Cause and Effect (Maria Mena album)

Occupation

• Maria Mena (Vocals )
• Elias Muri ( guitar)
• Kjetil Steensnæs (guitar)
• Bjarne Gustavsen (Keyboard)
• Kristian Gruda (bass guitar)
• Torstein Lofthus (drums)

Cause and Effect is the fourth studio album by the Norwegian singer -songwriter Maria Mena. It was released on 15 September 2008 in Norway. In German-speaking countries, the album was released on 3 October 2008.

Album concept

Mena has, unlike its predecessor, this album created by a underlying concept: "For the first time I had before the start of work on an album, an overarching theme. I had planned to establish for myself a few guidelines, a framework in which I move. My other albums always acted from the things that had happened the year before, this time I wanted to work up my whole life story. "Among the songs is also a cover of KISS classic I Was Made for Lovin 'You.

Title list

Effect

The album debuted at number 20 on the German charts, the first single All This Time made ​​it to 15th place

Beyond the "gentle and melancholic songs ," the album by critics for its profound lyrics and the successful staging was praised: " In detail, no carvers make out - you really have to step back and consider the overall impression. And even then, shows that this " fascinating journey " of eleven beautiful phases of: Mena captain navigated the shoals of irrelevance in large sheets. "

It was about the Austrian music magazine now! also highlighted a " decent leap forward " the singer-songwriter: " they bowed down even to the predecessor Apparently Unaffected to bluntly explain their lives and suffering in the songs, so she has now found a suitable shape for it. Cause and Effect offers catchy, artfully orchestrated songs ".

In 2009, the album for more than 100,000 records sold reached the gold record.