Ballroom Stories

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Ballroom Stories
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 25, 2007 (2007-06-25)
Recorded2005–2007
Genre Nu jazz, electro swing, trip hop, electronic
Label Dope Noir Records
Producer Klaus Waldeck
Waldeck chronology
Make My Day – EP
(2006)
Ballroom Stories
(2007)
Gran Paradiso
(2016)

Ballroom Stories is a studio album by Waldeck released in 2007. Ballroom Stories is the first album that included collaboration with Austrian musician Zeebee. The album features a more trip hop-oriented sound than his previous albums.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic positive [1]

The album was met with generally positive reviews. Mark Deming from AllMusic said, "Ballroom Stories is electronic dance music designed to evoke the sounds and moods of the 1920s, when glamour and intrigue walked hand in hand at dance halls and speakeasies." [1]

Track listing

Ballroom Stories
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Make My Day"Waldeck;Malcom2:49
2."Jerry Weintraub" 3:08
3."Memories"Zeebee;Waldeck3:53
4."Addicted"Zeebee;Waldeck3:56
5."So Black & Blue"P. Moosbrugger;Waldeck3:28
6."Midsummer Night Blue"Zeebee;Waldeck4:37
7."Why Did We Fire the Gun?"Zeebee; Waldeck5:35
8."Dope Noir" 4:13
9."Get Up...Carmen" 4:00
10."Bei Mir Bist du Schön (Dub)"Jacobs;Cahn;Chaplin;Secunda4:09
11."Our Day Will Come"Bob Garson;Mort Hilliard4:48

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Deming, Mark. Ballroom Stories: > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 April 2012.