Schiller at the peak of his creativity

Every artist achieved throughout his career its zenith, the pinnacle. When Michael Jackson was the thriller, power plant made with the computer world immortal or Prefab Sprout designed with Jordan: The Comeback their masterpiece from. And with the double album (unfortunately there are only in the Superbox variant all tracks) longing now reached CVD, also known as Schiller, its musical climax. I doubt that in the future this level he can reach again. But you will see it. To date longing is clearly the best ever Schiller work unmatched in its depth and melancholy. But what makes it so much better than its predecessor?

It is simply the desired perfection that one has reached in pieces! Whether the gesungenen- or instrumentals that sound simply more epic and more sophisticated than they were with the predecessors. They still have the distinctive Schiller sound. Convince the vocal songs with a still more detailed sound mixing, and an incredible, powerful dynamics, as I have not heard it forever (Let Me Love You, Tired, Forever, Everything). The mere voices of Jael, Xavier or the delicate angelic voice of Jette von Roth let each chart pabulum and every talent show look old! Especially the title song always manages to touch me and to give rise to the longing. Great! Above all, of course, is again the unparalleled soul voice of Kim Sanders, the person has the best female voice for me on the planet.

The instrumentals are now back to designate more than awesome. Compared with day and night this fall just a tad bit of electronic. In the style of Kraftwerk (lights) or Tangerine Dream (heartbeat) electronic real jewels are conjured up in the recorded music again. Here the play Zenit requires a little more explanation: Klaus Schulze, co-founder of Ambient, the honor is. And along with CvD delivers a session that examined well so far second to none. 32 minutes (!) Chill-out Ambient in its absolute genius. So I think Klaus Schulze was rarely as good as here! He takes us arrived on a journey back to the roots of the 70 years of the Berlin School, in 2008. As you can tell just the whole experience of KS, bundled in a title. The abbreviated version on the CD 2 but I would rather recommend as the 32 minute film so completely corresponds to the genre of the Berlin School. Listeners who do not know this genre, would therefore in its full length describe the title as boring and monotonous. Nevertheless: Ambient at his best! Despite all the praise, some songs fall out of the ordinary: Especially Fate, Porque Te Vas, or Lonely do not quite fit in the electronic style of this concept album. Of course, the songs are so not bad! They just do not fit properly in the concept. Also on their vocal parts you have to get used to but probably only because I do not know the interpreters of songs. For Lonely is a real feel-good song that makes just happy. But as I said very much in contrast to bask more melancholic mood of the album.

Here are a few tips to extractions (if scheduled): Breathe (great up-tempo number): I had to for three singles decide this would Tired (wonderfully dreamy ballad, sung toll) and Forever (for me one of the greatest pop songs ever written). Actually would also fast Destiny with Despina Vandi in question, since it brings wonderful to shake the discos in the world. Because you just have to dance the night away! Unfortunately, the document has come too simplistic.

Conclusion: Very great musical theater. Inserting, relax and enjoy. Nostalgia has become a real masterpiece! This is followed by the successor must now be measured.