The poorer compared to its predecessors reviews seem to be due to the fact that many "newcomers" were aware of John Oerding due to its large advertising campaigns and have never heard him live. Johannes Oerding is an absolutely strong live performers, which anyone can confirm who was on one of his concerts. The Studio Albums liked me so far all very well, but they are nothing compared to his live performance and when you hear the studio version of his songs for the first time, it may be that you will be warm not immediately. I saw him for the first time on a live concert and knew only one song from him. Usually I hear very different music (alternative rock, punk rock, grunge, Doctors, Die Toten Hosen, etc.) and I was totally surprised and never thought that I would be a fan of John Oerding times. But the atmosphere and its authenticity, I have never experienced so at any concert.
I have deliberately ordered directly on the release that came from Amazon and the very next day and is now, hopefully only temporarily, sold the expensive and limited fan box. I was skeptical at first because of the high price, but now that I hold them in my hands, I do not regret a penny.
The box contains:
- The Premium album "Everything Burns" with 4 bonus songs
- A USB flash drive in cartridge format with 4 GB (3.7 GB free)
- A signed autograph card
- A sticker for sewing
- 2 Sticker
There are indeed at Amazon always free MP3 AutoRip, but only contains the 12 tracks of the regular album. Upon request, the Amazon support that was "normal" that even with premium albums only the normal album as MP3 Rip is. In can annoy now, or simply listen to the 12 songs and then rip the rest of the songs on the PC and even write on the enclosed USB flash drive, provided they are not copy-protected. For those who interested in it, I have the answer Amazon pasted below as a comment.
The premium album:
Optical me the cover like it very much. The CD case itself is made of thick cardboard with a glued plastic inlay. For this purpose a 20-page booklet with all lyrics. Here I would have still required a brief history about the background of the individual pieces.
The first 12 tracks are the same as those found on normal album. I do not want to go big on every single song here. In sum, I like the songs all very good. The lyrics are as always from real life and you'll find yourself in most songs somehow again. Also in this album, the bandwidth is as always very large. There are typical catchy tunes like "Everything Burns", quiet ballads like "home" (Was liked most personally), Motivation songs like "If you live," funny songs like "Never again alcohol" and "Either no" or thoughtful Songs such as "clairvoyance". Musically all directions are represented: rock, pop or reggae.
It affects nothing contrived and Johannes Oerding is in his songs as they used very authentic. It takes him his texts from easy. PS the last song "I do not want homecoming" should all have already known, were at his concerts. He has only played live and was heard on any of his albums to date.
The bonus songs are not only easy to filler. There are a further 4 great songs: The two ballads "Hamburger Berg" and "The Woman of the Wanderers" to chill a great song "King of my couch" and "Hello" a powerful song that you previously could also hear live ,
The demo tape:
It consists of a flat, small plastic cassette with a fold-out USB flash drive that is 4 GB in size, so that you can still plenty of room for more songs or whatever has.
The demo songs are mixed and contained partly Demos known songs that I also really liked. A special gem this demo cassette "Doctor Said"! This song has John Oerding only played live and is to have on any album.
Conclusion:
The wait was worth it in any case. The new album "Everything Burns" builds on his previous albums. It is not a quantum leap, and also not a huge advancement, but you just get a new, well-crafted songs, to be sure text "warm" to hear for the next concert. More I did not expect more and I did not want.
From my perspective, it is worthwhile to buy a fan necessarily limited fan box. The cassette with the demo song is a pearl with really nice versions of some famous songs and make something visually ago.
Therefore, this gets me Fanbox subjective 5 Stars.
