Fading Shades


Fading Shades is the sixth studio album by German singer Sandra, released in 1995 by Virgin Records.

Background

Sandra recorded Fading Shades while pregnant with twins and was having to sit during the recording sessions. The album saw a new collaborator Jens Gad working alongside Michael Cretu as a writer, arranger, programmer and producer. Again, Andy "Angel" Hart performed all the male vocals on the album.
The first single released from the album was a cover version of The Moody Blues song "Nights in White Satin", which reached number thirty-four in New Zealand and only eighty-six in Germany, becoming one of Sandra's lowest-charting singles in her home country. It was more successful in Israel and Finland. The song's music video featured only close-ups of Sandra's face as she was heavily pregnant at the time. A still from the video served as the album cover. "Won't Run Away" was released as the second and final single, and was Sandra's first single since 1984's "Japan ist weit" not to receive a music video. The CD single included three remixes of the song. It was commercially unsuccessful and did not enter any charts, apart from reaching lower regions of German airplay top 100.
The album is one of Sandra's least successful releases, only reaching number forty-two in Germany and thirty-seven in Switzerland.

Track listing

  1. "Fading Shades" — 1:02
  2. "Nights in White Satin" — 3:34
  3. "Son of a Time Machine" — 5:01
  4. "Won't Run Away" — 4:14
  5. "Tell Me More" — 3:15
  6. "Will You Whisper" — 4:13
  7. "Invisible Shelter" — 5:20
  8. "You Are So Beautiful" — 4:38
  9. "I Need Love '95" — 3:28
  10. "First Lullaby" — 4:20
  11. "Fading Shades" — 1:06

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