Between songwriter and rocker

The third and final 1977 as Peter Hesslein production published "all alone war` s no way "counts for a lot of people like his two predecessors to the worst work of Marius Müller-Westernhagen. I like all three discs, they do not belong to his best work, but are by no means as bad as some people they rate. "Alone war` s not out "is for me the best album of the first three disks, even if" the first time "(for MMW fans) includes some classics.

On the plate, the arrangements are not as abundant as in "Bittersweet" and do the songs well. The step to breakthrough a year later as peppermint Prince's music is much less than it is commonly seen. The influence from the pop of that era and songwriter songs is still clearly to hear this typical mid Seventies production. This one finds not the successor. However, at the time were rock, singer-songwriter music, pop and pop together even more closely than you can imagine today. The lyrics usually deal with social issues, the MMW for later so typical milieu descriptions can be found here also.

For me this song is not a hangover. "Cartoon" I find very well arranged and sung to a good text. Also "dreamer" and "I'll do my` NEN rhyme "I like. The arrangement of "you got me so terribly fond of" fits perfectly with the successful text. Despite the occasionally described proximity to German hit of the seventies (in which one or the other artist / song was not so bad and sometimes very good), the texts are of significantly better quality. Apart from Udo Jürgens, who tried to leave to write his compositions good lyrics, the hit had most to offer no relevant lyrics. However met and this applies to almost all songs and styles in large pop business.

Both "alone war` s not go "and" First Time "and" Bittersweet "were commercial flops. Westlife ended after this album the collaboration with Peter Hesslein and found with Lothar Meid for the next nine years an important companions. Although the breakthrough as a musician until "With peppermint I'm your prince" took place, earning the first three discs in my opinion, more attention and openness. Especially "alone war` s not out "is a good production with many successful compositions and lyrics. For that I give nearly 4 stars.