All Kinds of Crazy" |
| 3:40 |
6. | "Galaxies" |
| 3:17 |
7. | "Beat to My Melody" |
| 3:36 |
8. | "Sleep Now" |
| 3:47 |
9. | "Lifeline" |
| 3:06 |
10. | "4 Sleeps" |
| 4:06 |
11. | "We Roam" |
| 3:47 |
12. | "Crystal Sky" |
| 3:28 |
13. | "Invisible" |
| 3:31 |
14. | "Catapult" (featuring Kat Vinter and Little Simz) |
| 5:09 |
15. | "Back in Time" |
| 3:26 |
16. | "In the Light" |
| 3:17 |
17. | "Home" |
| 3:42 |
18. | "Beat to My Melody" (Madizin Mix / Bonus Track) |
| 3:38 |
19. | "Satellite" (Bonus) | 2:55 | |
20. | "Stardust" (Bonus) | 3:31 | |
21. | "Taken By a Stranger" (Bonus) |
| 3:24 |
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] | 25 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] | 2 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] | 40 |
Release history
Region | Date | Formats | Label | Ref. |
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Various | 15 May 2015 | Universal Music |
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References
- "Lena Meyer-Landrut tüftelt an neuem Album". Ampya. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- http://www.jumpradio.de/musik/song-des-tages/song-des-tages-102.html?viatw250216
- Lena [@Lenas_view] (6 March 2016). "@LilliBam3 Beat Tommy melody Remix am 25.03" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Lena". lena-meyer-landrut.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
- Marlena Schönfeld. ""Crystal Sky": Neues Album von Lena Meyer-Landrut". www.tonight.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
- "Lena: "Crystal Sky" - neues Album erscheint im Mai". Universal International Division (in German). 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- https://www.amazon.de/Crystal-Sky-New-Version-Lena/dp/B071RLRQLL/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1496481752&sr=1-1&keywords=lena+crystal+sky+new
- "Austriancharts.at – Lena – Crystal Sky" (in German). Hung Medien.
- "Officialcharts.de – Lena – Crystal Sky". GfK Entertainment Charts.
- "Swisscharts.com – Lena – Crystal Sky". Hung Medien.