The book (album)
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| Studio album by Die Puhdys | ||||
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Publication |
1984 |
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| Label (s) | Amiga (GDR) | |||
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LP, MC |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
44:55 minutes |
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The book is the Puhdys' twelfth album .
The album
The album was produced in 1984 and went on sale immediately afterwards. It was released as a long-playing record (8 56 039) and as a music cassette (056 039) by Amiga . As usual, the retail price of the LP was 16.10 marks .
The Puhdys numbered their albums, which is why the number 12 is on the cover next to the band name .
The book is a thoughtful album. There is a lot about peace in the Great ( I will not forget , the book ) and on a small scale ( peasant wedding , sleep with me ). Many songs are characterized by melodies, only a few can be counted as danceable music.
The title song is placed as the last title on page 1. It deals with the fear of nuclear war and its consequences for the people of the world. Shaped by the current zeitgeist (intensification of the Cold War , boycott of the Olympic Games in Moscow by many Western states, further increase in the arms race between the USSR and the USA ), with this title they succeed in an impressive warning of the escalation. The song ends hymnically with the support of the FDJ choir of EOS “Immanuel Kant” Berlin-Lichtenberg .
The cover, which was very progressive at the time, with a mixture of different motifs, also attracted a lot of attention.
The title, page 1
- 1984
- Composition and arrangement: Birr / Meyer
- Playing time: 2:04 minutes
- I do not want to forget
- Composition and arrangement: Birr / Meyer
- Text: Burkhard Lasch
- Playing time: 4:12 minutes
- The warmth of the night
- Composition and arrangement: Hertrampf
- Text: Wolfgang Tilgner
- Playing time: 3:54 minutes
- The fear seller
- Composition and arrangement: Birr / Meyer
- Text: Klaus Taubert
- Playing time: 5:00 minutes
- The boats of youth
- Composition and arrangement: Birr / Meyer
- Text: Birr
- Playing time: 3:32 minutes
- The book
- Composition and arrangement: Birr / Meyer
- Text: Birr
- FDJ Choir of EOS “Immanuel Kant” Berlin
- Playing time: 5:10 minutes
The title, page 2
- Rocker pension
- Composition and arrangement: Birr / Meyer
- Text: Birr
- Playing time: 4:56 minutes
- Nobody will be like that again
- Composition and arrangement: Jeske
- Text: " Claire Din " (= Karla Fröde)
- Playing time: 4:41 minutes
- Country wedding
- Composition and arrangement: Birr / Meyer
- Text: Birr
- Playing time: 3:34 minutes
- sleep with me
- Composition and arrangement: Birr / Meyer
- Text: Birr
- Playing time: 3:56 minutes
- The tale
- Composition and arrangement: Birr / Meyer
- Text: Burkhard Lasch
- Playing time: 3:56 minutes
Contributors
- FDJ choir of the EOS "Immanuel Kant" Berlin for title 6
- René Decker: Tenor saxophone for tracks 5 and 8
- Arndt Bause: Brass arrangement for title 9
- Helmar Federowski: music and sound direction
- Karl-Heinz Ocasek: Production
- Volkmar Andrä: Production