''2'' is the second full-length album by the Austrian singer-songwriter Luise Gruber, better known as
Saint Lu
Luise Gruber (born 27 June 1982 in Wels, Austria), better known by her stage name Saint Lu is an Austrian singer and songwriter. She currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Recording career
Luise Gruber was a member of many short-living ban ...
.
The album is noteworthy for its music direction change, from the blues and rock of its predecessor toward a more soul-oriented aesthetic with elements of funk, jazz and baroque pop.
The album was released on 15 February 2013 via Warner Music.
The album was intended to accompany Saint Lu's representation of Germany at the
Eurovision Song Contest
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in
Malmö
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but the selection jury in Hannover selected
Cascada
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They functioned as a trio from 2004 to 2021, with their last track ...
instead.
Track listing
An acoustic EP, named "2 (Acoustic EP)" was released shortly after the release of the album. It contains new, acoustic arrangements of six of the songs from the album
Personnel
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Patrik Majer – producer, engineer, percussion
* Sven Teichmann – engineer
* Steve Price – engineer
* Saint Lu – co-producer, glockenspiel
* Ben Hamilton – acoustic guitar
* Alex Grube – bass
* Philipp Schwär – co-producer
* Jan Burkamp – drums
* James Bryan – electric guitar
* Jimmy Messer – electric guitar
* Lars Cölln – electric guitar
* Christian Löhr – keyboards
* Philipp Schwär – keyboards, programming
*
Philipp Steinke – keyboards
* Tim Baxter – keyboards
* Sebastian Borowski – saxophone
* Steve Sidwell – strings
* Christoph Titz – trumpet
Critical reception
Oberösterreichische Nachrichten
The ''Oberösterreichische Nachrichten'' (OÖN) () is a German language regional newspaper published in Linz, Austria.
History and profile
''OÖN'' was established by the US forces occupying Austria after World War II
World War II ...
, Austria, describes the album as "abounding with emotions and ideas. Soul Pop and Blues combine with the dark, versatile grater-like voice of the 30-year old into a fascinating fusion".
Tracks Magazin, Switzerland, writes: "2 keeps what the self-titled debut from 2009 brought into view. At that time, she sang confident pop rock. Now it is more confident and more rock pop with a lot of soul in it".
Steve Braun of Rock Times writes: "2 offers magical moments that reveal Luise Gruber's huge potential. 'Falling For Your Love' must be mentioned first".
Charts
References
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2013 albums