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Released
  
12 June 1995

Length
  
40:11

Artist
  
Sandra

Label
  
Virgin Schallplatten

Recorded
  
1994–1995

Fading Shades (1995)
  
My Favourites (1999)

Release date
  
12 June 1995

Producers
  
Michael Cretu, Jens Gad

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Genres
  
Synth-pop, Electronic dance music

Similar
  
Sandra albums, Electronic dance music albums

Sandra 1995 fading shades


Fading Shades is the sixth studio album by German singer Sandra, released in 1995.

Contents

In 1995, while pregnant with twins, Sandra recorded and released Fading Shades. The album saw a new writer/producer Jens Gad working alongside Michael Cretu. The album featured a powerful cover version of "Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues. The music video showed only close-ups of Sandra's face as she was heavily pregnant at the time. She even had to sit during the recording sessions of the album. Again, Andy "Angel" Hart performed all the male vocals on the album. Note that the album cover was taken from the music video of "Nights in White Satin".

The album become one of her least successful releases, reaching number forty-two in Germany and thirty-seven in Switzerland.

Track listing

  1. "Fading Shades" (Part 1) (Gad) — 1:02
  2. "Nights in White Satin" (Justin Hayward) — 4:33
  3. "Son of a Time Machine" (Gad - Cretu/Hirschburger) — 5:01
  4. "Won't Run Away" (Gad - Gad/Hirschburger) — 4:14
  5. "Tell Me More" (Gad - Gad/Hirschburger) — 3:15
  6. "Will You Whisper" (Gad - Hirschburger) — 4:13
  7. "Invisible Shelter" (Gad - Cretu/Hirschburger) — 5:20
  8. "You Are So Beautiful" (Gad - Gad/Hirschburger) — 4:38
  9. "I Need Love '95" (Cretu - Cretu/Hirschburger) — 3:28
  10. "First Lullaby" (Cretu/Gad - Cretu/Hirschburger) — 4:20
  11. "Fading Shades" (Part 2) (Gad) — 1:06

Singles

"Nights in White Satin"

The first single released from the album was "Nights in White Satin", which reached number thirty-four in New Zealand. The song went to number one in Israel and entered the top twenty in Finland and Australia. However, in Germany it performed very weakly on the chart, reaching only number eighty-six.

"Won't Run Away"

"Won't Run Away" was released in July 1995 as the second and final single from the album. Unfortunately, the song was not successful, as it did not enter on any of the charts. It was her third single that failed to chart and first since 1985's "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" not to receive a music video.

CD single
  1. "Won't Run Away" — 4:18
  2. "Won't Run Away" (The Sunshine Mix) — 7:34
  3. "Won't Run Away" (Happy Dancer Mix) — 5:00
  4. "Won't Run Away" (Extended Guitar Mix) — 6:26

Credits

  • Lead vocals by Sandra.
  • Male vocals by Andy "Angel" Hart.
  • Lyrics by Jens Gad, Klaus Hirschburger, Michael Cretu.
  • Music by Jens Gad, Michael Cretu.
  • Artwork by Virgin Munich.
  • Produced by Jens Gad, Michael Cretu.
  • Programmed and arranged by - Jens Gad.
  • Recorded at A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, Spain.

    • Songs

    1Fading Shades - Part I1:01
    2Nights in White Satin3:35
    3Son of a Time Machine5:07

    References

    Fading Shades Wikipedia
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