Up in the Sky is the second album of the Swiss folk rock band 77 Bombay Street. It was released in 2011 on Gadget Records as their first label release. The band had released its debut album Dead Bird independently self-financed and released in 2009.

Up in the Sky
Studio album by
Released11 February 2011
Recorded2009–2011
GenreFolk rock
Length46:15
LabelGadget Records
77 Bombay Street chronology
Dead Bird
(2009)
Up in the Sky
(2011)
Oko Town
(2012)
Singles from Up in the Sky
  1. "47 Millionaires"
    Released: 2010
  2. "Long Way"
    Released: 2011
  3. "Up in the Sky"
    Released: 2011
  4. "I Love Lady Gaga"
    Released: 2011

Up in the Sky with all songs written by the four brothers and produced by Thomas Fessler reached number 3 on the Schweizer Hitparade, the official Swiss Albums chart. It resulted in four singles "47 Millionaires", "Long Way", the title track "Up in the Sky" (that made it to number 7 of the Swiss Singles Chart" and "I Love Lady Gaga".

Lead vocals on most tracks were performed by Matt Buchli. But lead vocals on the track "Miss You Girl" was by Joe Buchli and Simri-Ramon Buchli was the main performer on "I Love Lady Gaga". The album spent 115 weeks in the Swiss charts and went platinum.[1][2]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."47 Millionnaires"
  • 77 Bombay Street
  • Thomas Fessler
Matt Buchli3:36
2."Up in the Sky"
  • 77 Bombay Street
  • Thomas Fessler
Matt Buchli3:48
3."Forgotten Your Name"
  • 77 Bombay Street
  • Thomas Fessler
Matt Buchli3:33
4."Long Way"
  • 77 Bombay Street
  • Thomas Fessler
Matt Buchli3:32
5."Miss You Girl"
  • 77 Bombay Street
  • Thomas Fessler
Joe Buchli3:53
6."It's Now"
  • 77 Bombay Street
  • Thomas Fessler
Matt Buchli4:21
7."I Love Lady Gaga"
  • 77 Bombay Street
  • Thomas Fessler
Simri-Ramon Buchli3:26
8."In the War"
  • 77 Bombay Street
  • Thomas Fessler
Matt Buchli3:54
9."Hero"
  • 77 Bombay Street
  • Thomas Fessler
Matt Buchli3:58
10."Waiting for Tomorrow"
  • 77 Bombay Street
  • Thomas Fessler
Matt Buchli4:20
11."Number 2"
  • 77 Bombay Street
  • Thomas Fessler
Matt Buchli3:04
12."Get Away"
  • 77 Bombay Street
  • Thomas Fessler
Matt Buchli3:20
Total length:46:15

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ 20 minuten: Goldstatus für Schweizer Familienbande (5 September 2011 (in German)
  2. ^ 20 minuten: Erstmals Platin für 77 Bombay Street (29 November 2011) (in German)
  3. ^ "Swisscharts.com – 77 Bombay Street – Up in the Sky". Hung Medien.
  4. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2011". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2012". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 8 August 2020.