Real Love (Sarah Connor album)

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Real Love
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 22, 2010 (2010-10-22)
Length55:25(standard edition)
66:33 (deluxe edition)
Label X-Cell
Producer
Sarah Connor chronology
Sexy as Hell
(2008)
Real Love
(2010)
Muttersprache
(2015)
Singles from Real Love
  1. "Cold as Ice"
    Released: October 5, 2010
  2. "Real Love"
    Released: December 10, 2010
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Real Love is the eighth studio album by German recording artist Sarah Connor. It was released by X-Cell Records, a division of the Universal Music Group, on October 22, 2010 in German-speaking Europe. Connor's first album in two years, it involves production by Alexander Geringas, Robin Grubert, Michelle Leonard, and Erik Lewander as well as her frequent contributors Kay Denar and Rob Tyger.

Contents

Connor had separated from Marc Terenzi in late 2008. In 2009, she was featured on the Central European version of Enrique Iglesias' song "Takin' Back My Love". Later that year, she released the song "Standing On Top Of The World" as a download, available through a code on Always packaging for a limited time. [4] The song, retitled "Top Of The World", was then included on the deluxe edition of Real Love. In August of 2010, two months before the album's release, Connor made her relationship with Florian Fischer public.

Released to a lukewarm reception by critics, [5] the album debuted at number eight on the German Albums Chart and reached number fifteen and twenty-two in Austria and Switzerland respectively. [6] Altogether, Real Love produced two singles, including "Cold as Ice," which reached the top twenty on the German Singles Chart, and its title track. [7] [8] Following the underperformance of the album and both of its singles, Connor went on a hiatus after which she would release the commercially successful German-language album Muttersprache in 2015. Connor would return to English-language material in 2022, with her second Christmas album Not So Silent Night .

Track listing

Real Love track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Cold as Ice"
  • Rob Tyger
  • Kay Denar
  • Tyger
  • Denar
4:12
2."Carry Me Home"
  • Ahlstedt
  • Leonard
  • Saalovaara
3:56
3."Leave with a Song"
Radio Nation3:08
4."Real Love"
Geringas3:08
5."Stand Up"
  • Hiten Bharadia
  • Björn Djupstrom
  • Dion Howell
Djupstrom3:12
6."Break My Chains"
  • Tyger
  • Denar
  • Tyger
  • Denar
4:09
7."Can't Get Over You"
  • Tyger
  • Denar
  • Tyger
  • Denar
4:27
8."It Only Hurts When I Breathe"
  • Tyger
  • Denar
  • Tyger
  • Denar
3:50
9."Back from Your Love"
  • Bharadia
  • Philip Hochstrate
  • Emma Stakes
Philippe-Marc Anquetil3:22
10."Time 2"
  • Bharadia
  • Anquetil
  • Christopher Lee-Joe
  • Sarah West
BNA3:30
11."Rodeo"
  • Robin Grubert
  • Ali Zuckowski
  • Mason
Grubert3:30
12."Better Man"Lloyd Bentley ScottScott3:20
13."Keep the Fire Burnin"
  • Tyger
  • Denar
  • Tyger
  • Denar
3:52
14."Miss U Too Much"
  • Tyger
  • Denar
  • Tyger
  • Denar
3:57
15."Soldier with a Broken Heart"
Lewander3:51
Deluxe Edition bonus tracks [9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."Top of the World"
  • Bharadia
  • Anquetil
  • Lee-Joe
BNA3:13
17."This Is What It Feels Like"
  • Bharadia
  • Anquetil
  • Lee-Joe
  • Connor
BNA3:52
18."In Love Alone"
  • Bharadia
  • Anquetil
  • Connor
BNA4:05

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Real Love
Chart (2010)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 15
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 8
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 22

Release history

Real Love release history
RegionDateFormatLabelRef(s)
VariousOctober 22, 2010X-Cell [13]

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