Am seidenen Faden (German: By a Silken Thread) is the second studio album by German recording artist Tim Bendzko, released by Sony Music Columbia on 24 May 2013 in German-speaking Europe. Bendzko re-teamed with frequent collaborator music producer Swen Meyer to work on the album and also consulted Christian "Crada" Kalla to provide additional production on the songs. Am seidenen Faden debuted and peaked at number one on the German Albums Chart, becoming Bendzko's first album to do so, and was certified 2× Platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for sales in excess of 400,000 copies.
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| Released | 24 May 2013 | |||
| Length | 55:02 | |||
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Critical reception
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| laut.de |   [1] |
laut.de editor Artur Schulz rated the album two stars out of five. He found that "on his second album, Bendzko comes dangerously close to conventional Schlager niceness, but always has enough fuel in the tank to not get stuck there. The banks of the well-kept chansons sometimes come into view, but remain inaccessible. Am Seidenen Faden is certainly suitable as a saving album for unhappily in love summer holidays."[1] Deutsche Presse-Agentur wrote that "the whiz kid from 2011 once again shows catchy potential in his new songs in a jazzy pop-soul style. As with "Nur noch kurz die Welt retten" from his debut album or the winning title of the Bundesvision Song Contest "Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären", the album impresses with catchy melodies [...] You can't necessarily tell that the songs that have now been released were created from a single source and in the same phase of life together with the songs from the previous album. The new pieces on the double album are a little less soft, but just as down-to-earth."[2]
Chart performance
editAm seidenen Faden debuted at number one on the German Albums Chart, becoming Bendzko's first album to do so.[3] In 2016, it was eventually certified double platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for sales in excess of 400,000 copies.[3] In Austria and Switzerland, the album marked his first top ten entry. It peaked at number four and number seven, respectively.[4][5]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ich steh nicht mehr still" | Tim Bendzko |
| Swen Meyer | 4:11 |
| 2. | "Am seidenen Faden" | Bendzko | Bendzko | Meyer | 3:59 |
| 3. | "Ohne zurück zu sehen" | Bendzko |
| Meyer | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Auch wenn es gelogen ist" | Bendzko | Bendzko | Meyer | 3:59 |
| 5. | "Vergessen ist so leicht" | Bendzko |
| Meyer | 4:22 |
| 6. | "Die Geier kreisen schon" | Bendzko |
| Meyer | 3:14 |
| 7. | "Durch die Nacht" | Bendzko | Bendzko | Meyer | 4:23 |
| 8. | "Es geht wieder vorbei" | Bendzko |
| Meyer | 3:57 |
| 9. | "Nur einen Herzschlag" | Bendzko |
| Meyer | 3:41 |
| 10. | "Ich will zu Dir" | Bendzko | Bendzko | Meyer | 4:06 |
| 11. | "Programmiert" | Bendzko | Bendzko | Meyer | 3:20 |
| 12. | "Leicht sein" | Bendzko |
| Meyer | 3:26 |
| 13. | "Keine Zeit" | Bendzko | Bendzko | Meyer | 3:19 |
| 14. | "Wo sollen wir nur hin" | Bendzko |
| Meyer | 4:48 |
| 15. | "Alles was Du wissen musst" | Bendzko |
| Meyer | 3:59 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Mein Leben ist dein Leben" | Bendzko | Rohd | Rohd | 3:21 |
| 2. | "Unter die Haut" (featuring Cassandra Steen) |
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| Kalla | 3:57 |
| 3. | "Zum Greifen nah" | Bendzko | Bendzko | Kalla | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Noch nie" (featuring Aitzi) |
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| Kalla | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Nach Gold gegraben" | Bendzko |
| Rohd | 5:20 |
| 6. | "Give a Little" (featuring Rea Garvey) |
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| Kalla | 3:30 |
| 7. | "Vergiss es" (featuring Chima) |
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| 3:50 |
| 8. | "Bei dir sein" (featuring Lary) |
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| Kalla | 3:01 |
| 9. | "Albtraum" | Bendzko |
| Kalla | 3:18 |
| 10. | "Ich halte dich fest" | Bendzko |
| Kalla | 3:44 |
| 11. | "Um jeden Preis" (featuring Xavas) |
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| Kalla | 3:44 |
| 12. | "Wer weiss was uns erwarten wird" | Bendzko | Bendzko | Kalla | 3:29 |
Notes
- ^[a] signifies a co-producer
Charts
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Weekly chartsedit
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Year-end chartsedit
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Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Germany (BVMI)[9] | 2× Platinum | 400,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
edit| Region | Date | Edition(s) | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | 24 May 2013 |
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| 6 December 2013 | Unter die Haut version | [11] |
References
edit- ^ a b Schulz, Artur. "Charming Boy mit zu viel Weichspüler im Sound". laut.de (in German). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Tim Bendzko spinnt den seidenen Faden weiter". Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) (in German). 5 December 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023 – via Süddeutsche Zeitung.
- ^ a b c "Officialcharts.de – Tim Bendzko – Am seidenen Faden". GfK Entertainment Charts.
- ^ a b "Austriancharts.at – Tim Bendzko – Am seidenen Faden" (in German). Hung Medien.
- ^ a b "Swisscharts.com – Tim Bendzko – Am seidenen Faden". Hung Medien.
- ^ Am seidenen Faden (Media notes). Tim Bendzko. Sony Music. 2013.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts (2013)". Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts (2014)". Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Tim Bendzko; 'Am seidenen Faden')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Am seidenen Faden (deluxe version)". Apple Music. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Am seidenen Faden (Unter die Haut version)". Apple Music. Retrieved 12 October 2023.