Crystal Sky

Crystal Sky
Studio album by Lena
Released May 15, 2015 (2015-05-15)
Recorded 2014–15[1]
Studio
Genre Pop, Electronic
Label
Producer
Lena chronology
Stardust
(2012)		 Crystal Sky
(2015)
Singles from Crystal Sky
  1. "Traffic Lights"
    Released: May 1, 2015
  2. "Wild & Free"
    Released: September 11, 2015
  3. "Beat to My Melody[2]"
    Released: March 25, 2016[3]

Crystal Sky is the fourth studio album by German recording artist Lena Meyer-Landrut. It was released on digital retailers on May 15, 2015 via We Love Music and Universal Music.[4] The album includes productions by Biffco and Beatgees. The sound is described as electronic sounds with pop influences. The lead single "Traffic Lights" was released in native Germany and across Europe on May 1, 2015. Crystal Sky peaked number 2 in the German Album Chart.[5]

Background

In early 2014, Meyer-Landrut began principal work on her fourth studio album. In January she traveled to New York City to engage in talks with record producer Bosko.[6] In May 2014 she visited the Yoad Nevo studio in London and in June 2014 she worked with Australian singer-songwriter Kat Vinter in Berlin and with Israeli-American singer-songwriter Rosi Golan in Los Angeles. In Brighton she worked with the Biffco producer team. Further she worked with Afsheen, with the producer team Beatgees from Berlin who already produced a remix of "Neon (Lonely People)" and the children's song "Schlaft alle" (Sleep all) for the compilation album Giraffenaffen 3 which was released in November 2014. In the same month she contributed to the compilation album I Love Disney with the Aladdin song "A Whole New World". On 7 August 2014 Lena revealed via her Twitter account that the title of the album will be Crystal Sky which will be released in May 2015.[7]

Singles

"Traffic Lights" was released as the lead single from the album on May 1, 2015. The song entered the German Singles Chart at number 14.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Biffco and Beatgees. Original production on "Lifeline" by AFSHeen and Josh Cumbee. Additional programming on all tracks by Steven Malcolmson

Crystal Sky – Standard edition
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "The Girl"  
  • Melisa Bester
  • Karl Johan Råsmark
  • Laila Samuelsen
 4:09
2. "Keep on Living"  
 3:21
3. "Traffic Lights"  
 2:48
4. "All Kinds of Crazy"  
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Beatgees
  • Laila Samuelsen
  • Katrina Noorbergen
 3:40
5. "Beat to My Melody"  
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Katrina Noorbergen
  • Jonny Coffer
  • Sam Preston
 3:36
6. "Sleep Now"  
 3:47
7. "Lifeline"  
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Afshin Salmani
  • Josh Cumbee
 3:06
8. "4 Sleeps"  
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Beatgees
  • Samuelsen
  • Katrina Noorbergen
 4:06
9. "We Roam"  
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Beatgees
  • Samuelsen
  • Katrina Noorbergen
 3:47
10. "Crystal Sky"  
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Beatgees
  • Samuelsen
  • Katrina Noorbergen
 3:28
11. "Invisible"  
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Katrina Noorbergen
  • Coffer
  • Preston
 3:31
12. "Catapult" (featuring Kat Vinter and Little Simz)
 5:09
13. "In the Light"  
 3:18
14. "Home"  
  • Meyer-Landrut
  • Coffer
  • Preston
  • Katy Beth Young
 3:42

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 40

Release history

Region Date Label Format
Germany May 15, 2015 Universal Music Digital download, CD, vinyl

References

  1. 1 2 "Lena Meyer-Landrut tüftelt an neuem Album". Ampya. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.jumpradio.de/musik/song-des-tages/song-des-tages-102.html?viatw250216
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/lenas_view/status/706581949876473856
  4. ↑ "Lena". lena-meyer-landrut.de (in German).
  5. ↑ Marlena Schönfeld. ""Crystal Sky": Neues Album von Lena Meyer-Landrut". www.tonight.de (in German).
  6. ↑ "Lena Meyer-Landrut tüftelt an neuem Album". Ampya. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Lena: "Crystal Sky" - neues Album erscheint im Mai". Universal International Division (in German). 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Lena – Crystal Sky" (in German). Hung Medien.
  9. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Lena – Crystal Sky". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  10. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Lena – Crystal Sky". Hung Medien.

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