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Muttersprache
Studio album by
Released22 May 2015 (2015-05-22)
Genre
Length46:31
Label
Producer
  • Connor
  • Beatzarre
  • Thilo Brandt
  • Djorkaeff
  • Daniel Faust
  • Michael Herberger
  • Swen Meyer
  • Xavier Naidoo
  • Peter Plate
  • Ulf Leo Sommer
  • Ali Zuckowski
Sarah Connor chronology
Real Love
(2010)
Muttersprache
(2015)
Herz Kraft Werke
(2019)
Singles from Muttersprache
  1. "Wie schön du bist"
    Released: May 1, 2015
  2. "Bedingungslos"
    Released: September 11, 2015
  3. "Kommst du mit ihr"
    Released: March 4, 2016
  4. "Bonnie & Clyde"
    Released: September 23, 2016
  5. "Augen auf"
    Released: November 18, 2016

Muttersprache (English: "Native language", literally "mother tongue") is the ninth studio album by German recording artist Sarah Connor, released by Polydor Records on May 22, 2015. It is her first album to be primarily recorded in German.[2] After her participation in the reality television series Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert in 2014, the German version of the series The Best Singers, Connor was encouraged to record songs in German. Muttersprache debuted on top of on the German Albums Chart, marking her second number-one album following 2005's Naughty but Nice. Muttersprache is primarily a pop and R&B album.[1]

Promotion

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Selected as the album's leading single, "Wie schön du bist" was released to radios and stores on May 1, 2015. An instant success in German-speaking Europe, it peaked at number two on the German Singles Chart. In Germany, the song became Connor's highest-charting single since 2005 number-one hit "From Zero to Hero." It was eventually certified platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI). In Austria and Switzerland, "Wie schön du bist" reached number eleven and number thirty on the national singles charts, where it became her biggest-charting single in seven years.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
laut.de[3]

laut.de critic Sven Kabelitz rated the album two out of five stars. He found that "unfortunately, the lyrics linger on the level of late Rosenstolz, while using the same phrasing machine and the sentimentalism of Juli, Silbermond and Luxuslärm for long stretches." Kabelitz described Muttersprache as "sentimental feel-good banalities from the literary cat calendar, in which everyone and no one can find themselves."[3]

Chart performance

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Upon its release, Muttersprache debuted at number-one on the German Albums Chart.[4] It marked Connor's ninth consecutive top ten album and second effort to reach the top position following the number-one debut of 2005's Naughty but Nice, her fourth studio album.[4] With first week sales of more than 100,000 copies in Germany, Muttersprache was certified gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) just days after its release.[4] It has since been certified triple platinum.[5]

In Austria, Muttersprache debuted at number three on the Austrian Albums Chart behind both Conchita Wurst's Conchita and Andreas Gabalier's Mountain Man.[4] It became Connor's highest-charting album since Naughty but Nice which also peaked at number three a decade earlier.[4] In Switzerland, the album debuted at number-one on the Swiss Albums Chart, her first album to do so.[4]

Track listing

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Muttersprache – Standard edition[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Mit vollen Händen"
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
3:48
2."Wie schön du bist"
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
3:38
3."Halt mich"
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
3:10
4."Bedingungslos"
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
3:52
5."Kommst du mit ihr"
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
3:24
6."Mein König"
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
4:13
7."Augen auf"
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
4:30
8."Deutsches Liebeslied"
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
4:46
9."Versprochen"
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
3:47
10."Anorak"
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
4:02
11."Meine Insel"
  • Connor
  • Thilo Brandt
  • Pille Hillebrand
  • Connor
  • Brandt
2:50
12."Wenn Du da bist"
  • Connor
  • Zuckowski
3:24
13."Das Leben ist schön"
  • Connor
  • Triebel
  • Zuckowski
  • Connor
  • Zuckowski
3:17
Muttersprache – Deluxe edition (Disc 2)[7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Wie geht glücklich"
  • Connor
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Carolina Bigge
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
4:14
2."Keiner ist wie Du" (from Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert)Gregor Meyle
4:00
3."Ich atme ein" (from Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert)
  • Frank Ramond
  • Matthias Hass
  • Naidoo
  • Herberger
3:10
4."I Feel Lonely" (from Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert)
  • Naidoo
  • Herberger
3:30
5."Unlove You"
  • Connor
  • Konstantin Scherer
  • Silvia Gordon
  • Vincent Stein
  • Beatzarre
  • Djorkaeff
3:03
6."Come Home"
  • Connor
  • Scherer
  • Thilo Brandt
  • Stein
  • Beatzarre
  • Djorkaeff
2:39
7."Close to Crazy"
  • Beatzarre
  • Djorkaeff
3:32
Muttersprache – Special deluxe edition (Disc 2)[8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Bonnie & Clyde" (with Henning Wehland)
  • Connor
  • Wehland
  • Brandt
  • Connor
  • Swen Meyer
3:12
2."Die mit Dir lacht"
  • Connor
  • Brandt
  • Connor
  • Christian Lohr
3:02
3."Warum du"
  • Beatzarre
  • Djorkaeff
3:23
4."Wie geht glücklich"
  • Connor
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Bigge
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
4:14
5."Keiner ist wie Du" (from Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert)Meyle
  • Naidoo
  • Herberger
4:00
6."Ich atme ein" (from Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert)
  • Ramond
  • Hass
  • Naidoo
  • Herberger
3:10
7."I'll Be By Your Side" (featuring Gregory Porter)
  • Connor
  • Brandt
  • Connor
  • Lohr
4:54
8."The World Needs Us"
  • Connor
  • Lynne Marti
  • Connor
  • Lohr
2:47
9."Little Love"
  • Connor
  • Duncan Townsend
  • Connor
  • Lohr
2:57
10."Unlove You"
  • Connor
  • Scherer
  • Gordon
  • Stein
  • Beatzarre
  • Djorkaeff
3:03
11."Come Home"
  • Connor
  • Scherer
  • Brandt
  • Stein
  • Beatzarre
  • Djorkaeff
2:39
12."Close to Crazy"
  • Connor
  • Scherer
  • Gravitt
  • Stein
  • Beatzarre
  • Djorkaeff
3:32
13."I Feel Lonely" (from Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert)
  • Schmitz
  • Kersting
  • Baader
  • Naidoo
  • Herberger
3:30
Muttersprache – Limited special edition (Disc 2)[9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Wie geht glücklich"
  • Connor
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Bigge
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
4:14
2."Keiner ist wie Du" (from Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert)Meyle
  • Naidoo
  • Herberger
4:00
3."Ich atme ein" (from Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert)
  • Ramond
  • Hass
  • Naidoo
  • Herberger
3:10
4."I Feel Lonely" (from Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert)
  • Schmitz
  • Kersting
  • Baader
  • Naidoo
  • Herberger
3:30
5."I'm Falling Down"
  • Connor
  • Scherer
  • Stein
  • Beatzarre
  • Djorkaeff
3:25
6."Naked"
  • Connor
  • Drew Lawrence
  • Robert Kleiner
  • Beatzarre
  • Djorkaeff
3:48
7."Best Friend"
  • Connor
  • Scherer
  • Gordon
  • Stein
  • Beatzarre
  • Djorkaeff
2:37
8."Das Leben ist schön" (live)
  • Connor
  • Triebel
  • Zuckowski
  • Connor
  • Zuckowski
3:20
9."Bedingungslos" (live)
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
4:09
10."Kommst du mit ihr" (live)
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
4:07
11."Wie schön du bist" (live)
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
5:5
12."Mein König" (live)
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
5:16
13."Augen auf" (live)
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
  • Connor
  • Faust
  • Plate
  • Sommer
7:00

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Certifications for Muttersprache
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[21] 2× Platinum 30,000*
Germany (BVMI)[5] 11× Gold 1,100,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release dates and formats for Muttersprache
Region Date Edition(s) Format(s) Label Ref.
Austria May 22, 2015
  • Standard
  • deluxe
  • Digital download
  • CD
[6][7]
Germany
Switzerland
Austria November 4, 2016
  • Special deluxe
  • limited special
  • Digital download
  • CD
  • Polydor
  • Universal
[8][9]
Germany
Switzerland

References

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  1. ^ a b "Muttersprache - Sarah Connor > Songs, Reviews > Credits > Adwards > AllMusic". AllMusic. May 22, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Muttersprache (Deluxe Version)". Play.Google.de. 2006-02-01. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  3. ^ a b Kabelitz, Sven. "Denkt auch mal jemand an die Kinder?". laut.de (in German). Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "SARAH CONNOR: Platz #1 in den Offiziellen Deutschen Albumcharts". Presseportal. 2006-06-03. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  5. ^ a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sarah Connor; 'Muttersprache')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Muttersprache – Standard edition". Amazon.com (DE). Retrieved 2017-05-29.
  7. ^ a b "Muttersprache – Deluxe edition". iTunes.Apple (DE). 22 May 2015. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
  8. ^ a b "Muttersprache – Special deluxe edition". iTunes.Apple (DE). 4 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
  9. ^ a b "Muttersprache – Limited special edition". Amazon.com (DE). Retrieved 2017-05-29.
  10. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Sarah Connor – Muttersprache" (in German). Hung Medien.
  11. ^ "Officialcharts.de – Sarah Connor – Muttersprache". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Sarah Connor – Muttersprache". Hung Medien.
  13. ^ "Ö3 Austria Top 40 - Album Charts 2015".
  14. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts (2015)". Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  15. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2015".
  16. ^ "Ö3 Austria Top 40 - Album-Charts 2016". oe3.orf.at. Archived from the original on 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  17. ^ "Longplayer Jahrescharts 2016". GfK Entertainment (in German). mix1.de. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  18. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade Alben 2016 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Nun geht's ans Eingemachte - mit den Plätzen 10 und 9 unseres Jahrzehnte-Rankings. Dort stehen der WM-Song "Auf uns" von Andreas @bourani und Michel Telós "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" (Single) sowie "Muttersprache" von @sarahconnorfc und "Ballast der Republik" von @dietotenhosen (Album)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 31 December 2019 – via Twitter.
  21. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Sarah Connor – Muttersprache" (in German). IFPI Austria.
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