Reamonn (album)

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Reamonn
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Studio album by
Released7 November 2008 (2008-11-07)
Recorded2008
Genre Pop rock
Length50:47
Label Universal/Island
Producer Reamonn
Berman Brothers
Brian Howes
Julio Reyes Copello
Reamonn chronology
Wish
(2006)
Reamonn
(2008)
Reamonn Live
(2009)
Singles from Reamonn
  1. "Open Skies"
    Released: 11 April 2008 (Germany)
  2. "Through the Eyes of a Child"
    Released: 10 October 2008 (Germany)
  3. "Million Miles"
    Released: 13 February 2009 (Germany)
  4. "Set of Keys"
    Released: 11 May 2009 (UK only)
  5. "Moments Like This"
    Released: 5 June 2009 (Germany)
    24 August 2009 (UK)
  6. "Aeroplane"
    Released: 13 November 2009 (Germany)

Reamonn is the fifth studio album by the German band Reamonn. In Germany, it was released on 7 November 2008 by Universal Music. In the UK, it was released on 28 September 2009. [1] [2]

Reamonn German band

Reamonn was a German pop rock band fronted by local-based Irish singer and songwriter Rea Garvey. Formed in 1999, they have recorded and released a total of six full-length studio albums which were highly successful in Germany and also saw some success in other European countries. They have gone on an indefinite hiatus since 2012.

Universal Music Group American music corporation

Universal Music Group is an American global music corporation that is a subsidiary of the French media conglomerate Vivendi. UMG's global corporate headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. It is considered one of the "Big Three" music companies, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Since 2004, the corporation is no longer related to the film studio Universal Studios. In 2019, Fast Company named Universal Music Group the most innovative music company and listed UMG among the Top 50 most innovative companies in the world and "amid the music industry's digital transformation, Universal is redefining what a modern label should look like." UMG has signed licensing agreements with more than 400 platforms worldwide.

Contents

The album is a comeback album for the group, because the members of Reamonn had wanted to separate, but reconciled their differences and returned to the studio.

Singles

"Open Skies" was the first single from the album. It was the theme song for the German film The Red Baron . The song was only released as a digital download.

Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game, or movie and is usually played during the intro, opening credits, and/or ending credits.

<i>The Red Baron</i> (2008 film) 2008 film by Nikolai Müllerschön

The Red Baron is a 2008 German-British biographical action war film written and directed by Nikolai Müllerschön about the World War I fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, known as the "Red Baron". The film stars Matthias Schweighöfer, Joseph Fiennes, Til Schweiger and Lena Headey. The Red Baron was filmed entirely in English to improve its international commercial viability.

Music download digital transfer of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a users local desktop computer

A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a home computer, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9% of all music sales in the US in 2012. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made US$1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year.

"Through the Eyes of a Child" was released as the second single from the album. Lyrics include: "Why did we make it so hard? / This life is so complicated / until we see it through the eyes of a child."

Through the Eyes of a Child single by Reamonn

"Through the Eyes of a Child" is a single from the German band Reamonn. The song is from their fifth studio album, Reamonn. It was released on October 10, 2008, in Germany by Universal under the Island label.

"Million Miles" was the third single from the album. Fans could vote for the album's best song on Reamonn's official website, and "Million Miles" received most votes and was therefore released as the next single. On the cover is the following text: "Home is where there's no mistaking / All this space between us / Isn't going anywhere / But it's ok to be us." [3] The song was co-written by Kara DioGuardi.

Million Miles (Reamonn song) single by Reamonn

"Million Miles" is the third single from Reamonns fifth studio album Reamonn. It was released on February 13, 2009 in Germany by Universal Music from the label Island Records. The subject of the song is Love.

Kara DioGuardi American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality

Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, Music Publisher,A&R Executive, Composer and television personality. She writes music primarily in the pop rock genre. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists; sales of albums on which her songs appear exceed 160 million worldwide. DioGuardi is a Grammy and Emmy-nominated writer. She is a 2011 NAMM Music For Life Award winner, 2009 NMPA Songwriter Icon Award winner, 2007 BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year, and has received 20 BMI Awards for co-writing the most performed songs on the radio.

"Moments Like This" was the fourth single from the album. It is a very fast rock song. Lyrics include: "And moments like this will bring you down / And moments like this will bring you round / And moments like this will make you strong".

Moments Like This (Reamonn song) single by Reamonn

"Moments Like This" is the fourth single of the pop rock album Reamonn. It was recorded in 2008 by the German band Reamonn. It was released on June 5, 2009 in Germany by Island Records and Universal Music. The song is written by Rea Garvey, Uwe Bossert, Mike Gommeringer, Philipp Rauenbusch and Sebastian Padotzke.

"Aeroplane" was the fifth single from the album. It is a rock song. Lyrics include: "I love you like an aeroplane / which is bringing me home again."

"Set of Keys" was released digitally as their first UK single on 11 May 2009. [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Reamonn, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Faith"3:29
2."Million Miles" (written by Reamonn, Kara DioGuardi and Emanuel Kiriakou)3:47
3."Through the Eyes of a Child" (music by Reamonn and Julio Reyes Copello)3:51
4."Free Like a Bird" (music by Reamonn and Julio Reyes Copello)3:06
5."Goodbyes" (music by Reamonn, Julio Reyes Copello and Brian Howes)3:53
6."Set of Keys"4:17
7."Moments Like This"3:46
8."Aeroplane"4:02
9."Open Skies"4:12
10."Broken Stone"4:08
11."Serenade Me"4:42
12."Broken" (written by Reamonn and Brodie Stewart)3:13
13."It's Over Now"3:57

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

ChartPeak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [7] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)Rank
German Albums Chart [8] 43

Certifications

Release history

CountryDate
Germany7 November 2008
United Kingdom28 September 2009

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References

All information without a note is from the booklet.

  1. "About Reamonn".
  2. "Reamonn: Reamonn (2009)". Amazon.co.uk.
  3. "Cover of Million Miles".
  4. "Set Of Keys - Reamonn". Amazon.co.uk.
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  6. "Offiziellecharts.de – Reamonn – Reamonn" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. "Swisscharts.com – Reamonn – Reamonn". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  8. Archived February 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Reamonn')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
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