Die Suche geht weiter

Background

Die Suche geht weiter was produced following the unexpected death of the mother of Ulf Leo Sommer, co-writer and co-producer of Rosenstolz's songs and the then partner of musician Peter Plate of Rosenstolz. The first song written for the album, "An einem Morgen im April", concerns her death, and the sadness of the song determined the direction of the rest of the album.

In an interview before the album's release, Plate explained that the album deals with the issues of loss, death and grief and also with overcoming grief and embracing life. In another interview, singer AnNa R. of Rosenstolz stated: "Wir sagen mit diesen Liedern: Wenn du dir nicht selbst in den Arsch trittst, dann tut das kein anderer." ("What we're saying with these songs is: if you don't push yourself, then no one else is going to do it for you.") In addition, Plate compared the album's title Die Suche geht weiter (which means the "The search goes on") to a personal life motto: "Es geht um Aufbruch und das permanente innere Unterwegs-Sein." ("It's about awakening and being on a continuous inner journey.")

Release

Various editions of Die Suche geht weiter were released on 26 September 2008: one containing a CD with 12 songs, one containing the CD plus a bonus DVD, and one combining the CD with a T-shirt. Three further editions of Die Suche geht weiter were also later released, each containing a different set of bonus songs. The Tchibo exclusive edition (2008) contains 5 bonus songs sung in French. The edition released on 17 April 2009 contains 4 bonus songs, and the edition released on 18 September 2009 contains these 4 bonus songs plus 3 additional ones.

Die Suche geht weiter gave rise to four singles. The first was "Gib mir Sonne", which reached No. 1, No. 3 and No. 13 in the German, Austrian and Swiss singles charts, respectively. The other three singles – "Wie weit ist vorbei", "Blaue Flecken" and "Ich bin mein Haus" – were top 30 hits in Germany.

"Gib mir Sonne" was used as the title song for German telenovela Anna und die Liebe. Although originally invited to write a song specifically for the television show, Rosenstolz felt unable to do this and offered "Gib mir Sonne" instead, as the single was nearing completion. At the 2009 ECHO Awards, Rosenstolz won the award for best national video for "Gib mir Sonne". This was voted for by the German public via the websites of music television stations MTV and VIVA.

Concert tour and live album

The concert tour associated with the release of Die Suche geht weiter started in the Columbiahalle (Columbia Hall) in Berlin on 7 November 2008 and was planned to take place over almost one year. However, the tour ended prematurely in January 2009 owing to Plate suffering from burnout. Despite the tour cancellation, a recording from the tour in the Münchner Olympiahalle (Munich Olympic Hall) was released as the live album Die Suche geht weiter live (2009), which was made available in CD and DVD formats. The live recording includes nine songs from Die Suche geht weiter: "Kein Lied von Liebe", "Ich bin mein Haus", "Irgendwo dazwischen", "Unerwartet (Ein Fenster zum Himmel)", "Wie weit ist vorbei", "An einem Morgen im April", "Gib mir Sonne", "Blaue Flecken" and "Bist du dabei".

Track listing

All songs were written by Peter Plate, Ulf Leo Sommer and AnNa R.