Hannes Wader sings workers' songs

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Hannes Wader sings Arbeitserlieder is an album by the singer and songwriter Hannes Wader from 1977.

Hannes Wader sings workers' songs
Studio album by Hannes Wader

Publication
(s)

1977

Label (s) Philips

Genre (s)

Chanson / singer-songwriter

Title (number)

13

running time

38:54

occupation
chronology
Little Testament (1976) Hannes Wader sings workers' songs Hannes Wader sings Shanties (1978)

Origin / meaning

Hannes Wader's worker songs are the continuation of the songwriter's engagement with the songs of the people. His examination of such songs had already begun in 1974 with the album Plattdeutsche Lieder . The albums Hannes Wader: Volkssänger (1975) and Hannes Wader singt Shanties (1978) are also to be rated as a result of this work. In 1990 the singer-songwriter continued this tradition with Hannes Wader singing folk songs .

By dealing with the predominantly socialist songs, Wader tried to get politically involved. His closeness to socialism finally led to joining the DKP , for which he was from 1-3. July 1977 at the folk festival of the DKP daily newspaper Our time on open-air stages and in the tent of the youth magazine elan . The album is Hannes Wader's first live album and documents this performance. Following his entry, the media boycotted Wader.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union and Wader leaving the DKP in 1991, he seldom played the songs on this album at live concerts. Only together with Konstantin Wecker and others did he sing Bella ciao or Mamita mìa again in the 2000s and also recorded the latter and Die Moorsoldaten on his album New Friends (2007).

Track list

  1. Towards the dawn - 2:57
  2. On, on to the fight - 3:23
  3. The little trumpeter - 2:25
  4. Bella ciao - 2:53
  5. Mamita mía - 2:24
  6. The Thälmann column - 1:50
  7. El pueblo unido - 3:37
  8. Despite all that - 3:30
  9. The United Front Song - 2:20
  10. Solidarity Song - 2:37
  11. The Bog Soldiers - 3:48
  12. Song of the Stick - 3:30
  13. The International - 3:40

Special features / comments

Not all songs agree lyrically and musically with the original version.

Based on the historical template by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1848), Wader sang the title Despite all this . He adapted the text to the (then) current political situation. On his 2006 album assumed time he brings a further updated version of the title.