Stadtaffe

Stadtaffe
Studio album by Peter Fox
Released 26 September 2008
Recorded 2007–2008
Genre Dancehall, hip hop, reggae, alternative hip hop, german hip hop, acid jazz, funk, R&B, neo soul, roots reggae, ska, soul music, jazz, contemporary R&B
Length 43:25 (standard edition)
Label Warner Music Group
Producer Peter Fox & the Krauts
Singles from Stadtaffe
  1. "Alles neu"
    Released: 15 August 2008
  2. "Haus am See"
    Released: 18 October 2008
  3. "Schwarz zu Blau"
    Released: 5 February 2009
  4. "Stadtaffe"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
laut.de[1]

Stadtaffe (English: "city monkey") is the first solo album by German musician Peter Fox. Released 26 September 2008, the standard version contains twelve tracks, four of which have been released as singles. Fox performed the Single "Schwarz zu Blau" at the Bundesvision Song Contest 2009 in Potsdam while representing Berlin, and won, becoming the first person to win the contest twice (his first win coming in 2006 as a member of the band Seeed). The album was certified 6× Platin for shipping 1.2 million copies in Germany[2] and is the 3rd most downloaded album of all time there,[3] selling 100,000 copies just due to downloads.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Alles neu"  Pierre Baigorry, David ConenBaigorry, Conen, Dmitri Shostakovich, Vincent von Schlippenbach4:18
2."Schwarz zu Blau"  Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach3:36
3."Haus am See"  Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Ruth-Maria Renner3:36
4."Kopf verloren"  Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Grace Risch3:22
5."Das zweite Gesicht"  Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach3:53
6."Der letzte Tag"  Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Risch3:43
7."Ich Steine, du Steine"  Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Risch, Renner3:17
8."Lok auf 2 Beinen"  Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach3:44
9."Stadtaffe"  Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach3:40
10."Fieber" (feat. K.I.Z.)Baigorry, Conen, Nico Seyfried, Tarek Ebéné, Maxi BrünerBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach4:14
11."Schüttel deinen Speck"  Baigorry, Conen, Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur FreedBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Brown, Freed2:51
12."Zucker" (feat. Vanessa Mason)Baigorry, ConenBaigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Renner3:17
13."Shostakovitchovitch" (bonus track) Baigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach4:14
14."Saint Tropez" (bonus track) Baigorry, Conen, Von Schlippenbach, Renner3:36

The song "Alles neu" with its violin riff from Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 was sampled by both Plan B (Ill Manors) and Raffy L'z.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

"Stadtaffe" entered the German Albums Chart at #4 and reached its peak position #1, which it reached on 4 non-consecutive occasions. It managed to stay in the Top Ten for a total of 41 weeks and it stayed in the Top 50 for 92 weeks.[5]

Country Peak
position
Austria[6] 1
Belgium[7] 13
Germany[8] 1
Netherlands[9] 10
Switzerland[10] 4

Year-end charts

Year-end Charts (2008) Position
Austrian Albums Chart[11] 48
German Albums Chart[12] 38
Year-end Charts (2009) Position
Austrian Albums Chart[13] 3
Dutch Albums Chart[14] 100
German Albums Chart[15] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[16] 22
Year-end Charts (2010) Position
Austrian Albums Chart[17] 29
German Albums Chart[18] 49

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[19] 2× Platinum 40,000*
Germany (BVMI)[2] 11× Gold 1,100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[20] Gold 15,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Alexander Cordas. "Peter Fox - "Stadtaffe" (CD-Kritik)". laut.de (in German). Laut AG. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  2. 1 2 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Peter Fox; 'Stadtaffe')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  3. ↑ "Adele stellt Download-Rekord auf". Media Control (in German). 30 November 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Download-LPs: "Stadtaffe" mit den höchsten Verkäufen - media control". Media-control.de. 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  5. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  6. ↑ "Austrian chart". Austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  7. ↑ "Belgian chart". Ultratop.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  8. ↑ "German chart". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  9. ↑ "Dutch chart". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  10. ↑ "Swiss chart". Hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  11. ↑ JAHRESHITPARADE ALBEN 2008 (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  12. ↑ Archived January 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ JAHRESHITPARADE ALBEN 2009 (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  14. ↑ JAAROVERZICHTEN ALBUM 2009 (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  15. ↑ Archived February 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  16. ↑ SCHWEIZER JAHRESHITPARADE 2009 (in German). hitparade.ch. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  17. ↑ JAHRESHITPARADE ALBEN 2010 (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  18. ↑ "Viva Album Top 50". Viva (in German). Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  19. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Peter Fox – Stadtaffe" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Peter Fox in the field Interpret. Enter Stadtaffe in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  20. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Peter Fox; 'Stadtaffe')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
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