Ballads

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Ballads
Studio album by Reinhard Mey

Publication
(s)

January 1, 1988

Label (s) Intercord

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

song writer

Title (number)

12

running time

47:07

occupation
  • Singing: Reinhard Mey
  • Guitars: Reinhard Mey and Wilfried Grünberg
  • Bass: Michael Keevers
  • Drums: Olaf Berneck
  • Keyboard instruments: Wilfried Grünberg
  • u. a.

Studio (s)

Recording studio Zufall, Berlin

chronology
Solo
(1986) 		Ballads Colors
(1990)

Ballads is the 15th studio album by German songwriter Reinhard Mey . It was published by Intercord in 1988 . The twelve songs, which are not all ballads in the classical sense , were written and composed by him.

content

Reinhard Mey's “ballads” range from humorous songs ( Die Body-Building-Ballade ), political ( In this, our country ) to thought-provoking songs ( Die Eisenbahnballad ). Thematically, the album includes flying ( The Last Adventure ), Love ( What a Happy Man ), Thanks to people in social professions ( Thanks for your time ) and Parenthood ( All good things come in threes ). The railway ballad occupies a special position due to its length of a good ten minutes . It tells the history of Germany parallel to the history of the railroad. Mey thanks Klaus Winkler for researching this ballad.

Track list

  1. At Hempels under the bed - 3:30
  2. In this, our land - 3:56
  3. The final adventure - 3:59
  4. The Body Building Ballad - 3:30
  5. Five Carnations - 1:51
  6. All good things come in threes - 3:10
  7. Thanks for your time - 3:46
  8. The sea - 3:50
  9. The walls of my time - 3:26
  10. Lulu - 3:04
  11. What a lucky man - 2:52
  12. The railroad ballad - 10:11

Further information

The sound engineer for the album was Hens Gies, the arrangements were made by Wilfried Grünberg. Wilde (Hamburg) contributed the photos. The CD was published by Maikäfer Musik Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin.

Web links

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  • Booklet ballads
Reinhard Mey
Studio albums

I wanted to sing like Orpheus (1967) • Frédérik Mey, Vol. 1 (1968) • Arrive Friday the 13th (1969) • From my diary (1970) • One Vote for Tomorrow (1970) • I am made of that wood ( 1971) • My eighth bay leaf (1972) • Frédérik Mey, Vol. 2 (1972) • As before year and day (1974) • Frédérik Mey, Vol. 3 (1974) • Ikarus (1975) • As de dag van toen ( 1975) • Frédérik Mey, Vol. 4 (1976) • Er zijn dagen… (1976) • Human young (1977) • No quiet minute (1979) • Frédérik Mey, Vol. 5 (1979) • Seasons (1980) • Friendly faces (1981) • Frédérik Mey, Vol. 6 (1982) • The Twelfth (1983) • Made in Berlin (1985) • Going it alone (1986) • Ballads (1988) • Colors (1990) • Everything goes (1992) • Always on (1994) • Beacon (1996) • Message in a bottle (1998) • Single-handed sailor (2000) • Rüm Hart (2002) • Nanga Parbat (2004) • Frédérik Mey, vol. 7 - douce france (2005) • Bunter Hund (2007) • Mairegen (2010) • then take care (2013) • songs from friends (2015) • Mr. Lee (2016) • Das H off at the traffic light (2020)

Extended plays

25 00 30 Fred Kasulzke protestazki (1966) • The Three Musketeers (1966)

Live albums

Reinhard Mey live (1971) • 8 p.m. (1974) • Recital Frédérik Mey à l'Olympia (1976) • On the move (1978) • Bobino (1979) • Tour (1981) • Live '84 (1984) • The big tour ' 86 (1986) • With lust and love (1991) • Between Zurich and at home (1995) • Signs of life (1997) • Stage fright (1999) • Solo - Die Einhandsegler Tournee (2001) • Klaar Kiming (2003) • Mey, Wader , Wecker - das Konzert (2003) •! I can (2006) • Thank you, dear fairy godmother (2009) • Give me music! (2012) • then take care Live (2015) • Mr. Lee Live (2018)

Compilation albums

All I have • Star portrait • Star portrait 2 - What a gift is a song • The great successes • My apple tree • I love you • You are a giant… • Peter and the wolf + 8 animal ballads • Above the clouds • Free! • Seasons