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Year of the Dragon (Modern Talking album)

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Year of the Dragon
Studio album by
Released28 February 2000
Recorded1999
GenreEurodance, MOR
Length71:43
LabelBMG, Hansa
ProducerDieter Bohlen
Modern Talking chronology
Alone
(1999)
Year of the Dragon
(2000)
America
(2001)

Year of the Dragon is the ninth studio album released by the German europop duo Modern Talking. It was released on 28 February 2000 through Hansa Records and distributed by BMG. Year of the Dragon enter the German album chart at No. 3 on 13 March 2000 and spent two weeks in the top-5,[1] it spent total of 18 weeks on the album chart and eventually went platinum shipping over 300,000 units in Germany.[2][3]

Track listing

  1. "China in Her Eyes" – 4:22
  2. "Don't Take Away My Heart" – 3:54
  3. "It's Your Smile" – 3:31
  4. "Cosmic Girl" – 3:41
  5. "After Your Love Is Gone" – 3:41
  6. "Girl Out of My Dreams" – 3:58
  7. "My Lonely Girl" – 4:00
  8. "No Face, No Name, No Number" – 3:59
  9. "Can't Let You Go" – 4:22
  10. "Part Time Lover" – 3:11
  11. "Time Is on My Side" – 3:37
  12. "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" – 4:39
  13. "Avec toi" – 3:52
  14. "I'm Not Guilty" – 3:39
  15. "Fight for the Right Love" – 3:42
  16. "Walking in the Rain of Paris" – 3:41
  17. "Fly to the Moon" – 3:37
  18. "Love Is Forever" (Thomas Anders) – 3:24
  19. "China in Her Eyes" (Rap Version) – 3:10

Reception

Credits

Co-producer – Luis Rodriguez
Cover – Ronald Reinsberg
Keyboards – Amadeus Crotti (1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 13 14 16 17 19), Lalo Titenkov (3 6 9 12 15 18)
Music By, Lyrics By – Dieter Bohlen (tracks: 1 to 17, 19)
Photography By – Wolfgang Wilde
Producer – Dieter Bohlen [5][failed verification]

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 28
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 22
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] 26
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[12] 3

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[13] Platinum 300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "CHARTS-DEUTSCHLAND Album Top 100 (March 13, 2000)" (in German). charts.de. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  2. ^ "Musicline.de: Modern Talking (albums)". Media Control (in German). Musicline.de. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  3. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Modern Talking; '2000 - Year Of The Dragon')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  4. ^ "2000: Year of the Dragon". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  5. ^ Modern Talking — Year Of The Dragon
  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Modern Talking – Year Of The" (in German). Hung Medien.
  7. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved March 5, 2000.
  8. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Modern Talking – Year Of The". Hung Medien.
  9. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Modern Talking – Year Of The". Hung Medien.
  10. ^ "Modern Talking: Year Of The" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  11. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Modern Talking – Year Of The". Hung Medien.
  12. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – {{{year}}}. {{{week}}}. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.
  13. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Modern Talking; '2000 - Year of the Dragon')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.