Made in Berlin

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Made in Berlin
Studio album by Reinhard Mey

Publication
(s)

April 1, 1985

admission

1985

Label (s) Intercord

Format (s)

LP , CD , MC

Genre (s)

song writer

Title (number)

12

running time

40:06

occupation
  • Guitar and vocals: Reinhard Mey
  • E, natural and double bass: Hans-Dieter Lorenz
  • Drums: Chris Evans
  • Concert, electric guitars and banjo: Wilfried Grünberg
  • Harpsichord and synthesizers: Thomas Glanz
  • Mandolin: Helge Brink
  • Accordion: Günther Gürsch
  • Bass clarinet and flutes: Lothar Noack
  • Tuba: Fritz Dorr
  • Oboe: Alexander Müller
  • Tin-Wisthles and Spoons: Robert Doyle
  • Bagpipes Bodhran: John Murray
  • Caribic steel band: Peer-Olaf Kalis / Gene Strasbaugh / Michael Wilke
  • String quartet: Heinz-Helmut Klinge / Franz-Walter Müller / Ralf Kosubek / Michael Kreyer
  • Celli: Regine Zimmermann / Wilfried Lassahn

production

Walther Richter

Studio (s)

WIR studio, Berlin

chronology
Live '84
(1984)
Made in Berlin Solo
(1986)

Made in Berlin is the 13th German studio album by German songwriter Reinhard Mey and was released on April 1, 1985 by Intercord .

content

The album begins with the song Ich hasse Musik , in which Reinhard Mey denounces the "Plättschermusik from the endless tape" in restaurants, in airports or in supermarkets.

About the spring is his spring song and let them journey takes abroad of German politicians satirically on the arm.

A father remembers his laziness at school when he did homework with his son in And now it all starts all over again .

In Maybe I'm getting old , Mey sings about his getting older and compares himself with actors like Peter Alexander , Hilde Knef or Heidi Kabel , who look much younger than himself and are years older than himself.

The songwriter sings about aviation during the war in It's a peaceful place .

I greet ... tells of the many greetings from Germans and the mania of society to greet everyone publicly, be it on the radio , on television or in street surveys.

Reinhard Mey wrote the song To your third birthday for his youngest son Maximilian .

I always wanted to go to Barbados reported Mey's desire to go on vacation with his family to this island and not always to Baltrum .

Mey sings about disputes in a marriage in ... and slams the door behind me .

The song is about theaters of war and the wind always goes over the land .

The M (e) y english song, also sung in English, is about the many English-language songs on the radio .

Track list

  1. I hate music - 3:50
  2. Spring Song - 2:38
  3. Let them travel - 3:19
  4. And now it all starts all over again - 3:40
  5. Maybe I'm getting old after all - 3:10
  6. It's a peaceful place - 3:31
  7. Greetings ... - 2:12
  8. For your third birthday - 2:54
  9. I always wanted to go to Barbados - 4:01
  10. ... and slam the door behind me - 3:12
  11. And the wind goes over the land all the time - 3:58
  12. M (e) y english song - 2:54

Web links

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  • Booklet Made in Berlin