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Schritt für Schritt
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2006 (2006-02-24)
Length60:00
LabelUniversal Music Urban
Producer
  • Nadja Benaissa
  • Mengstu Zeleke (exec.)
  • Audiotreats
  • DJ Release
  • Loomis Green
  • Tino Oac
  • Babar Omar
  • Giuseppe Porrello

Schritt für Schritt (English: Step by Step) is the debut solo album by German recording artist Nadja Benaissa. It was released by Universal Music Urban on February 24, 2006 in German-speaking Europe. Her first solo effort following the disbandment of her former band, No Angels, it signaled a breakaway from the group's Europop sound in favor of a more soul-influenced pop album with German lyrics. Benaissa co-wrote the whole album, which features production by Tino Oac and Giuseppe Porrello, with additional credits from DJ Release, Audiotreats and Fairtone. Upon its release, Schritt für Schritt underperformed, debuting and peaking at number 71 on the German Albums Chart.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
CDStarts5/10[1]

CDStarts editor Matthias Reichel noted that "unfortunately, both – lyrics and melodies – don't have the quality to support an entire album. Because what works wonderfully [on "Es ist Liebe" and "Ich hab dich"] seems a bit monotonous when put into a running time of 60 minutes. With her deep timbre, Nadja Benaissa, as the German answer to Sage, tries to give the titles emotions and depth. But with its simple, biographically influenced lyrics and too few top songs, Schritt für Schritt cannot break free from the lower average range."[1] Michael Agricola, writing for Marburg extra, described the album as "slow soul with thoughtful lyrics, velvety ballads in the style of the "Mannheim School," somewhere between Edo Zanki and Xavier Naidoo, but without pathos and without "mission." The core phrase is the single's gentle refrain: "It's love, only love, that takes me further." With that, all has been said. Simply cozy."[2]

Chart performance

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Schritt für Schritt debuted and peaked at number 71 on the German Albums Chart.[3]

Track listing

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Schritt für Schritt track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"Giuseppe PorrelloPorrello0:46
2."Schritt für Schritt"
  • Benaissa
  • Porrello
Porrello3:31
3."Augenblick"
  • Benaissa
  • Frank Lotz
  • Karsten Chemnitz
Audiotreats4:50
4."Leila" (Skit)
  • Benaissa
  • Tino Oac
Oac0:33
5."Es ist Liebe"
  • Benaissa
  • Oac
Oac3:57
6."Alles was du suchst"
  • Benaissa
  • Porrello
Porrello4:12
7."Herzschlag"
  • Benaissa
  • DJ Release
DJ Release4:33
8."Leila"
  • Benaissa
  • DJ Release
DJ Release4:30
9."Weitergehen"
  • Benaissa
  • Oac
Oac5:11
10."Ich hab dich"
  • Benaissa
  • Oac
Oac5:10
11."Alte Wunden"
  • Babar Omar
  • Loomis Green
4:22
12."Immer noch"
  • Benaissa
  • Porrello
Porrello4:27
13."Die Welt"
  • Benaissa
  • Oac
Oac5:05
14."Vater"
  • Benaissa
  • DJ Release
DJ Release5:56
15."Alles führt zu dir" (Bonus track)
  • Benaissa
  • Porrello
  • Porrello
  • Green
3:15

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Schritt für Schritt.[4]

Production

Charts

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Chart performance for Schritt für Schritt
Chart (2006) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3] 71

Release history

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Schritt für Schritt release history
Region Date Format Label Ref(s)
Various February 24, 2006
  • Digital download
  • CD
Universal Music Urban [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Nadja Benaissa – Schritt für Schritt". CDStarts.de (in German). Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Nadja Benaissa – Schritt für Schritt". Marburg extra (in German). 2 November 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2023 – via michael-agricola.de.
  3. ^ a b "Officialcharts.de – Nadja Benaissa – Schritt für Schritt". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  4. ^ Schritt für Schritt (Media notes). Nadja Benaissa. Universal Music. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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