In late October 2006 the six remaining finalists of the fifth installment of Popstars entered the recording studios for a total of three weeks to start working on alternate versions of the band's future debut album with judge Dieter Falk and his production team. While Falk and British duo Jiant contributed most to the album, the contestants also worked with producers Bobbybass, Marcus Brosch, Toni Cottura, Jonas Jeberg, Marc Mozart, Major, J Remy, Snowflakers, Derek von Krogh and J. Worthy, and songwriters Edwin "Lil' Eddie" Serrano, Gary Barlow, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil. In addition, they also recorded with Martin Fried, but none of his songs made the final tracklisting.[1]
Release and reception
Media reception for Temptation was generally positive, with laut.de's Stefan Johannesberg praising Monrose and their team for wisely finding a very "British and catchy" and authentic musical middle ground, simultaneously referring the trio as the "new Destiny's Dolls and Pussycat Childs" respectively.[2] However, the album became a major success: It debuted on top of the Austrian, German and Swiss albums charts, and was instantly certified platinum for more than 200,000 copies sold within its first week of release. As of June 2007, Temptation has been certified three-time platinum for more than 400,000 copies sold worldwide.[3][4][5] Although "Do That Dance" was planned to be released as the album's third single at times,[6]Temptation has spawned two singles only: The album's lead single, "Shame", reached number-one in Austria, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland, making it one of the most successful debuts of the year. Outselling 3/4 of the German Top 100's singles sales combined, the song also emerged as the fastest selling CD single of 2006 and the biggest downloaded song since 2004. Follow-up single "Even Heaven Cries" was released in early March 2007 and moreover used as the band's competition song in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 pre-selection show Deutscher Vorentscheid 2007. While it reached the top 10 in Germany, the song also peaked within the top 20 in Austria, and Switzerland.
Samples and covers
"Oh La La" is a cover of an unreleased 2005 song by duo Boo2
"Do That Dance" is an English remake of Kay Cee Dee's 2006 song "Bad Boy"
"Push Up on Me" is a cover of Thara and Rupee's previously unreleased song from 2006
Producers: Bobbybass, Marcus Brosch, Dieter Falk, Toni Cottura, Jonas Jeberg, Jiant, Marc Mozart, Major, J Remy, Snowflakers, Derek von Krogh, J. Worthy
