Die Reklamation (German: The Complaint) is the debut studio album by German band Wir sind Helden, released on 7 July 2003 by Labels, a subsidiary of EMI. It sold over 800,000 copies in Germany and reached four times Platinum. The album follows lead singer Judith Holofernes' limited self-produced solo album Kamikazefliege, which had already included two tracks from this album: âÂÂAurélieâ and âÂÂAuÃÂer dirâÂÂ.
The album was a success with the critics. laut.de gave it five out of five points calling it âÂÂthe perfect soundtrack for an urban summerâÂÂ. They describe the lyrics as âÂÂawesome and damn cleverâ and Judith Holofernes as âÂÂone of the most intelligent and funniest women of our time.â kulturnews.de also praised the lyrics and the originality of the album, calling Wir sind Helden worthy successors of Neue Deutsche Welle acts like Nena.
The album peaked at #2 on the German album chart, at #3 in Austria and at #38 in Switzerland. More than 800,000 copies of the album were sold in Germany alone and was awarded triple platinum. The album remains one of the most successful German albums ever (#19 based on chart position). It managed to stay in the German Albums Chart for a total of 94 weeks, making it the album, that stayed the longest time on that chart in their career
Four singles were released off the album: âÂÂGuten TagâÂÂ, âÂÂMüssen nur wollenâÂÂ, âÂÂAurélieâ and âÂÂDenkmalâÂÂ. In 2004, a new version of the album with a red cover called âÂÂDie rote Reklamationâ (âÂÂThe Red ComplaintâÂÂ) was released. This limited tour edition included the official video clips of all four singles and two short movies about the band.
Wir sind Helden were awarded three ECHO awards in 2004 related to their debut album making them the most successful act of that year.
All tracks written by Wir Sind Helden.