I want to live (album)

I want to live
Maffay studio album
Publication (s)	1982
Label (s)	Metronome Records
Format (s)	LP, CD
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	12-15
running time	44 min, 44 sec; 73 min, 16 sec (2006 Remastered Version)
occupation	Peter Maffay - vocals, guitar Frank Diez - guitar Jean-Jacques Kravetz - keyboard, synthesizer Bertram Engel - drums Steffi Stephan - bass guitar Eddie Taylor - saxophone Thomas Glanz - synthesizer Udo Lindenberg (Track 15) (2006 Remastered Version) Das Panikorchester (Track 15) (2006 Remastered Version) Frank Laufenberg - Interview (Track 15) (2006 Remastered Version)
production	Peter Maffay , Peter Wagner
Studio (s)	Hansa Tonstudios 1 in Berlin and Galaxy Studios Nv in Belgium (remastering (2006))
chronology Revenge (1980) I want to live Tabaluga or the Journey to Reason (1983)

I want to live is the tenth studio album by Peter Maffay . The album can be assigned to German rock .

Musical style

Musically, Ich will Leben offers guitar rock of all shades, with some calm ballads to be heard in addition to all the rocky sounds. In terms of text, the album also has a wide range and offers e.g. Partly metaphor-rich, sometimes slogan-like rhymes that not only take a political stance, but also address some social problem areas. In addition, emotional poetry found its way into the repertoire of Ich will Leben .

Maffay said: " Due to the subject matter, Ice Age is of course a song that has not lost its weight, a classic". The song is about the dangers of the Cold War .

Cover artwork

The photo was created by Klaus Thumser .

Track list

The songs were written by Peter Maffay (1-14); Bernd Opinioner (1 - 4, 6 - 12, 14); Michael Kunze (1-4, 7, 9, 11, 12); Thomas Neumühl (1, 2, 5); Johnny Tame (2, 8); Frank Diez (2, 8); Jean-Jacques Kravetz (4-7, 11, 13); Ulf Kruger (5); Dhana Moray (6, 13); Claudia Nay (6, 13); Michael Marian (6, 13); Hannes Wader (8); Volker Lechtenbrink (10); Christian Heilburg (10, 12); Udo Lindenberg (14); Hendrik Schaper (14) composed.

1. I want to live - 3:18
2. Everyone against everyone - 3:03
3. I didn't mean it - 4:17
4. Who throws the first stone - 3:18
5. You don't - 3:28
6. Ice Age - 4:40
7. I want you - 4:20
8. For one day only - 3:18 am
9. The wild years - 3:42
10. For that - 3:14
11. Behind the door - 3:58
12. Dear God - 4:08
13. Ice Age - 4:44 [English version of "Eiszeit"] [bonus track 2006 audio library edition]
14. You no longer need a guide - 5:57 [Bonustrack 2006 Audiothek edition]
15. I want to live Audiothek interview - 17:43 [bonus track 2006 edition of Audiothek]

success

The album immediately hit the charts (Germany No. 1) and lasted 37 weeks. A few days later there was a platinum record for 500,000 copies sold. The song Lieber Gott (Germany 6th place; Switzerland 3rd place) and Eiszeit (Germany 31st place) were released as a single.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Booklet of the Audiothek edition .