''Rekord'' is the ninth full-length studio album by

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. It was released on 24 October 2014, marking the 25th anniversary of the group.

Musical content

On the album, which mainly contains hip hop and pop songs, Fanta 4 also experiment with the styles of

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("Heute", "Wie geliebt") and

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("Lass sehen"). A reviewer in ''

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'' said that the band's performance on this album shows "Unbeirrbarkeit, Humor und einem großen Gespür für die Haken" ("imperturbability, humor and a great sense of the hook"), and hails the "Fantastic Four" as pioneers of hip-hop.

Writing and production

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Release and reception

''Rekord'' was published on 24 October 2014. From the album, the titles "Und los", "25", and "Single" were released as singles. The album peaked at number one of the German charts a week after publication, was awarded gold and sold more than 200,000 copies.chartsurfer.de
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Musical content

Writing and production

Release and reception

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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