I bought »Sprünge« because I was very fascinated by its predecessor »4630 Bochum«. This follow-up, however, is less catching.
The opener »Kinder An Die Macht« (»Power To The Children«) is brilliant, especially the lyrics, but apart from this one, the album is close to a desert walk until the last song »Angst« (»Fear«) which becomes the second good song on the album.
Grönemeyer's lyrics are always good - but on »Sprünge«, the accompanying music is a little too uninspired and silent.
This was the album that imprinted German pop on me.... more than Nena's 99 Luft Ballons. I know a lot of people think it isn't as good as the album that came before. But... my inner teenager misses this, misses the fact that it pisses people off that the only one who knows what he says is me, and I love the fact that Groenemeyer bldly explores a variety of styles rather than allow himself to be cast into one mould.
