Among the Suns

Among the Suns
Studio album by Brainstorm
Released	May 1999 14 July 2000 (reissue)
Studio	Puk Recording Studios, Kærby, Denmark EMI Studios, Stockholm, Sweden Jacobs Studios, Surrey, UK
Genre	Pop rock, alternative rock
Length	46:28 (1999) 49:31 (2000)
Label	Microphone
Brainstorm chronology
Stārp divām sāulem (1999) Among the Suns (1999) Izlase '89–'99 (2000)
Singles from Among the Suns
"Half of Your Heart" Released: 1998 "Under My Wing" Released: 1999 (re-release) "My Star" Released: May 2000 "Weekends Are Not My Happy Days" Released: July 2000

Among the Suns is the debut English-language studio album by the Latvian pop/rock group Brainstorm, released in May 1999 and reissued in July 2000. It is the English-language version of the Latvian-language album Starp divām saulēm (1999). The album includes the English versions of "Under My Wing" and "Welcome to My Country". It was recorded in Denmark and Sweden and reached number 13 in the charts in Finland, number 42 in Belgium and number 47 in Sweden. On July 14, 2000 the album was reissued which included the song "My Star" which represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. It sold more than 80,000 copies in Europe^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Renārs Kaupers except co-written with Maris Mihelson and Brainstorm.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Weekends Are Not My Happy Days"	4:02
2.	"Ain't It Funny"	3:35
3.	"Under My Wing"	4:35
4.	"Half of Your Heart"	3:11
5.	"Among the Suns"	3:30
6.	"Try"	4:27
7.	"Downtown"	3:31
8.	"Before the Time Has Come to Leave You"	5:17
9.	"Stars"	3:36
10.	"Welcome to My Country"	4:16
11.	"These Women Drive Me Crazy"	2:52
12.	"All Right, Chill Out"	3:35
Total length:		46:28

2000 Reissue

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Star"	Brainstorm	3:03
2.	"Weekends Are Not My Happy Days"		4:02
3.	"Aint It Funny"		3:35
4.	"Under My Wing"		4:35
5.	"Half of Your Heart"		3:11
6.	"Among the Suns"		3:30
7.	"Try"		4:27
8.	"Downtown"		3:31
9.	"Before the Time Has Come To Leave You"		5:17
10.	"Stars"		3:36
11.	"Welcome to My Country"		4:16
12.	"These Women Drive Me Crazy"		2:52
13.	"All Right, Chill Out"		3:35
Total length:			49:31

Personnel

• Renārs Kaupers – vocals, guitar
• Jānis Jubalts – guitar
• Māris Mihelsons – keyboards, accordion
• Kaspars Roga – drums
• Gundars Mauševics – bass

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[2]	13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3]	42
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[4]	47

Singles

Year	Single	Chart
2000	"My Star"	Swedish Singles Chart	22
2000	Weekends Are Not My Happy Days	Belgian Singles Chart	13

Sales

Sales for Among the Suns

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Latvia	—	25,000[5][6]
Russia	—	13,000[7]

Release history

Country	Date
Europe	May 1999

References

1. Latvijas šovbizness - šovbizness - šov ir, bet bizness...^{[permanent dead link‍]} (in Latvian)
2. "Brainstorm: Among the Suns" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
3. "Ultratop.be – BrainStorm+%5BLV%5D – Among the Suns" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
4. "Swedishcharts.com – Brainstorm+%5BLV%5D – Among the Suns". Hung Medien.
5. "Prāta vētra dodas savā piektajā koncertturnejā pa Latviju". Diena (in Latvian). July 24, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
6. "«Prāta vētra» — «Starp divām saulēm» (1)" (in Latvian). Apollo. March 1, 2004. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
7. "«Prāta vētra» devusies Eiropas tūrē" (in Latvian). Apollo. April 12, 2006. Retrieved April 14, 2024.