Love Is War (album)

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Love Is War
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Released Flag of Germany.svg May 19, 2006
Flag of Japan.svg May 31, 2006
Flag of Poland.svg June 26, 2006
Flag of Brazil.svg October 7, 2009 [1]
Recorded2005–2006
Tindeltown Music Studios, Germany
Genre Alternative rock
Length42:19
Language English
Label EMI/Capitol Records
Producer Kiko Masbaum, Kent Larsson
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Love Is War
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Love is War is Vanilla Ninja's fourth studio album, released by EMI Music Germany in May 2006. This is the first album by the girls as a three-piece band. Recording took about six months. Most of the songs are co-written by the band members - Lenna and Piret - making this album the most personal for girls. For example, the song "Kingdom Burning Down" tells a story of their fight with their ex-producer and as they say, "Every song is dedicated to someone and they have important meaning for us." [2] The first single from this album was "Dangerzone", which was fairly successful in Germany and Poland. Vanilla Ninja performed this song at the Sopot International Song Festival in Poland. Later, the single "Rockstarz" was released. However, due to many release date changes caused by EMI, the single did not chart well and the band was dropped from the label.

Contents

Track listing

#TitleWordsTime
1"Kingdom Burning Down" Piret Järvis, Lenna Kuurmaa, Michelle Leonard 3:59
2"Dangerzone (Long version)"Martin Fly, Lenna Kuurmaa, Michelle Leonard, Flo Peil3:17
3"The Band That Never Existed" Lenna Kuurmaa, Michelle Leonard 3:15
4"Rockstarz"Per Henrik Aldeheim, Michelle Leonard, Christian Neander3:26
5"Shadows on the Moon"Martin Fly, Piret Järvis, Flo Peil3:05
6"Black Symphony" Piret Järvis, Kent Larsson, Jeff Lebowski, Michelle Leonard, Claudio Pagonis3:46
7"Pray"Martin Fly, Lenna Kuurmaa, Claudio Pagonis4:34
8"Battlefield" Jeff Lebowski, Claudio Pagonis3:08
9"Spirit of the Dawn"Martin Fly, Claudio Pagonis3:52
10"Insane in Vain"Martin Fly, Bassel El Hallak, Michelle Leonard 3:17
11"Bad Girls"Martin Fly, Piret Järvis 3:14
12"Silence" Lenna Kuurmaa, Michelle Leonard 4:31
13"Love Is Just a War" (Brazil & Japan bonus track) Lenna Kuurmaa, Kiko Masbaum, Michelle Leonard, Harry Hess 3:26
14"My Name" (Brazil & Japan bonus track) Lenna Kuurmaa, Kiko Masbaum, Michelle Leonard, Christian Neander 3:11

B-sides

Singles

  1. "Dangerzone" (2006)
  2. "Rockstarz" (2006)
  3. "Insane in Vain" (Estonian radio only) (2007)

Music videos

  1. "Dangerzone" (2006)
  2. "Rockstarz" (2006)

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart [3] 29
Estonian Albums Chart1
Germany Top 100 [4] 16
Polish OLiS Top 50 Albums [5] 48
Swiss Albums Chart [6] 14

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