| Love Is War | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Vanilla Ninja |
| Cover: | Love is war a.jpg |
| Released: |  May 19, 2006  May 31, 2006  June 26, 2006  October 7, 2009[1] |
| Recorded: | 2005–2006 Tindeltown Music Studios, Germany |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Length: | 42:19 |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | EMI/Capitol Records |
| Producer: | Kiko Masbaum, Kent Larsson |
| Prev Title: | Best Of |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Encore |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
Love is War is Vanilla Ninja's fourth studio album, released by EMI Music Germany in May 2006. This is the first album by the girls as a three-piece band. Recording took about six months. Most of the songs are co-written by the band members - Lenna and Piret - making this album the most personal for girls. For example, the song "Kingdom Burning Down" tells a story of their fight with their ex-producer and as they say, "Every song is dedicated to someone and they have important meaning for us."[2] The first single from this album was "Dangerzone", which was fairly successful in Germany and Poland. Vanilla Ninja performed this song at the Sopot International Song Festival in Poland. Later, the single "Rockstarz" was released. However, due to many release date changes caused by EMI, the single did not chart well and the band was dropped from the label.
| Title | Words | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kingdom Burning Down" | Piret Järvis, Lenna Kuurmaa, Michelle Leonard | 3:59 |
| 2 | "Dangerzone (Long version)" | Martin Fly, Lenna Kuurmaa, Michelle Leonard, Flo Peil | 3:17 |
| 3 | "The Band That Never Existed" | Lenna Kuurmaa, Michelle Leonard | 3:15 |
| 4 | "Rockstarz" | Per Henrik Aldeheim, Michelle Leonard, Christian Neander | 3:26 |
| 5 | "Shadows on the Moon" | Martin Fly, Piret Järvis, Flo Peil | 3:05 |
| 6 | "Black Symphony" | Piret Järvis, Kent Larsson, Jeff Lebowski, Michelle Leonard, Claudio Pagonis | 3:46 |
| 7 | "Pray" | Martin Fly, Lenna Kuurmaa, Claudio Pagonis | 4:34 |
| 8 | "Battlefield" | Jeff Lebowski, Claudio Pagonis | 3:08 |
| 9 | "Spirit of the Dawn" | Martin Fly, Claudio Pagonis | 3:52 |
| 10 | "Insane in Vain" | Martin Fly, Bassel El Hallak, Michelle Leonard | 3:17 |
| 11 | "Bad Girls" | Martin Fly, Piret Järvis | 3:14 |
| 12 | "Silence" | Lenna Kuurmaa, Michelle Leonard | 4:31 |
| 13 | "Love Is Just a War" (Brazil & Japan bonus track) | Lenna Kuurmaa, Kiko Masbaum, Michelle Leonard, Harry Hess | 3:26 |
| 14 | "My Name" (Brazil & Japan bonus track) | Lenna Kuurmaa, Kiko Masbaum, Michelle Leonard, Christian Neander | 3:11 |
| Chart (2006) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Austrian Albums Chart[3] | 29 | |
| Estonian Albums Chart | 1 | |
| Germany Top 100[4] | 16 | |
| Polish OLiS Top 50 Albums[5] | 48 | |
| Swiss Albums Chart[6] | 14 |