My Cassette Player | ||||
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Studio album by Lena | ||||
Released | 7 May 2010 | |||
Recorded | March–April 2010 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 42:32 | |||
Label | Universal Music Germany | |||
Producer | Stefan Raab, Brix, Ingo Politz, Bernd Wendlandt, John Gordon, Per Kristian Ottestad | |||
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My Cassette Player is the debut album of German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut. It was released under her stage name Lena on 7 May 2010,[1] and debuted at number one in the German albums chart.[2] The album has been certified five times gold in Germany, indicating sales of 500,000.[3]
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My Cassette Player includes Meyer-Landrut's number-one single "Satellite", which was Germany's winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010,[4] as well as her songs "Love Me" and "Bee",[1] which had been released previously on 13 March 2010.[5] It also features cover versions of "My Same" by Adele and "Mr. Curiosity" by Jason Mraz, both of which had been performed by Meyer-Landrut during Unser Star für Oslo (Our Star for Oslo), the German national pre-selection programme for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010,[1] as well as a cover version of "Not Following", an unreleased song by English singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding. All of the other songs were written or co-written by Stefan Raab and Meyer-Landrut herself.
The cover photo was created by Sophie Krische. The cassette recorder on the cover is a SKR 700, produced in the former GDR. The artwork of the album booklet was done by Ronald Reinsberg.
The second maxi-single from the album is "Touch a New Day",[6] its B-side being the song "We Can't Go On", previously only released as bonus material.[7]
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CDstars.de | [8] |
laut.de | [9] |
LetMeEntertainYou | [10] |
MuzObzor | [11] |
Initial reviews of the album were mixed. While Stuttgarter Nachrichten criticised the overly distinct influence of producer Stefan Raab,[12] Neue Presse deemed it a "charming debut",[13] and Hannoversche Allgemeine called it "somewhat banal" but still a "good pop album", characterising "Bee" as a "cheerful hymn to independence" and "Satellite" as "still sounding astonishingly fresh, even after its massive airplay".[14]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Satellite" | Julie Frost, John Gordon | Brix, Ingo Politz, Bernd Wendlandt, Gordon | 2:55 |
2. | "My Cassette Player" | Stefan Raab, Lena Meyer-Landrut | Raab | 3:35 |
3. | "Not Following" | Ellie Goulding, Jonny Lattimer | Raab | 3:36 |
4. | "I Like to Bang My Head" | Raab, Meyer-Landrut | Raab | 3:23 |
5. | "My Same" | Adele | Raab | 3:02 |
6. | "Caterpillar in the Rain" | Raab, Meyer-Landrut | Raab | 3:42 |
7. | "Love Me" | Raab, Meyer-Landrut | Raab | 2:59 |
8. | "Touch a New Day" | Raab | Raab | 3:08 |
9. | "Bee" | Rosi Golan, Per Kristian Ottestad, Mayaeni Strauss | Ottestad | 3:00 |
10. | "You Can't Stop Me" | Raab | Raab | 2:54 |
11. | "Mr. Curiosity" | Lester Mendez, Dennis James Morris, Jason Mraz | Raab | 3:41 |
12. | "I Just Want Your Kiss" | Daniel Schaub, Pär Lammers, Raab | Raab | 3:05 |
13. | "Wonderful Dreaming" | Raab, Meyer-Landrut | Raab | 3:32 |
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
14. | "We Can't Go On" (Amazon.de Bonus Track) | Lammers, Schaub | 3:15 | ||||||
15. | "New Shoes" (iTunes Bonus Track) | Matty Benbrook, Jim Duguid, Paolo Nutini | 3:23 |
Deluxe Edition Bonus-DVD | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Unser Star für Oslo - Lena" (Documentary) | 23:00 | |||||||
2. | "Satellite" (Video) | 2:54 |
Tchibo Deluxe Edition Bonus-DVD | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Satellite" (Live at Unser Star für Oslo) | 3:01 | |||||||
2. | "Love Me" (Live at Unser Star für Oslo) | 3:09 | |||||||
3. | "Bee" (Live at Unser Star für Oslo) | 3:30 | |||||||
4. | "My Same" (Live at Unser Star für Oslo) | 3:39 | |||||||
5. | "Mr. Curiosity" (Live at Unser Star für Oslo) | 3:32 | |||||||
6. | "Photogallery ("Satellite")" | 2:54 |
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