Here are the Onkelz
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| Label (s) | Virgin Records | |||
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12 |
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49:10 |
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| occupation | Singing: Kevin Russell Drums: Peter Schorowsky |
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Sound studio Rüssmann Hennef |
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Here are the Onkelz is the tenth studio album by the German rock band Böhse Onkelz . It was released on September 25, 1995 and was the first release on the major label Virgin Records to which the band had switched. The conclusion of the contract between Virgin Records and the Böhsen Onkelz was controversial in the industry and in some cases in the media.
Cover design
The album cover shows four children who are very similar to the four band members. You are standing in front of a wall in a new development area. At the top of the picture are the words Hier sind and Die Onkelz . The photos for the cover and back cover were shot by photographer Carsten Lerp, the artwork within the booklet, which contains various comic drawings, was created by graphic designer Christoph Schnee, who was formerly the singer of the punk band Middle Class Fantasies in Frankfurt / Main.
Track list
| # | title | length |
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| 1 | Here are the Onkelz | 4:37 |
| 2 | Find the truth | 4:03 |
| 3 | thanks for nothing | 3:39 |
| 4th | I | 3:49 |
| 5 | Nothing is there forever | 5:27 |
| 6th | If you don't dare, you can't lose anything | 3:42 |
| 7th | I do what I want | 5:53 |
| 8th | You can have everything | 3:46 |
| 9 | Much too young | 3:58 |
| 10 | The problem is you | 3:51 |
| 11 | Let's do it | 3:15 |
| 12 | H | 3:00 |
Background information on individual songs
- Here are the Onkelz
The title track of the album is a typical Onkelz song in which the band celebrates itself with irony and pathos.
- Find the truth
The song is very critical of society and denounces the behavior of many people who often no longer question things and only live in a consumer-oriented or disinterested way. Lyrically there is talk of “greed for money”, “lost souls”, “corrupt cops” and “schools full of idiots”.
- thanks for nothing
The title is a settlement with a large part of the media, who are “blind and ignorant” of the band and only became aware of them through increasing album sales.
- You can have everything
You can have everything is written from the point of view of an unhappy lover who is ready to do anything for his love, but ultimately feels that the feelings are not reciprocated.
- Much too young
The play deals with the delicate subject of child abuse , in which the child is sexually abused by his own father.
- H
H stands for heroin and treats the drug addiction of Onkelz singer Kevin Russell's then overcome .
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Chart successes and singles
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Despite a sales boycott by WOM (World of Music) and MediaMarkt , the album entered the German album charts at number 21 in the 41st calendar week of 1995 and was at number 6 in the following two weeks before reaching the highest position 5. Overall, the Onkelz stayed in the top 100 for 27 weeks. In the 1995 German annual charts, the sound carrier was ranked 58th.
The song Find the Truth was released as a single . On the release there are also the two tracks that are not on the album, use me and white . The single could not place in the German charts.
Sales figures and awards
In 1996 the album received a gold record for over 250,000 copies sold in Germany . It was also awarded gold in Austria in 1998 for more than 25,000 units sold.
reception
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The album was praised as a very good production by the trade press (e.g. Metal Hammer and Rock Hard ), with Metal Hammer awarding six out of seven possible points. The music magazine Musikexpress, on the other hand, gave the album a negative review, combined with a detailed interview with bassist Stephan Weidner.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Onkelzvinyl - album "Here are the Onkelz". Website accessed on February 5, 2011 ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Album cover on amazon.de
- ↑ Here are the Onkelz on onkelz.de
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH
- ↑ Chart tracking Here are the Onkelz at musicline.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ DE: Annual charts # 58
- ↑ Gold Record
- ^ Gold in Austria
- ↑ Matthias Mineur: Album review: Here are the Onkelz on: metal-hammer.de. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
