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Artist
  
Die Toten Hosen

Label
  
JKP

Release date
  
26 January 1996

Opium fürs Volk httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen882Opi

Released
  
26 January 1996 2007 (jubilee edition)

Length
  
66:54 76:01 (re-release)

Producer
  
Jon Caffery & Die Toten Hosen

Opium fürs Volk (1996)
  
Im Auftrag des Herrn... - Die Toten Hosen Live (1996)

Genres
  
Punk rock, Alternative metal

Similar
  
Die Toten Hosen albums, Punk rock albums

Die toten hosen vaterunser


Opium fürs Volk (Opium for the people) is the seventh studio album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen. Although it's not considered a concept album, it has a central theme of religion (exemplified by the intro "Vaterunser", "Die zehn Gebote" and "Paradies"). It is regarded as one of the best Die Toten Hosen albums. The title is derived from a common misquotation of Karl Marx, who called religion the Opium of the People - Opium des Volkes.

Contents

Die toten hosen die zehn gebote


Track listing

  1. "Vaterunser" (Our Father) (Traditional) − 1:10
  2. "Mensch" (Man) (von Holst/Frege) − 4:08
  3. "Die Fliege" (The fly) (Frege/Frege) − 1:54
  4. "Die zehn Gebote" (The ten commandments) (Rohde/Frege) − 4:04
  5. "Böser Wolf" (roughly Big Bad Wolf) (von Holst/Frege) − 4:02
  6. "Nichts bleibt für die Ewigkeit" (Nothing stays for eternity) (von Holst, Frege/Müller, von Holst, Frege) − 4:10
  7. "Ewig währt am längsten (Dub)" (lit. Forever lasts the longest; a pun on Ehrlich währt am längsten [roughly Honesty is the best policy]) (Meurer/Müller, von Holst, Frege) − 2:54
  8. "Und so weiter" (And so on) (Rohde/Frege, Müller) − 1:40
  9. "Bonnie & Clyde" (Breitkopf/Frege) − 3:30
  10. "Der Froschkönig" (The frog king) (Breitkopf/Frege) − 3:47
  11. "XTC" (Meurer/Frege) − 4:16
  12. "Lügen" (Lies) (von Holst/Frege) − 4:12
  13. "Paradies" (Paradise) (Frege/Frege) − 4:08
  14. "Und wir leben" (And we're living) (Meurer/Frege) − 3:50
  15. "Er denkt, sie denkt" (He thinks, she thinks) (Frege/Frege) − 4:34
  16. "Seelentherapie" (Soul therapy) (Breitkopf/Frege) − 5:13
  17. "Viva la Revolution" (Breitkopf/Frege) − 4:46
  18. "Zehn kleine Jägermeister" (roughly Ten little hunters/Jägermeisters) (Rohde/Müller, Frege) − 4:45

2007 remastered anniversary edition bonus tracks

  1. "Fliegen" (Flying) (Frege/Frege) – 4:28 (from "Pushed Again")
  2. "Prominentenpsychose" (Celebrity psychosis) (Frege/Frege) – 3:14 (from "Nichts bleibt für die Ewigkeit")
  3. "Herzglück harte Welle" (roughly Heartluck strong wave) (Rohde/Frege) – 1:57 (from "Bonnie & Clyde")

Singles

1995: "Nichts bleibt für die Ewigkeit"
1996: "Paradies"
1996: "Bonnie & Clyde"
1996: "Zehn kleine Jägermeister"

Demos

One unreleased demo from the album surfaced in 2007 with the re-release of Auf dem Kreuzzug ins Glück.

  • "Kitsch" (Breitkopf/Frege) – 3:53

    • Personnel

  • Campino - vocals
  • Andreas von Holst - guitar
  • Michael Breitkopf - guitar
  • Andreas Meurer - bass
  • Wolfgang Rohde - drums

    • Songs

    1Vaterunser1:08
    2Mensch4:08
    3Die Fliege1:53

    References

    Opium fürs Volk Wikipedia
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