Strictly Physical (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Strictly Physical
Type = studio
Artist = Monrose


Released = September 21, 2007
flagicon|Poland October 8, 2007
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Pop, dance-pop, R&B
Length = 47:24
Label = Starwatch/Warner Music
Producer = Peter Biker, Jiant, Pete "Boxsta" Martin, Remee, Snowflakers, Thomas Troelsen
Reviews =
* "BamS" rating|3|6 [http://www.yam.de/Die_neue_Yam!Bams.html link]
* "CDStarts" rating|4.5|10 [http://www.cdstarts.de/kritiken/Monrose%20-%20Strictly%20Physical.html link]
* "Energy Zürich" rating|2|5 [http://www.energyzueri.ch/97.html?&user_energycdtip_pi1%5Bdetail%5D=110&cHash=e73b65e090 link]
* "laut.de" rating|2|5 [http://www.laut.de/lautstark/cd-reviews/m/monrose/strictly_physical/index.htm link]
* "LetMeEntertainYou" rating|2|5 [http://www.letmeentertainyou.de/artikel_2849.html link]
* "M&C" (acceptable) [http://www.monstersandcritics.de/artikel/200738/article_29980.php/CD-Kritik-Strictly-Physical-von-Monrose link]
* "Tiscali" rating|2|5 [http://www.tiscali.de/musi/musi_center_Monros.105809769.html link]
Last album = "Temptation"
(2006)
This album = "Strictly Physical"
(2007)
Next album = "I Am"
(2008)
Misc = Singles
Name = Strictly Physical
Type = studio
single 1 = Hot Summer
single 1 date = June 29, 2007
single 2 = Strictly Physical
single 2 date = September 14, 2007
single 3 = What You Don't Know
single 3 date = December 7, 2007

"Strictly Physical" is the second studio album by German pop trio Monrose, released on Starwatch Music and the Warner Music Group on September 21, 2007 (see 2007 in music) in German-speaking Europe and on October 8, 2007 in parts of Eastern Europe.

Released only nine months after its best-selling predecessor "Temptation", the album took Monrose's work further into dance and electro music, featuring main production by Danish producers Remee and Thomas Troelsen, with additional contribution from Jiant, Snowflakers, Peter Biker, and Pete "Boxsta" Martin. It debuted at number two on the German Albums Chart and reached the top 10 in Austria and Switzerland. As of January 2008, the album has reached double gold status for more than 110,000 copies sold.

Named after its second single which was released a week prior to the album, "Strictly Physical" spawned three singles, also including the band's second non-consecutive number-one hit "Hot Summer" and the Billy Mann-penned top ten ballad "What You Don't Know."

History

Release and reception

"Strictly Physical" received a mixed reception, with most professional critics calling the longplayer a "more mature and individual" but generally "well-snitched" output in comparison with the band's debut album.cite web|title=Review of "Strictly Physical"|work=laut.de|url=http://www.laut.de/lautstark/cd-reviews/m/monrose/strictly_physical/index.htm|accessdate=2007-08-23] However, although the album failed to reprise the huge success of "Temptation", missing a number-one peak anywhere, it became another success for the band: It debuted at number 2 on the German "Media Control" albums chart and reached the top 10 in Austria and Switzerland, shipping more than 90.000 copies in its first week of release.cite web|title="Latest Remee News"|work=Remee.net|url=http://www.remee.net/appmanager/remee/default?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=news_page_single&portletView=single&contentId=Xjt5PMxZWfiZKdm|accessdate=2008-03-10] As of January 2008, "Strictly Physical" has been certified gold by both the Austrian and the German brunch of the IFPI for more than 10,000 and 100,000 sold copies respectively.

The album spawned three singles, however, a fourth was scrapped in favour of production of a new album. Lead single "Hot Summer" became band's second number-one hit in Austria, Germany and Switzerland and one of the biggest-selling songs of the year on German online music storescite web|title="37 Prozent mehr legale Musikdownloads"|work=Media Control|url=http://www.macwelt.de/news/ipod/349709/|accessdate=2007-10-08] , also obtaining success in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and the Benelux states. Follow-up "Strictly Physical" became Monrose's first top 10 entry on the Polish Top 50 since debut release "Shame" (2006), while ballad "What You Don't Know" became their fifth consecutive top 10 single in Germany, although it failed to reach the top 20 in Switzerland.

Track listing

# "Dangerous" (Thomas Troelsen, Remee) - 3:18
# "Hot Summer" (T. Troelsen, Remee) - 3:30
# "Strictly Physical"' (Tim Hawes, Pete Kirtley, Christian Ballard, Andrew Murray, Obi Mhondera) - 3:40
# "Rebound" (Pete Martin, Tina Harris, Stephen Lee) - 3:39
# "What You Don't Know" (Mattias Lindblom, Billy Mann, Anders Wollbeck) - 3:45
# "Leading Me on" (Hallgeir Rustan, Robin Jensen, Pelle Lidell, Nermin Harambasic, Anne Judith Wik, Ronny Svendsen) - 4:00
#"Golden" (Grant Black, Kyösti Salokorpi) - 3:07
# "Sooner or Later" (T. Troelsen, Remee) - 2:45
# "Just Like That" (Tim Kellett, Robyn Taylor-Firth, Remee, Peter Biker) - 4:19 ¹
# "Yesterday's Gone" (T. Hawes, P. Kirltey, C. Ballard, A. Murray) - 3:26
# "Burning" (T. Troelsen, Remee) - 4:06
# "Monrose Theme" (T. Troelsen, Remee, Senna Guemmour, Bahar Kizil, Mandy Capristo) - 3:46
# "Everybody Makes Mistakes" (C. Ballard, Deborah Ffrench, G. Black, A. Murray) - 3:55;Musicload bonus track
#

"Say Yes" (H. Rustan, R. Jensen, N. Harambasic, A. J. Wik, R. Svendsen) - 3:53;International bonus tracks
#

"Shame" (T.Hawes, P. Kirtley, C. Ballard, A. Murray) - 3:29
# "Even Heaven Cries" (Robbie Nevil, Philip Denker, Lauren Evans, Jonas Jeberg, Jens Lumholt) - 3:00

¹Contains a sample of Olive's 1996 song "You're Not Alone"

Credits and personnel

* Christian Ballard - drums, percussion
* Tim Hawes - guitar
* Pete Kirtley - bass
* Andrew Murray - keyboards
* Thomas Troelsen - keyboards
* Deborah Ffrench - Backing Vocals

Production

* Producers: Peter Biker, Jiant, Pete "Boxsta" Martin, Remee, Snowflakers, Thomas Troelsen
* Vocal assistance: Christian Ballard, Andrew Murray, Remee
* Engineers: Andrew Lunch, Claus Üblacker, Hanif Wiliams
* Programming: Thomas Troelsen
* Mixing: Andreas Hviid, Jiant, Peter Mark, Mad Nilsson, Snowflakers

Charts

References

External links

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