Freier Fall (English: Free Fall) is the debut studio album by Austrian recording artist Christina Stürmer. Recorded after her participation in the ORF 1 talent show Starmania, where she had finished runner-up, it was released by Amadeo, a Universal Music subsidiary, on 16 June 2003 in Austria. Upon its release, it became one of the most successful debuts in years, reaching number-one on the Austrian Albums Chart and finishing second on the Ö3 Austria year-end chart. It was eventually certified 4× Platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), indicating sales in excess of 120,000 copies.

Freier Fall
Studio album by
Released16 June 2003
Recorded2003
Genre
Length41:51
Label
ProducerAlexander Kahr
Christina Stürmer chronology
Freier Fall
(2003)
Soll das wirklich alles sein?
(2004)
Singles from Freier Fall
  1. "Ich lebe"
    Released: 24 March 2003
  2. "Geh nicht wenn du kommst"
    Released: 11 August 2003
  3. "Mama (Ana Ahabak)"
    Released: 17 November 2003

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Geh nicht wenn du kommst"Hannes Strasser4:04
2."S/W"
  • Alexander Kahr
  • Robert Pfluger
  • David Young
  • Shannon Penn
3:42
3."Anzug" (featuring Boris)
  • Kahr
  • Pfluger
3:31
4."Mama (Ana Ahabak)"
  • Kahr
  • Pfluger
3:55
5."Rebellen der Sonne"
  • Kahr
  • Eva Kraus
  • Harald Hanisch
  • Leopold Zillinger
3:20
6."Astronaut"
  • Kahr
  • Pfluger
3:02
7."Spieglein"
  • Kahr
  • Kraus
  • Hanisch
  • Zillinger
3:12
8."Engel fliegen einsam"
3:16
9."Mehr Waffen"
  • Andreas Freund
  • David Pross
3:48
10."Hier bin ich"
  • Freund
  • Wolfgang Laab
3:16
11."Wo ist deine Liebe?"
  • Freund
  • Laab
3:14
12."Ich lebe"
  • Kahr
  • Kraus
  • Hanisch
  • Zillinger
3:26

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[3] 4× Platinum 120,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Christina – Freier Fall" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  2. ^ "Jahreshitparade Alben 2003". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
  3. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Christina Stürmer – Freier Fall" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
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