Crown of Creation Meets Friends

Crown of Creation Meets Friends
Studio album by
Crown of Creation
ReleasedJanuary 1998
RecordedOctober 10, 1994 to September 1997
GenrePop, synthpop
Length69:54
LanguageEnglish
ProducerMatthias Dorn
Philippe Beaucamp
Crown of Creation chronology
Real Life
(1994) 		Crown of Creation Meets Friends
(1998) 		Darkness in Your Life
(2010)

Crown of Creation Meets Friends is the second album released by West German synthpop/pop group Crown of Creation. It was released in January 1998, and produced by Matthias Dorn and Philippe Beaucamp.[1]

Track listing

  • All songs written by Thomas Czacharowski. "Gimme Hope" and "Better and better" are written by Thomas Czacharowski and Nicci Knauer.[2] "Friends" was composed by Adrian Lesch and Thomas Czacharowski. Frank Müller wrote the songs for Frank & Friends.
No.TitleLength
1."Angel"4:55
2."Gimme Hope"4:41
3."When Time is lost"6:22
4."Better and better"4:25
5."Child's Eyes"5:29
6."Friends"5:03
7."Gone with the Wind" (Tears in Motion)4:13
8."You lift me up" (Tears in Motion)3:48
9."Summerdream" (Tears in Motion)4:14
10."Walk the Rainbow" (Trance-4-Matian)4:41
11."This is our Future" (Trance-4-Matian)4:54
12."Take my Hand" (Trance-4-Matian)4:30
13."My Heart and your Heart" (Trance-4-Matian)4:37
14."Cry out" (Frank & Friends)4:06
15."Out in the Dark" (Frank & Friends)3:52
Total length:69:54

Personnel

Crown of Creation

  • Nicci Knauer: Vocals
  • Thomas Czacharowski: Synthesizer
  • Adrian Lesch: Synthesizer
  • Olaf Oppermann: Guitar

Additional musicians

  • Jeanette: Backing vocals
  • Olaf: Backing Vocals

Production

  • Produced by Matthias Dorn (Ibex Studio, Großenheidorn, all tracks except 3) & Philippe Beaucamp (Studio Adam, Roissy-en-Brie, France, track 3)[3]
  • Recorded & Engineered by Matthias Dorn
  • Technical Assistance: Thomas Czacharowski & Adrian Lesch
  • Mixed by Matthias Dorn

Tracks on samplers

  • 2003: Berenstark 10 (with When Time is lost)
  • 2004: Berenstark 11 (with Friends)
  • 2010: Abstürzende Brieftauben – TANZEN (with When Time is lost)

References

  1. ^ Wathlinger Bote, October 2, 2010 Archived November 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Nicole "Nicci" Knauer was later singer of the West German rock band Dead Poetz Society.
  3. ^ "When Time is lost": October 10, 1994. Blazek, Matthias: Das niedersächsische Bandkompendium 1963–2003 – Daten und Fakten von 100 Rockgruppen aus Niedersachsen, Celle 2006, p. 47, ISBN 978-3-00-018947-0.