Konturen (album)

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Konturen
Studio album by
Johannes Oerding
Released8 November 2019 (2019-11-08)
Length49:58
LanguageGerman
LabelColumbia
Producer
  • Benni Dernhoff
  • Johannes Oerding
  • Mark Smith
Johannes Oerding chronology
Kreise
(2017) 		Konturen
(2019) 		Plan A
(2022)

Konturen (transl. Contours) is the sixth studio album by German singer-songwriter

German Albums Chart
, becoming Oerding's first number-one album in Germany. It was supported by the single "An guten Tagen".

Background

Oerding named the album Konturen (Contours) after a line in the song "Alles okay": "Und dieser Dreck auf meiner Haut ist mir endlich so vertraut. Denn diese Spuren und Konturen machen mich aus" ("And this dirt on my skin is finally so familiar to me, because these traces and contours make me"). Oerding said that with his sixth album, he wanted to find his own "profile more and more".[1]

Oerding recorded "Ich hab dich nicht mehr zu verlieren" with singer Ina Müller, his girlfriend of 10 years. Oerding remarked that if the topic of the song were not separation, "I would not have done it, everything else I would have found extremely cheesy".[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
laut.de[2]
Mix1[3]
Musicheadquarter8/9[4]
Plattentests2/10[5]

Konturen received generally mixed reviews from music critics. Musicheadquarter's Andy called the album the singer's best effort to date, alongside Kreise.[4] The website Mix1 praised the album for documenting a "maturation process" by returning to the singer's roots.[3] In a negative review, Tony Henning of laut.de pointed out that the songs are characterized by a high level of "penetrance and pettiness" and that the record "hits the listener where it hurts the most, namely his ears".[2] Pascal Bremmer of Plattentests described the songs as "chumming up" and that the music would fully satisfy mainstream radio listeners in its "naïvety".[5]

Track listing

Konturen track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."An guten Tagen"
  • Johannes Oerding
  • Mark Smith
  • Benni Dernhoff
3:18
2."Alles okay"
  • Oerding
  • Thomas "X-Plosive" Kessler
  • Benni Dernhoff
3:29
3."Blinde Passagiere"
  • Oerding
  • Simon Triebel
  • Ali Zuckowski
  • Sera Finale
  • Daniel Flamm
4:12
4."Anfangen"
  • Oerding
  • Dernhoff
3:10
5."Unter einen Hut"
  • Oerding
  • Dernhoff
3:26
6."Anfassen"
  • Oerding
  • Dernhoff
4:03
7."Ich hab dich nicht mehr zu verlieren" (with Ina Müller)
  • Oerding
  • Müller
5:47
8."Besser als jetzt"
  • Oerding
  • Smith
  • Dernhoff
4:12
9."K.O."
  • Oerding
  • Finale
  • Flamm
3:41
10."Vielleicht im nächsten Leben"
  • Oerding
  • Dernhoff
3:45
11."All In"Oerding3:59
12."Wenn du gehst"Oerding3:15
13."Benjamin Button"Oerding3:41
Total length:49:58

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Konturen
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[10] Platinum 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Konturen
Region Date Edition(s) Format(s) Label Ref.
Various 8 November 2019 Standard
Columbia [11]
23 October 2020 Special [12]

References

  1. ^ a b Ankelmann, Nicole (8 November 2019). "Ich finde 'Deutsch-Pop-Poet' auch furchtbar". n-tv. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b Henning, Tony. "Johannes Oerding / Konturen". laut.de (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Johannes Oerding / Konturen". Mix1 (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b Andy (8 November 2019). "Johannes Oerding – Sein roter Faden ist bunt". Musicheadquarter (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b Bremmer, Pascal. "Ich-tu-nur-so-Musik". Plattentests (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Johannes Oerding – Konturen" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. GfK Entertainment Charts
    . Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Johannes Oerding – Konturen". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  9. GfK Entertainment
    . Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Johannes Oerding; 'Konturen')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Konturen by Johannes Oerding". Apple Music. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Konturen (Special edition) by Johannes Oerding". Apple Music. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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