Bel Air is the fourth studio album by the reunited German Alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band Guano Apes

Guano Apes

Guano Apes are an alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Göttingen, Germany. The group members are Sandra Nasić , Henning Rümenapp , Stefan Ude and Dennis Poschwatta ....

 and their first studio album in eight years. It was released on 1 April 2011 on Columbia Europe

Columbia Records

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 and entered the German album charts

Media Control Charts

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 right on position 1.

The album is available in four different editions: a standard edition (1 disc), deluxe edition (1 disc + poster), exclusive edition (2 discs), and a vinyl edition (2 records + poster).

Track listing

NOTE: The vinyl version has an extra track, "Staring at the Sun" at 11.

Personnel

• Lyrics By – Sandra Nasic
• Mastered By – Kai Blankenberg
• Mixed By – Arne Neurand (tracks: 5, 6, 8, 10 to 12), Randy Staub (tracks: 2), Terry Date (tracks: 7), Tom Lord-Alge (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 9)
• Music By – Guano Apes (tracks: 1 to 10.1, 11, 12), Sandra Nasic (tracks: 10.2)
• Producer – Guano Apes, Joshua*

Reviews

The album received positive review by Alexey Eremenko from Allmusic. He noted that Bel Air is the band's most streamlined and mature record to date.