Velkommen til Medina
Occupation
See Below
Production
- Providers
- Motrack
Studios
- Providers Studio
Welcome to Medina ( German: " Welcome to Medina " ) is the second studio album and the international debut album by the Danish singer Medina. It was released on 23 July 2010 in Germany. The Danish version Velkommen til Medina was published on 21 August 2009 in Denmark, where it reached # 2 on the album charts.
Background information
With her second studio album Velkommen til Medina Danish singer Medina was known. Especially her first single from the album, Kun for mig ( German: " Just for me " ), was a great success and is the best-selling single of 2009 in Denmark. With more than 60,000 copies sold, it reached double platinum. On 24 July 2009, the second single Velkommen til Medina was released from the eponymous album in Denmark. On November 2nd of the same year as the third single Ensom. Both were to the success of customers for mig connect and reached the top position or # 2 on the Danish charts. On 23 November 2009, the Special Edition of the album, which includes a bonus CD appeared on, among other remixes of her song You & I are included. In addition, the CD contains a modified version of the song Kun for mig, on the Danish rapper Liam O'Connor, short LOC, a rap part contributes. This new version with the title Kun for dig became another number -one hit for Medina and held more than 20 weeks in the Danish charts.
After the great success with their second studio album Danish Velkommen til medina and the decoupled single Kun for mig this was translated into English for an international publication. You & I has been a success for Medina and reached number 10 in the German single charts and the top 40 of the charts in Austria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom and the top position of the local dance charts. The second international single release Lonely is reached the English translation of the hit Ensom, the No. 2 in the Danish Singles Chart. In July 2010, then Medina released her international debut album entitled Welcome to Medina. For this, the Danish songs Kun for mig, Velkommen til Medina, Ensom and Vi were to ( German: "We two " ) translated into English. Medina said she was very proud of the album and that it had an "international sound ". For the translations Medina reunited with songwriters and producers in the Danish version, who worked among others for Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears. The title You & I, Welcome to Medina Lonely and The One is situated next seven newly written especially for the album songs on the album. Medina said in an interview about the meanings of two of the new songs Selfish ( German: " Selfish " ) and Gutter ( German: " gutter" ): "I think everyone has a selfish personality when it comes to certain things. The song Selfish means as much as: ., In your presence I will be very selfish and I do not care what you think of it ' [ ... ] Gutter is a love song. It is of a very bad relationship in which one is encountered again and again in the dirt, but it comes crawling back again and again. But not this time. Should he die also, I let him back in the gutter. "
Reception
The album was recorded mixed by critics. Matthias Reichel of CDStarts gave the album a neutral evaluation: " Really fresh sound not the total package to Welcome to Medina. It may be imagination, but tracks like Lonely or In Your Arms can their European origin quite listen, because the combination of deep bass, electronic elements, large-scale synth landscapes, cardboardy beats and pop melodies that will immediately go into the ear, especially in Germany already found use in the 90s. " in addition, he described the music of the album as" reprocessing of '90s trash- pop that has mind to offer a few interesting moments, but do not tear off the stool bottom line can, because this simply lack the international hit potential. " Andrea holder of 1Live described the songs on Welcome to Medina as a" club music with serious lyrics, not just a frequent combination [ ... ] on Welcome to Medina there are also quieter numbers, but the album is definitely a dance album. Very fast, very clubby, very powerful. "
Track lists
Welcome to Medina
Velkommen til Medina
Contributors
The following people contributed to the creation of Welcome to Medina.
- Vocals: Medina Valbak
- Production, mixing, mastering: Providers
- Mixing, Mastering: Anders Schumann
- Executive producers: Rasmus Stabell, Jeppe Federspiel, Thomas Borresen
- Instruments: Rasmus Stabell, Jeppe Federspiel
- Artwork: Rasmus Stabell, Sigurd Hoyen
- Photography: Sigurd Hoyen