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Lena's second album, Good News, was released not even a year after her first, and just as My Cassette Player was rushed into stores to capitalize on her victorious 2010 Song Contest performance, her sophomore effort was put together just as quickly to coincide with a TV event about the selection of the song she would perform at the 2011 Song Contest to defend her crown. Given the time pressure, the new album's most surprising characteristic is how relaxed it feels -- especially Lena herself, who sounds comfortable and assured, without any indication that she's trying to prove something. Her charm manages to carry an album of pop songs that are as fluffy as pop songs have any right to be: her down-to-earth persona and her unaffected singing -- a refreshing break from the showmanship of technically proficient, but personality-free voices that are so common in the charts -- make Good News an enjoyable and likable listen. The songs were selected from a reported bulk of 600 submissions -- among them contributions from Aloe Blacc ("At All") and Judy Garland's grandniece Audra Mae ("Good News" and "A Good Day") -- and once more, Stefan Raab helms the production, which is never original or edgy (not attributes one would expect from an album like this anyway), but which achieves a warm sound and hints at a sincere love of retro pop, especially on the excellent R&B-tinged numbers "What Happened to Me" and "Mama Told Me." Lena and Raab approach a number of different styles, which sometimes works (the piano ballad "Push Forward") and sometimes doesn't (Lena's turn as a jazz diva on "Good News" is not utterly convincing). The most memorable track is "Taken by a Stranger," which was also selected as her Song Contest song -- an electronically tinged low-key track with an appealing pulse and an interesting sense of tension. As a pop record for the moment, Good News works like a charm -- and if "Stranger" is any indication of a future direction for Lena, the third album may be something that listeners should absolutely anticipate.
© Christian Genzel /TiVo
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Audra Mae, ComposerLyricist - Stefan Raab, Producer - Ferras Alqaisi, ComposerLyricist - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Reinhard Schaub, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Lena Meyer-Landrut, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Producer - Stavros Ioannou, ComposerLyricist - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Errol Rennalls, ComposerLyricist - Lena, MainArtist - Reinhard Schaub, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Producer - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Reinhard Schaub, Producer, Co-Producer - Daniel Schaub, ComposerLyricist - Pär Lammers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Producer - Rosi Golan, ComposerLyricist - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Johnny McDaid, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Lena Meyer-Landrut, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Producer - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Reinhard Schaub, Producer, Co-Producer - Daniel Schaub, ComposerLyricist - Pär Lammers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Scott Simons, ComposerLyricist - Audra Mae, ComposerLyricist - Stefan Raab, Producer - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Reinhard Schaub, Producer, Co-Producer - Todd Edgar Wright, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Producer - Nicole Morier, ComposerLyricist - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Gus Seyffert, ComposerLyricist - Reinhard Schaub, Producer, Co-Producer - Monica Birkenes, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Producer - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Viktoria Hansen, ComposerLyricist - Yacine Azeggagh, ComposerLyricist - Lili Tarkow-Reinisch, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Producer - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Producer - Fingerprints, ComposerLyricist - Dave Crawford, ComposerLyricist - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Cheryl "Salt" James, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Stefan Raab, Producer - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ellie Goulding, ComposerLyricist - Lena, MainArtist - Reinhard Schaub, Producer, Co-Producer - Jonny Lattimer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Chad Hugo, ComposerLyricist - Calvin Broadus, ComposerLyricist - Stefan Raab, ComposerLyricist - Pharrell Williams, ComposerLyricist - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Lena Meyer-Landrut, Author
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Audra Mae, ComposerLyricist - Ferras Alqaisi, ComposerLyricist - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Nicole Morier, ComposerLyricist - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Gus Seyffert, ComposerLyricist - Monica Birkenes, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
John Gordon, ComposerLyricist - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Julie Frost, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jim Duguid, ComposerLyricist - Paolo Nutini, ComposerLyricist - Michael Schwabe, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lena, MainArtist - Matthew Benbrook, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
Lena's second album, Good News, was released not even a year after her first, and just as My Cassette Player was rushed into stores to capitalize on her victorious 2010 Song Contest performance, her sophomore effort was put together just as quickly to coincide with a TV event about the selection of the song she would perform at the 2011 Song Contest to defend her crown. Given the time pressure, the new album's most surprising characteristic is how relaxed it feels -- especially Lena herself, who sounds comfortable and assured, without any indication that she's trying to prove something. Her charm manages to carry an album of pop songs that are as fluffy as pop songs have any right to be: her down-to-earth persona and her unaffected singing -- a refreshing break from the showmanship of technically proficient, but personality-free voices that are so common in the charts -- make Good News an enjoyable and likable listen. The songs were selected from a reported bulk of 600 submissions -- among them contributions from Aloe Blacc ("At All") and Judy Garland's grandniece Audra Mae ("Good News" and "A Good Day") -- and once more, Stefan Raab helms the production, which is never original or edgy (not attributes one would expect from an album like this anyway), but which achieves a warm sound and hints at a sincere love of retro pop, especially on the excellent R&B-tinged numbers "What Happened to Me" and "Mama Told Me." Lena and Raab approach a number of different styles, which sometimes works (the piano ballad "Push Forward") and sometimes doesn't (Lena's turn as a jazz diva on "Good News" is not utterly convincing). The most memorable track is "Taken by a Stranger," which was also selected as her Song Contest song -- an electronically tinged low-key track with an appealing pulse and an interesting sense of tension. As a pop record for the moment, Good News works like a charm -- and if "Stranger" is any indication of a future direction for Lena, the third album may be something that listeners should absolutely anticipate.
© Christian Genzel /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:04
- Main artists: Lena
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH ℗ 2011 Universal Music Domestic Pop, a division of Universal Music GmbH
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