12 (Herbert Grönemeyer album)

Occupation

  • Herbert Grönemeyer - production, music, lyrics, vocals, piano, guitar
  • Alfred Kritzer - Keyboards
  • Armin Rühl - drums
  • Frank Kirchner - Saxophone
  • Jacob Hansonis - Guitar
  • Norbert Hamm - Bass
  • Stephan Zobeley - Guitar
  • Mark Essien - percussion
  • Arezu wide wood - text dramaturgy
  • Alex Silva - Production, Guitars, Bass, Programming
  • Alfred Kritzer - additional programming, additional ideas
  • Andrew Dudman - string recordings in the Rak and Abbey Road Studios
  • Anton Corbijn - Photo
  • Fran Healy ( Travis ) - Acoustic Guitar
  • Francis Furster - percussion
  • Gavyn Wright - Concert Master
  • Jimmy Hogarth - Guitar
  • Leo Abrahams - Guitar
  • Loz Williams - Protools engineer
  • Martin Ditcham - percussion
  • Nick Ingman - orchestral arrangements, conductor
  • Sam Dixon - Bass
  • Walter Schönau - Cover and Design

Studios

  • Rak Studio
  • Mayfair Studio 5
  • Abbey Road Studios

12 is the twelfth studio album by the German rock musician Herbert Grönemeyer. A few days after the release on 1 March 2007, the album reached the top of the German album charts. The album was also sold as a special edition, which in addition to the standard CD contains a DVD that includes the entire album as a 5.1 mix in Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 96/24, as well as in PCM stereo. In order to ensure maximum compatibility with various players, this DVD is designed as a DVD-Video.

In the song track Arezu Wide Wood wrote with the lyrics.

Naming

The title of the album, which he would now call head up, dancing, Grönemeyer explains not only the fact that it is the twelfth studio album of his career. He had also on 12 April birthday and on the album had 12 songs to find. According to his interpretation of Chinese symbolism of numbers 1 and 2 are the symbols for man and woman and three for the child - in this case, the third album, which was produced together with Alex Silva. Finally, also spoke the "ö" in the middle of the word number twelve for the album title.

Title list

Single releases

Were the preliminary title "Song 1 - Piece of Heaven " and published "Song 11 - - To Night " as coupling on the single " Piece of Heaven Song 1 ". (On the Title List of Single incorrectly "Song 7 - The Night ", in fact it was on the album "Song 11 - The Night " )

Song 1 - piece of heaven was in the year 2007, the 49th - most successful single in Germany.

Awards

  • 2007: Gold Record 7x 4x platinum and gold for the normal album
  • 3x 1x gold and platinum for the live album
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