Paintings in Yellow is the fourth studio album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 from German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 singer

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

 Sandra, released in 1990

1990 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:*January 21 – MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with British band Squeeze...

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The five-part track "The Journey" foreshadowed the Enigma

Enigma (musical project)

Enigma is an electronic musical project founded in Germany by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990. The Romanian-born Cretu conceived the Enigma project while working in Germany, but has based his recording studio A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, Spain, since the early 1990s until May...

 sound. Frank Peterson, who was the co-producer (alias "F. Gregorian") on the Enigma project, took up the role of writing and producing some of the tracks with Michael Cretu

Michael Cretu

Michael Cretu is a Romanian musician. He is known also as Curly, MC or Curly M.C. because of his fair curled hair . His peak musical activity was with the Enigma project, which was mainly based in Germany....

. His influence was clearly audible. In the same year, Enigma's song "Sadeness" became a huge hit in many countries all over the world. At first nobody knew who was hiding behind the alias Enigma, but Sandra fans quickly identified her voice. When the song became a Top 10 hit in the United States, it marked Sandra's first successful venture into the U.S. market. Sandra performed the album's second single "(Life May Be) A Big Insanity" at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo when she accepted the prize for Best Selling German Artist at the end of 1990.

Singles

"Hiroshima

Hiroshima (song)

"Hiroshima" is a pop song written by David Morgan and first recorded by Wishful Thinking in 1969. In 1978 their single entered the German Top 20 with peak at #8 and stayed there for several months....

", the lead-track from this album, was a cover version of a classic Wishful Thinking tune that gave Sandra yet another Top 10 hit, reaching #4 in three different countries. "(Life May Be) A Big Insanity

(Life May Be) A Big Insanity

" A Big Insanity" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. The song was written by Michael Cretu and Klaus Hirschburger. It was released in April 1990 as the album's second single. The song's B-side, "The Skin I'm in", appeared on Sandra's fourth studio album Paintings in Yellow...

" and "One More Night

One More Night (Sandra song)

"One More Night" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. The song was written by Michael Cretu, Klaus Hirschburger and Frank Peterson. It was released in September 1990 as the album's third and final single...

" were also released as singles.

Track listing

1. "Hiroshima
   Hiroshima (song)
   "Hiroshima" is a pop song written by David Morgan and first recorded by Wishful Thinking in 1969. In 1978 their single entered the German Top 20 with peak at #8 and stayed there for several months....
   
   " (David Morgan) — 6:52
2. "(Life May Be) A Big Insanity
   (Life May Be) A Big Insanity
   " A Big Insanity" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. The song was written by Michael Cretu and Klaus Hirschburger. It was released in April 1990 as the album's second single. The song's B-side, "The Skin I'm in", appeared on Sandra's fourth studio album Paintings in Yellow...
   
   " (Cretu - Cretu/Hirschburger) — 4:30
3. "Johnny Wanna Live
   Johnny Wanna Live
   "Johnny Wanna Live" is a pop song by German singer Sandra.The song originally was an album track on Sandra's fourth studio album Paintings in Yellow. It was remixed and released in June 1992 to promote her second greatest hits compilation album 18 Greatest Hits...
   
   " (Cretu/Peterson - Cretu/Hirschburger) — 4:29
4. "Lovelight in Your Eyes" (Cretu - Cretu/Hirschburger) — 5:29
5. "One More Night
   One More Night (Sandra song)
   "One More Night" is a pop song by German singer Sandra. The song was written by Michael Cretu, Klaus Hirschburger and Frank Peterson. It was released in September 1990 as the album's third and final single...
   
   " (Cretu/Peterson - Cretu/Hirschburger) — 4:06
6. "The Skin I'm in" (Cretu/Peterson - Cretu/Hirschburger) — 3:40
7. "Paintings in Yellow" (Cretu - Cretu/Hirschburger) — 5:52
8. "The Journey" (Cretu/Peterson - Cretu/Hirschburger) — 7:29

   A. "Cold Out Here"

   B. "I'm Alive"

   C. "Paintings"

   D. "Come Alive"

   E. "The End"

9. "Hiroshima
   Hiroshima (song)
   "Hiroshima" is a pop song written by David Morgan and first recorded by Wishful Thinking in 1969. In 1978 their single entered the German Top 20 with peak at #8 and stayed there for several months....
   
   (Extended Club Mix)" (David Morgan) — 6:43

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