Rekord (album)

Rekord[1] is the ninth full-length studio album by German hip hop band Die Fantastischen Vier. It was released on 24 October 2014, marking the 25th anniversary of the band.[2]

Rekord
Studio album by
Die Fantastischen Vier
Released24 October 2014
GenreGerman hip hop
LanguageGerman
LabelColumbia, Sony BMG
ProducerAnd.Ypsilon
Die Fantastischen Vier chronology
Für Dich Immer Noch Fanta Sie
(2010)		 Rekord
(2014)		 Captain Fantastic
(2018)

Musical content

On the album, which mainly contains hip hop and pop songs, Fanta 4 also experiment with the styles of Dubstep ("Heute", "Wie geliebt") and R'n'B ("Lass sehen").[3] A reviewer in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said that the band's performance on this album shows "Unbeirrbarkeit, Humor und einem großen Gespür für die Haken" ("imperturbability, humor and a great sense of the hook"), and hails the "Fantastic Four" as pioneers of hip-hop. [2]

Writing and production

For the anniversary song "25" Don Snow aka Jonn Savannah sang his hit "25 Years" with a slightly different text. "Disco" features Miss Platnum.

Release and reception

The album was published on 24 October 2014. From the album, the titles "Und los", "25", and "Single" were released as a single.

The album peaked at number one of the German charts a week after publication, was awarded gold and sold more than 200,000 copies.[4]

On the web page laut.de Rekord was rated with 3 out of 5 stars.[3]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."25"3:03
2."Heute"3:44
3."Und los"3:57
4."Lass sehen"4:06
5."Gegen jede Vernunft"3:33
6."Typisch ich"3:24
7."Wie geliebt"4:14
8."Single"5:02
9."Disco"4:57
10."Der Mann den nichts bewegt"5:02
11."Frieden wie denn"4:46
12."Gott ist mein Zeuge"4:58
13."Das Spiel ist aus"3:33

References
  1. literally Record, meaning "best performance" rather than an LP record in German
  2. Tobias Rüther (24 October 2014). "Silberhochzeit der Bungalow-Jungs". Frankfurter Allgemeiner (in German). Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  3. laut.de
  4. chartsurfer.de
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