Battalion d'Amour
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| Studio album by Silly | ||||
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Publication |
1986 |
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| Label (s) | Amiga | |||
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Format (s) |
LP, MC, CD |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
39:15 |
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Klaus Peter Albrecht / Helmar Federowski / Micki Meuser |
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Bataillon d'Amour (French; German, for example: "Kampfverband der Liebe") is the fourth album by the Berlin group Silly . It was published in 1986 by the GDR record label Amiga .
occupation
Silly recorded the album with singer Tamara Danz , Thomas Fritzsching (guitar), Mathias Schramm (electric bass), Rüdiger Barton (keyboard) and Herbert Junck (drums). As a guest musician, electric bassist Hans-Jürgen Reznicek was involved in the title song and in the recapitulation .
Werner Karma wrote the lyrics and Silly wrote the compositions and arrangements. The West German Micki Meuser was involved as a producer .
history
The album was released by Amiga in 1986, then by CBS in the Federal Republic of Germany . There Bataillon d'Amour / Schlohweißer Tag came out as a single.
After the recordings were finished, Reznicek and guitarist Uwe Haßbecker became members of the band - and still are today. Schramm had to leave Silly. In 1986/1987 after the album Bataillon d'Amour was released, Silly played concerts in the GDR, Switzerland, Austria, the Soviet Union , the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Portugal and Denmark. During an appearance in November 1986 in the ZDF television studio , Silly was not allowed to sing the song Bataillon d'amour because those responsible found the text to be offensive.
In 1993 the album was first released on CD by Deutsche Schallplatten GmbH . Further re-releases on CD followed.
content
The title track is a melancholy, keyboard-oriented piece that celebrates the disillusioning side of love in a cold, misty city. The rock piece Josef & Maria depicts a man named Josef who is wooing a woman in a bar. She pretends to be called Maria and rejects him, among other things because she does not want to father a son with him. Schlohweißer Tag is a rock ballad that also tells of the cold of the big city in which the "neon tubes roar". EKG describes being at the mercy of doctors and their machines. The rock piece is stylistically reminiscent of the Neue Deutsche Welle . Your cabaret is dead , a slow rock piece, is ostensibly about the decline of the cabaret event form .
The text of the rock song Panther im Sprung describes the singer's feelings when meeting a man for the first time, she feels “like a panther in a leap when a shot catches him.” Ballhaus-Ballett again portrays in the style of the Neue Deutsche Welle in ironic form a low-level show. PS , a calm, expressively performed piece, is a look back at the role of parents in childhood. The singer attributes her steadfastness to her upbringing, but also knows that this worries her parents. In the piece Everyone is referred to the individuality of each person. The piece is played quickly and contains a keyboard solo. Reprise is an instrumental version of the title track.
Cover
The cover of the Amiga edition shows a black and white portrait of Tamara Danz on the front. A broad, red line runs from above to the tip of her nose. The band name is in the upper right corner of the picture, above it is the title of the album in capital letters . The cover of the CBS version features a black and white photo of a young girl in front of a big city backdrop.
reception
Bataillon d'Amour was named "Album of the Year" in the GDR, Silly was named "Band of the Year" and Tamara Danz "Singer of the Year". In 1988 the band received the " Golden Amiga " for the album .
Placements and honors
In the GDR annual hit parade in 1986, the song Bataillon d'Amour took fourth place, in 1987 Schlohweißer Tag and Panther im Sprung took places 20 and 27.
Track list
A side
- Battalion d'Amour (3:47)
- Joseph & Mary (3:40)
- Snowy White Day (4:41)
- EKG (3:16)
- Your cabaret is dead (4:15)
B side
- Panther jumping (4:07)
- Ballhaus Ballet (4:16)
- PS (1:49)
- Everyone (4:28)
- Recapitulation (3:56)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Hentschel: You forgot the color film and other Ostrock stories. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-317-9 , p. 338.
- ↑ a b Alexander Osang : Tamara Danz - Legends. 4th edition. Ch.links, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86153-505-8 , p. 199.
- ^ Tilman Steffen: Rock and censorship: a thousand eyes on the cassette player. The time of October 10, 2014, accessed on November 24, 2016
- ↑ Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9 , pp. 333-335.