Released 4 May 2012 Label JKP Release date 4 May 2012 | Length 52:51 | |
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Genres Alternative rock, Melodic hardcore Awards Echo Award for Album of the Year Nominations World Music Award for World’s Best Album Similar Die Toten Hosen albums, Alternative rock albums |
Dth ballast der republik
Ballast der Republik is a 2012 album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen. It was their first studio album since 2008's In aller Stille. To commemorate the 30-year-jubilee of the band, the album was also released as a special edition with a second CD, titled Die Geister, die wir riefen, containing 15 cover versions of songs and literature by artists that influenced and inspired the members of the band.
Contents
- Dth ballast der republik
- Track listing
- Die Geister die wir riefen The spirits that we summoned
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The name 'Ballast der Republik' is wordplay, alluding to the Palast der Republik, the parliament building of communist East Germany.
A single release of "Altes Fieber" was successful and appeared on the Billboard Hits of the World chart for Germany.
Track listing
- "Drei Kreuze (dass wir hier sind)" ("Three crosses (that we're here)") – 1:27
- "Ballast der Republik" ("Burden/Dead weight of the Republic") – 2:39
- "Tage wie diese" ("Days like these") – 4:28
- "Traurig einen Sommer Lang" ("Sad for one summer") – 3:03
- "Altes Fieber" ("Old fever") – 3:30
- "Zwei Drittel Liebe" ("Two thirds love") – 3:32
- "Europa" ("Europe") – 2:49
- "Reiß Dich los" ("Tear yourself away") – 2:54
- "Drei Worte" ("Three words") – 3:39
- "Schade, wie kann das passieren?" ("Pity, how can this happen?") – 3:40
- "Draußen vor der Tür" ("Outside at the door") – 3:03
- "Das ist der Moment" ("This is the moment") – 3:00
- "Ein guter Tag zum Fliegen" ("A good day for flying") – 3:31
- "Oberhausen" – 4:17
- "Alles hat seinen Grund" ("There's a reason for everything" - literally: "Everything has its reason") – 3:38
- "Vogelfrei" ("Outlawed" - literally: "free as a bird")– 3:37
Die Geister, die wir riefen (The spirits that we summoned)
- "Computerstaat" ("Computerstate") – 2:30 (Abwärts)
- "Sirenen" ("Sirens") – 1:53 (Male)
- "Das Model" ("The model") – 2:28 (Kraftwerk)
- "Die Moorsoldaten" ("Peat Bog Soldiers") – 3:17
(Rudi Goguel / Johann Esser, Wolfgang Langhoff) - "Im Nebel" ("In the Fog") – 2:42 (Musik: Campino / Text: Hermann Hesse)
- "Heute hier, morgen dort" ("Here today, gone tomorrow") – literally: Today here, tomorrow there - 2:16 (Hannes Wader)
- "Rock Me Amadeus" – 2:41 (Falco)
- "Industrie-Mädchen" ("Industrial girl") – 1:53 (S.Y.P.H.)
- "Keine Macht für Niemand" ("No power for nobody") – 2:34 (Ton Steine Scherben)
- "Einen großen Nazi hat sie!" ("She's got a big Nazi") – 2:14
(Stephan Weiß / Fritz Grünbaum) - "Schrei nach Liebe" ("Cry for love") – 3:24 (Die Ärzte)
- "Manche Frauen" ("Some women") – 2:49 (Funny van Dannen)
- "Innenstadt Front" ("Inner city front") – 1:05 (Mittagspause)
- "Stimmen aus dem Massengrab" ("Voices from the mass grave") – 2:18
(Musik: Campino / Text: Erich Kästner) - "Lasset uns singen" ("Let us sing") – 3:33
(Musik: Campino, von Holst /
Text: Graf Zirben, Destilie van der Vogelbeer)
Personnel
Songs
1Drei Kreuze (dass wir hier sind)1:27
2Ballast der Republik2:39
3Tage wie diese4:28
References
Ballast der Republik Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA