Strictly Physical (album)

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Strictly Physical
Strictly Physical cover
Studio album by Monrose
Released September 21, 2007
Flag of 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
Professional reviews
Monrose chronology
Temptation
(2006)		 Strictly Physical
(2007)		 I Am
(2008)
Singles from Strictly Physical
  1. "Hot Summer"
    Released: June 29, 2007
  2. "Strictly Physical"
    Released: September 14, 2007
  3. "What You Don't Know"
    Released: December 7, 2007

Strictly Physical is the second studio album by German pop trio Monrose, released on Starwatch Music and 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. It was primarily produced by production duo Remee and Thomas Troelsen, with additional contribution from Jiant, the Snowflakers, Peter Biker, and Pete "Boxsta" Martin. As of January 2008, Strictly Physical has reached double gold status for more than 110,000 copies sold.

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] 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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3][4]

The album spawned three singles, however, a fourth was scrapped in favour of production of a new album.[4] 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 stores[5], also obtaining success in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and the Benelux states.[6] 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.

[edit] Samples and covers

[edit] Track listing

# Title
1. "Dangerous"
Writers: T. Troelsen, Remee
Producers: Thomas Troelsen, Remee		 3:18
2. "Hot Summer"
Writers: T. Troelsen, Remee
Producers: Thomas Troelsen, Remee		 3:30
3. "Strictly Physical"
Writers: T. Hawes, P. Kirltey, C. Ballard, A. Murray, O. Mhondera
Producers: Tim Hawes, Pete Kirltey, Christian Ballard, Andrew Murray, Obie Mhondera		 3:40
4. "Rebound"
Writers: P. Martin, T. Harris, S. Lee
Producers: Tim Hawes, Pete Kirtley		 3:39
5. "What You Don't Know"
Writers: A. Wollbeck, B. Mann, M. Lindblom
Producers: Tim Hawes, Pete Kirltey, Christian Ballard, Andrew Murray, Obie Mhondera		 3:45
6. "Leading Me On"
Writers: H. Rustan, R. Jensen, P. Lidell, N. Harambasic, A. J. Wik, R. Svendsen
Producers: Tim Hawes, Pete Kirltey, Christian Ballard, Andrew Murray, Obie Mhondera		 4:00
7. "Golden"
Writers: Grant Black, Kyösti Salokorpi
Producers: Thomas Troelsen, Remee		 3:07
8. "Sooner Or Later"
Writers: T. Troelsen, Remee
Producers: Thomas Troelsen, Remee		 2:45
9. "Just Like That"
Writers: T. Kellett, R. Taylor-Firth, Remee, Peter Biker
Producers: Remee, Peter Biker		 4:19
10. "Yesterday's Gone"
Writers: T. Hawes, P. Kirltey, C. Ballard, A. Murray
Producers: Tim Hawes, Pete Kirltey, Christian Ballard, Andrew Murray, Obie Mhondera		 3:26
11. "Burning"
Writers: T. Troelsen, Remee
Producers: Thomas Troelsen, Remee		 4:06
12. "Monrose Theme"
Writers: T. Troelsen, Remee, S. Guemmour, B. Kizil, M. Capristo
Producers: Thomas Troelsen, Remee		 3:46
13. "Everybody Makes Mistakes"
Writers: C. Ballard, D. French, G. Black, A. Murray
Producers: Tim Hawes, Pete Kirltey, Christian Ballard, Andrew Murray, Obie Mhondera		 3:55
14. "Say Yes" (Musicload's Bonus Track)
Writers: H. Rustan, R. Jensen, N. Harambasic, A. J. Wik, R. Svendsen
Producer: Remee		 3:53
15. "Shame" (International Bonus Track)
Writers: T. Hawes, P. Kirtley, C. Ballard, A. Murray
Producers: Tim Hawes, Pete Kirltey, Christian Ballard, Andrew Murray		 3:30
16. "Even Heaven Cries" (Single Version 2007) (International Bonus Track)
Writers: R. Nevil, P. Denker, L. Evans, J. Jeberg, J. Lumholt
Producer: Thorsten Brötzmann		 3:00

[edit] Credits and personnel

[edit] 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

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position		 Certification
Austrian Albums Chart 7 [6] Gold [4]
Billboard European Albums Chart 11 [7]
German Albums Chart 2 [8] Gold [3]
Polish Albums Chart 55 [6]
Swiss Albums Chart 6 [6]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Review of Strictly Physical. laut.de. Retrieved on 2007-08-23.
  2. ^ "Latest Remee News". Remee.net. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
  3. ^ a b Gold/Platin-Datenbank.
  4. ^ a b c Austrian Certification. IFPI.at. Retrieved on 2007-01-08.
  5. ^ "37 Prozent mehr legale Musikdownloads". Media Control. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
  6. ^ a b c d Charty History of Strictly Physical (German). Swisscharts. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
  7. ^ U.S. Billboard European Top 100 Albums
  8. ^ Media Control News Announcement: “Munteres Wechselspiel in den Single-Charts – Rihanna auf Platz eins”

[edit] External links

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Studio albums
Temptation (2006) · Strictly Physical (2007) · I Am (2008)
Singles
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