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Fairytales is the debut studio album by the Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak. It was released in Norway and most of Europe on May 29, 2009 (see release history). Most of the songs on the album are written and/or composed by Rybak himself.

The first single of this album is Rybak's "Fairytale", the winning song from the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. His entry broke the previous record of 292 in the festival and achieved a total of 387 points. All the participating countries (naturally excluding Norway) voted for the song.

Rybak wrote English lyrics for one Russian and one Norwegian song, for the album. The chorus in the song "Abandoned" (track #7), uses music by Kirill Moltchanov, from the theme from the 1968 Russian film Доживем до понедельника (en. We'll Live Till Monday).[1] The song "If You Were Gone" (track #6), is an English version of the Norwegian song "Vårsøg", with music by Henning Sommerro.

Track listing

No.TitleWriterLength
1."Roll With the Wind"Mårten Eriksson, Lina Eriksson3:34
2."Fairytale"Alexander Rybak3:05
3."Dolphin"Rybak4:16
4."Kiss and Tell"Alexander Rybak, Kim Bergseth, Piotr Andrej3:20
5."Funny Little World"Alexander Rybak3:46
6."If You Were Gone"Henning Sommerro, Alexander Rybak4:31
7."Abandoned"Alexander Rybak, Kirill Moltchanov, Andrej4:09
8."13 Horses"Alexander Rybak5:42
9."Song from a Secret Garden"Rolf Løvland3:30

Bonus track

No.TitleWriterLength
10."Fairytale (Holter/Erixson Radio Remix)" (On the Russian edition of the album.)Alexander Rybak2:53

Bonus track

No.TitleWriterLength
10."500 Miles"The Proclaimers3:24

Bonus track

No.TitleWriterLength
11."Vocalise"Sergei Rachmaninoff4:31

Bonus track

No.TitleWriterLength
12."Fairytale" (French version)Alexander Rybak, Thierry Samois3:05

Winter Fairytales

In Russia there was a new special Winter Edition released:


Track listing:

Standard-Edition

No.TitleWriterLength
1."Roll With the Wind"Mårten Eriksson, Lina Eriksson3:34
2."Сказка (English: Skazka (Russian version of "Fairytale")"Alexander Rybak3:05
3."Dolphin"Rybak4:16
4."Kiss and Tell"Alexander Rybak, Kim Bergseth, Piotr Andrej3:20
5."Funny Little World"Alexander Rybak3:46
6."If You Were Gone (Russian Version)"Henning Sommerro, Alexander Rybak4:31
7."13 Horses"Alexander Rybak5:42
8."Song from a Secret Garden"Rolf Løvland3:30
9."Vocalise"Sergei Rachmaninoff4:31
10."500 Miles"The Proclaimers3:24
11."Fairytale (Bonustrack)"Alexander Rybak3:05
12."If You Were Gone (Bonustrack)"Henning Sommerro, Alexander Rybak4:31

Digipack-Edition

1. CD: Same songs as Standard-Edition

2. DVD:

No.TitleLength
1."Fairytale (Video)" 
2."Roll With the Wind (Video)" 
3."Funny Little World (Video)" 
4."Kupalinka (live in Minsk)" 

Personnel

Musicians

Recording and production staff

  • Amir Aly - producer (track #1, #5, #6), mixing (#1, #5, #6)
  • Björn Engelmann - mastering
  • Henrik Wikström - producer (#5), mixing (#5)
  • Kim Edward Bergseth - producer (#2, #3, #4, #7, #8)
  • Ulf Ø. W. Holand - mixing (#2, #3, #4, #7, #8)

Album artwork

Release history

Region Date Label Format
Armenia[2] May 29, 2009 Universal CD
Austria[3] EMI CD
Azerbaijan[2] Universal CD
Belarus[2] Universal CD
Belgium[4] V2/Universal CD
Denmark[2] EMI CD; Digital download
Finland[2][5] EMI CD; Digital download
Germany[6] EMI CD; Digital download
Kazakhstan[2] Universal CD
Kyrgyzstan[2] Universal CD
Luxembourg[4] V2/Universal CD
Netherlands[4] V2/Universal CD
Norway[7] EMI CD; Digital download[8]
Russia[2] Universal CD
Switzerland[9] EMI CD
Tajikistan[2] Universal CD
Turkmenistan[2] Universal CD
Uzbekistan[2] Universal CD
Ukraine[2] Universal CD
Cyprus[2] June 2, 2009 Universal CD
Greece[2] Universal CD
Sweden[10] June 3, 2009 Lionheart CD
Estonia[11] June 4, 2009 CD
United Kingdom[12][13] June 15, 2009 EMI CD
France[14][15] August 17, 2009 M6 Interactions CD
Poland[16] August 21, 2009 Universal CD

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position 		Certification Sales
Austrian Albums Chart[17] 46
French Albums Chart[18] 21
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[19] 13
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[19] 62
Cyprus International Albums Chart [20] 9
Dutch Albums Chart[21] 29
Danish Albums Chart[22] 15
Finnish Albums Chart[23] 4
Irish Albums Chart[24] 91
German Albums Chart[25][26] 16
Norwegian Albums Chart[27] 1 3x Platinum 90,000
Polish Albums Chart[28] 7
Russian Albums Chart[29] 1 2x Platinum 50,000
Swedish Albums Chart 2 Gold 20,000
Swiss Albums Chart[30] 65
European Top 100 Albums [31] 18

Critical Reception

On May 27, 2009 Norway's biggest newspaper Verdens Gang was the first to review the album giving it top score, 6 out of 6. "Alexander Rybak has not only become a star in no time, he deserves the status as well", the paper said. [32] On the same day it was revealed that the album had been leaked illegally on the net. Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet was less enthused. "Rybak is seducing, but not entirely convincing" their critic stated, giving it 4 out of 6 points. [33] Aftenposten gave it 5 out of 6 stars, calling Rybak "a complete artist."[34] Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, however, caused a stir by giving the record merely 1 star and hurling epithets like "violin hobbit" and "smurf hits" at the artist.[35] TV2 in Norway gave the album 4 out of 6 stars, stating that Rybak was "no one-hit-wonder at all".[36] NRK gave Rybak a good review saying that Rybak was "a good pop composer."[37] Dagsavisen gave the record 5 points out of 6, exclaiming "the fairy tale continues!" [38] The radio channel P4 Radio Hele Norge gave the album a rather poor review. Calling it a record for "13 year old girls and Eurovision enthusiasts" it got 2 stars.[39] Bergensavisen was impressed by the record, especially by the album's "personal style", and gave it 5 stars.[40]

References

  1. ^ ДОЖИВЕМ ДО ПОНЕДЕЛЬНИКА (1968) 1/10, YouTube
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Alexander Rybak - Official Facebook Page, Facebook, May 27, 2009
  3. ^ Alexander Rybak - Fairytales, emimusic.at
  4. ^ a b c Fairytales, Alexander Rybak, bol.com
  5. ^ Fairytales - Rybak Alexander, CDON
  6. ^ Fairytales: Alexander Rybak, Amazon.de
  7. ^ Fairytales - Rybak Alexander, CDON.eu
  8. ^ Alexander Rybak - Fairytales (obs! fredag 29. mai) (Norwegian), EMI Norway
  9. ^ Alexander Rybak - Fairytales, emimusic.ch
  10. ^ Fairytales - album, Lionheart
  11. ^ Alexander Rybaki "Fairytales" album ilmub 4. juunil (Estonian), publik.delfi.ee, May 19, 2009
  12. ^ Alexander Rybak - Fairytales HMV Release Date
  13. ^ Fairytales - Alexander Rybak, Amazon.co.uk
  14. ^ Fairytales - Rybak Alexander, Amazon.fr
  15. ^ A French version of Fairytale, esctoday.com, August 19, 2009
  16. ^ - Alexander Rybak - "Fairytales", merlin.pl
  17. ^ Alexander Rybak - Fairytales, austriancharts.at
  18. ^ Alexander Rybak - Fairytales, Acharts.us
  19. ^ a b Alexander Rybak - Fairytales, ultratop.be
  20. ^ Alexander Rybak - Fairytales, Super FM
  21. ^ Alexander Rybak - Fairytales, dutchcharts.nl
  22. ^ Hitlisten.NU - Album Top-40, hitlisterne.dk
  23. ^ Suomen virallinen lista
  24. ^ [1]
  25. ^ Alexander Rybak in den Top 20, newsticker.sueddeutsche.de, June 9, 2009
  26. ^ Offizielle Charts, musicload.de
  27. ^ Alexander Rybak - Fairytales, norwegiancharts.com
  28. ^ http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?lang=
  29. ^ http://www.2m-online.ru/news/detail.php?ID=5370
  30. ^ Alexander Rybak - Fairytales, ultratop.be
  31. ^ Alexander Rybak - Fairytales, billboard.com
  32. ^ http://www.vg.no/musikk/grand-prix/artikkel.php?artid=543655
  33. ^ http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/05/27/kultur/musikk/alexander_rybakk/cd/musikkanmeldelser/6429497/
  34. ^ http://oslopuls.aftenposten.no/musikk/article204099.ece
  35. ^ http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/recensioner/article5243603.ab
  36. ^ http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/side2/musikk/anmeldelser/article2635067.ece
  37. ^ http://nrk.no/musikk/1.6628628
  38. ^ http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/musikk/article417866.ece
  39. ^ http://www.p4.no/story.aspx?id=310800
  40. ^ http://www.ba.no/puls/plateguiden/article4361106.ece
Preceded by Norwegian Albums Chart number one albums
June 2, 2009 – June 15, 2009 		Succeeded by
Hallelujah - Live vol. 2 by Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes, Askil Holm
Preceded by Russian Albums Chart number one albums
June 3, 2009 – 		Succeeded by

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