Reflections - Reproduced Hits
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Reflections is a remix album
by German
singer
Sandra, released in 2006
and includes re-recorded versions of Sandra's hits from the 1980s.
suggested that vocal recordings of Sandra's biggest hits be sent to different teams of producers/remixers so that they could produce entirely new music. Sandra hesitated at first because she had already put out a remix collection in 1999 and did not want to promote all of her former hits once again. She had already finished her eighth studio album and wished to move forward in a new musical direction. Nevertheless, Christian Geller, Schallbau, Felix J. Gauder, Matthias Menck
, Ivo Moring and Mirko von Schlieffen delivered a successful result. In late 2006, Reflections was issued.
Sandra's 1987 dance hit "Everlasting Love" even got a new vocal and was redone as a powerful ballad and distributed to the radio stations as a promotional single. Although the album reached the Top 10 of many online stores worldwide, no commercial single was released and as far as publicity goes not much more was done to promote this album. However, the radio single "Around My Heart 2006" became a huge hit in Poland
, where the record company decided to promote it on the radio stations.
es made by French DJs. These three tracks are as follows: "In the Heat of the Night" (Future Vision Remix - Radio Edit), "Maria Magdalena" (Junior Caldera Remix - Radio Edit), and "In the Heat of the Night" (Superfunk Remix - radio Edit). "In the Heat of the Night 2007
was released online as a digital single
containing four new versions of the song, whereas "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" was not.
Remix album
A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...
by German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
singer
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
Sandra, released in 2006
2006 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....
and includes re-recorded versions of Sandra's hits from the 1980s.
Background and recording
Virgin RecordsVirgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
suggested that vocal recordings of Sandra's biggest hits be sent to different teams of producers/remixers so that they could produce entirely new music. Sandra hesitated at first because she had already put out a remix collection in 1999 and did not want to promote all of her former hits once again. She had already finished her eighth studio album and wished to move forward in a new musical direction. Nevertheless, Christian Geller, Schallbau, Felix J. Gauder, Matthias Menck
Matthias Menck
Matthias Menck, alias Double M, alias Toxilogic is a German graduate audio engineer, house and trance producer and DJ, resident in Hamburg. He is most famous for being a part of Brooklyn Bounce.- Producer and DJ :...
, Ivo Moring and Mirko von Schlieffen delivered a successful result. In late 2006, Reflections was issued.
Sandra's 1987 dance hit "Everlasting Love" even got a new vocal and was redone as a powerful ballad and distributed to the radio stations as a promotional single. Although the album reached the Top 10 of many online stores worldwide, no commercial single was released and as far as publicity goes not much more was done to promote this album. However, the radio single "Around My Heart 2006" became a huge hit in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, where the record company decided to promote it on the radio stations.
Special Edition
In 2007, Virgin Music France decided to release a special version of Reflections, containing three new remixRemix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
es made by French DJs. These three tracks are as follows: "In the Heat of the Night" (Future Vision Remix - Radio Edit), "Maria Magdalena" (Junior Caldera Remix - Radio Edit), and "In the Heat of the Night" (Superfunk Remix - radio Edit). "In the Heat of the Night 2007
In the Heat of the Night (Sandra song)
"In the Heat of the Night" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. The song was released in November 1985 as the second single from the album The Long Play, where it charted at #1 in Switzerland and Israel, #2 in Germany, and #8 in South Africa .The song was covered by Hong Kong pop singer Anita Mui...
was released online as a digital single
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
containing four new versions of the song, whereas "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" was not.
Tracks
- "Around My Heart 2006Around My Heart"Around My Heart" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. It was written by Hubert Kemmler, Markus Lohr, Sor Otto's, Frank Peterson, Klaus Hirschburger and produced by Michael Cretu. The song was released in April 1989 as the fourth single from Sandra's third studio album "Into a Secret Land"...
" - "Stop for a Minute 2006"
- "Hi! Hi! Hi! 2006Hi! Hi! Hi!"Hi! Hi! Hi!" is a pop–dance song written and produced by Michael Cretu, Hubert Klemmer and Amand Volker for Sandra's second album Mirrors . It was released in the fall of 1986...
" - "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena 2006Maria Magdalena (Sandra song)" Maria Magdalena", often known simply by the title "Maria Magdalena", is a pop song by German singer Sandra. It was first released in March 1985 as the lead single from her debut album, The Long Play, and it was her first single to be released internationally...
" - "In the Heat of the Night 2006In the Heat of the Night (Sandra song)"In the Heat of the Night" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. The song was released in November 1985 as the second single from the album The Long Play, where it charted at #1 in Switzerland and Israel, #2 in Germany, and #8 in South Africa .The song was covered by Hong Kong pop singer Anita Mui...
" - "Heaven Can Wait 2006"
- "Everlasting Love 2006Everlasting Love"Everlasting Love" is a song written by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden that has been a hit for various artists, including Robert Knight, Carl Carlton, Love Affair, and Gloria Estefan.- Overview :...
" - "Hiroshima 2006Hiroshima (song)"Hiroshima" is a pop song written by David Morgan and first recorded by Wishful Thinking in 1969. In 1978 their single entered the German Top 20 with peak at #8 and stayed there for several months....
" - "One More Night 2006One More Night (Sandra song)"One More Night" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. The song was written by Michael Cretu, Klaus Hirschburger and Frank Peterson. It was released in September 1990 as the album's third and final single...
" - "Secret Land 2006Secret Land"Secret Land" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. It was released in September 1988 as the second single from her third album Into a Secret Land...
" - "Innocent Love 2006Innocent Love"Innocent Love" was the fourth international single released from singer Sandra in time for the summer of 1986. It appeared in 1986 on her second studio album and later in a remixed version on her 2006 remix album Reflections - Reproduced Hits. The song was released as a lead single from her second...
" - "We'll Be Together 2006We'll Be Together (Sandra song)"We'll Be Together" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. It was released in November 1988 as the third single from her album Into a Secret Land. This song reached #9 in Germany...
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