Luna is the eighth studio album by the German medieval folk band Faun. It was released on 5 September 2014[1] and has become Faun's most successful release.
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| Released | 5 September 2014 | |||
| Genre | Medieval folk rock | |||
| Label | Universal, Polydor | |||
| Producer | Valicon Entertainment | |||
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Reception
editThe Sonic Seducer wrote that Faun appeared to be unsure of their direction on this album. The reviewer remarked an original songwriting and the reduction of singer Katja Moslehner's "all too changeable voice", but also criticized influences of mainstream pop music.[2]
Track listing
editLuna includes the following tracks.[3]
All lyrics are written by Oliver S. Tyr except where noted; all music is composed by Faun, Ingo Politz and Bernd Wendlandt except where noted
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Luna Prolog" | Oliver S. Tyr, Fiona Rüggeberg, Groth, Niel Mitra, Rüdiger Maul, Ingo Politz, Bernd Wendlandt | 1:25 | |
| 2. | "Walpurgisnacht" (Lyrics by Oliver S. Tyr and Stephan Groth) | 3:49 | ||
| 3. | "Buntes Volk" (Feat. Michael Rhein) | Oliver S. Tyr | 4:16 | |
| 4. | "Menuett" (Music: 18th-century traditional, Faun, Politz, Wendlandt) | 4:56 | ||
| 5. | "Hekate" | 4:15 | ||
| 6. | "Blaue Stunde" (Lyrics by Oliver S. Tyr and Stephan Groth) | 4:35 | ||
| 7. | "Cuncti Simus" (Lyrics: 14th-century traditional extracted from Red Book of Montserrat) | 3:56 | ||
| 8. | "Hörst du die Trommeln" | 3:23 | ||
| 9. | "Die wilde Jagd" | 3:28 | ||
| 10. | "Frau Erde" (Lyrics by Katja Moslehner and Oliver S. Tyr) | 4:28 | ||
| 11. | "Hymne der Nacht" | 5:00 | ||
| 12. | "Abschied" (Lyrics by Joseph von Eichendorff) | 3:27 | ||
| 13. | "Wind und Geige XIV" (Deluxe edition bonus track) | 4:04 | ||
| 14. | "Die Lieder werden bleiben" (Deluxe edition bonus track, lyrics by Stephan Groth. Based on "Rodrigo Martínez"(Anonymous), extracted from "Cancionero de Palacio", Spanish Reinessance music) | 3:18 | ||
| 15. | "Era Escuro" (Deluxe edition bonus track, lyrics: 14th-century Sephardic traditional theme) | 3:32 |
Charts
editLuna peaked at position 4 in the German album charts making it Faun's most successful album in Germany so far. It was also Faun's first album to enter the Dutch album charts.
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] | 4 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] | 20 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] | 90 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] | 12 |
References
edit- ^ "FAUN "LUNA" // OUT NOW!!". Facebook.
- ^ Heymann, Peter (2014). "Faun – Luna". Sonic Seducer (in German). No. 9.
Positiv fällt auf, dass Katja Moslehners allzu klare und auswechselbare Stimme etwas in den Hintergrund getreten ist... [One positive aspect is that Katja Moslehner's all too clear and changeable voice has taken a back seat...]
- ^ Luna (Media notes) (in German). Faun. Universal Music Group. 2014. 06025 3791050.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Faun – Luna" (in German). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Faun – Luna" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Faun – Luna". Hung Medien.