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InfernalFrom Paris to BerlinI Won't be CryingSelf Control
Infernal have released four studio albums, with the 1998 debut album Infernal
Affairs reaching double platinum sales in Denmark.[1] Their mainstream
breakthrough came with From Paris to Berlin from 2004, and the
success continued with Electric Cabaret in 2008, certified with
double platinum and platinum, respectively.[2][3] Infernal started out as a three-piece band in
1997. Lina, Paw and the third being Søren Haahr, but Søren left
the group in 2000. Initially they were known for their unconventional
style of singing as well as their experimental blend of different
genres of music. In recent years they have turned towards more
songwriting and their sound have gone from a sub genre club-sound
to dance-oriented pop-sound aimed at the charts. An example of
their early musical experiments is their track "Kalinka" which is based on the Russian Drobushki folk melody. From 1998 to 2004, the
band released four albums in their native Denmark, three studio
albums, one of them being a re-issue and one remix/live compilation
album. All of them spawned Top 10 hits in Denmark, for example "Sunrise", "Muzaik", "Kiss The Sky", "Kalinka" and "You Receive Me", the latter being the theme song for a Danish season of the TV show Big Brother. In 2004, their third studio album From Paris to
Berlin was released. With the release of the title track, "From Paris to Berlin", they went on to major international chart-success. "From Paris to Berlin" became the only song released by a Danish act nominated at the Nordic Music
Awards 2005. Ahead of the World Cup 2006, "From Paris to Berlin" was re-recorded for the English market with lyrics celebrating the English football
squad, titled "From London to Berlin". However, the song was withdrawn from radio airplay and TV following England's
knockout from the World Cup In May 2006, "From Paris to Berlin" climbed to #2 in the UK charts and remained in the top five for seven weeks,
becoming the 6th best selling single in the UK in 2006. The following
single released in the UK was titled "Self Control". It was a cover of a 1984 song by Italian pop singer Raf, which was also covered
by Laura Branigan that same year. The Infernal version stalled
at #18 in the UK charts, and #14 in Ireland. The single wasn't
released in Spain, due to a similar version being released by Spanish
singer Soraya Arnelas. Instead, they released "Ten Miles" in Spain, which topped the Spanish singles charts in November 2006. "I Won't Be Crying" served as the third single in Europe but failed to build momentum and gain significant
airplay in the UK. It still went on to become a moderate hit in
Europe and became the band's most watched video on YouTube, passing
3,000,000 views. On May 28, 2007, the band released a new version
of their From Paris to Berlin album, this time in Europe and Asia.
The new album contained two new songs and a bonus DVD on the Japanese
edition. Counting sales of both first and second versions, From
Paris to Berlin has sold more than one million copies worldwide.[4] "We are experimenting with the sound and the direction of the album. The only thing we know is that we want it to be a little less feathers&sequins and a bit more jeans&T-shirt’ish. I don’t know how that sounds. We only know what feeling we are trying to create." — Lina Rafn on the creation of the forthcoming 2010 album.[6] The band announced in February 2008 that their next album, titled Electric Cabaret, would be released worldwide on 11 August 2008.[7] The lead single, "Downtown Boys", was premiered at Boogie Prisen, a Danish award show on national TV. The single was released on 14 April 2008 and peaked at number #2 on the Danish Singles Chart, surpassing the peaks of "Self Control" and "I Won't Be Crying", and #1 for four weeks on the Danish Airplay Chart, being their first single to top this chart.[8] On 13 Jun, 2008, the full tracklist and album cover were released. The album met positive reviews, stating that stand-out tracks from the album include "Punk Disco" and "Redefinition". Electric Cabaret was Infernal's first album to be released digitally through the band's official website, allowing fans from countries where the band is not signed to buy their music legally. On 26 June 2009 Lina Rafn announced that Infernal had started working on new material for their forthcoming fifth studio album, which was at that time scheduled to be released "sometime in 2010."[9] The overall sound of the album was described as, "less feathers&sequins and a bit more jeans&T-shirt’ish."[6] In November 2009, Paw Lagermann said that they had written three songs with Thomas Troelsen, who had previously co-written "Dead or Alive" from Electric Cabaret, including one outtake from the previous album, which had been reworked. He also revealed that they recorded 16-18 potential songs for the album, some of which would remain instrumental tracks.[10] On 4 April 2010, Lagermann revealed that the album titled Fall from Grace would be released in late September 2010. He also said that the lead single off the album, "Love Is All...", would be released in early May 2010.[11] On 10 July 2010, the entire Fall from Grace track
list was posted by Infernal themselves on their official website.[12] Infernal Affairs (1998) Notes A^ Waiting for Daylight was re-released in 2001
as Muzaik with re-recorded versions and previously unreleased songs.
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