''Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären'' (german: link=no, If Words Were My Language) is the debut album by German recording artist
Tim Bendzko. It was released by
Sony Music Columbia on 17 June 2011 in
German-speaking Europe. Bendzko worked with
music producer
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Swen Meyer on most of the album which features material that was either written or co-written by himself. Its music incorporates a range of the contemporary
rock
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,
folk
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, and
pop music
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genres with a mix of slow ballads and
jazz
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y
uptempo tracks.
Upon its release, ''Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären'' established Bendzko as one of the biggest-selling new and upcoming acts of the year. It debuted and peaked at number four on the
German Albums Chart and reached the top twenty in Austria and Switzerland. It achieved 5× gold status in Germany and was eventually certified gold and platinum in Austria and Switzerland.
Critical reception
''
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'' editor Kai Butterweck rated the album four stars out of five. He found that "while the music gets stuck relatively quickly and settles somewhere between
Annett Louisan,
Max Mutzke
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and
Roger Cicero
Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu (6 July 1970 – 24 March 2016) was a German jazz and pop musician.
Biography
Roger Cicero was born in 1970 in Berlin to Romanian jazz pianist Eugen Cicero and dancer Lili Cziczeo.
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, the lyrics require several iterations and, even in the third course, reveal hidden messages and messages that are denied to you at the beginning. The package is coherent and homogeneous."
Chart performance
''Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären'' debuted and peaked at number four on the
German Albums Chart.
It remained ten weeks within the top ten.
In October 2011, Bendzko became the first musician to place an album and its first two singles, "
Nur noch kurz die Welt retten" and "
Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären
''Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären'' (german: link=no, If Words Were My Language) is the debut album by German recording artist Tim Bendzko. It was released by Sony Music Columbia on 17 June 2011 in German-speaking Europe. Bendzko worked with music ...
", within both the German Albums and
Singles Chart
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.
In November of the same year, ''Wenn Worte meine Sprache wären'' was certified gold by the
Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI).
By March 2012, it had sold more than 300,000 copies,
and in August, the album had reached triple gold status.
It was ranked 14th and 47th on the 2011 and 2012 German Year-End Chart, respectively, and has since been certified 5× gold.
Track listing
All songs produced by Swen Meyer.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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2011 debut albums
Tim Bendzko albums