Karat (band) / discography

	Karat discography
	Carat (2005)
Publications
Studio albums	14th
Live albums	4th
Compilations	4th
Singles	42
Music videos	2
Box sets	1

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the German rock - band carat . The most successful studio album in Germany was the album The Blue Planet at number 8 in the charts. There were no album charts in the GDR. The most successful title in the GDR, based on evaluations of the rating programs of the GDR radio, was King of the World at number 1 in the GDR's annual hit parade , with Karat being one of the most successful bands on this list. In the FRG there were three singles in the charts: You must go over seven bridges , The blue planet and Every hour .

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	Remarks
1978	Carat Amiga	-	-	-	First published: 1978 sales approx. 321,000
1979	Over seven bridges (GDR) / Albatros (BRD) Amiga / Teldec (pool)	DE40 gold (7 weeks)DE	-	-	First published: 1979 sales approx. 750,000
1980	Swan King Amiga / Teldec (pool)	DE26 (24 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: 1980 sales approx. 700,000
1982	The blue planet Amiga / Teldec (pool)	DE8th gold (48 weeks)DE	-	-	First published: March 20, 1982 Sales approximately 1,400,000
1984	The seven wonders of the world Amiga / Teldec (pool)	DE54 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: 1984 sales approx. 450,000
1987	Fifth season Amiga / Teldec (pool)	-	-	-	First published: 1987 sales approx. 230,000
1990	… In the next peace Amiga / Extra Records and Tapes	-	-	-	First published: January 1, 1990 sales approx. 45,000 (GDR)
1991	Karat Extra Records and Tapes	-	-	-	First publication: 1991
1995	The free hour K&P Music / BMG	-	-	-	First published: March 27, 1995. Sales approx. 30,000
1997	Balance K&P Music / BMG	-	-	-	First published: May 26, 1997 Sales approx. 40,000
2003	Light and shadow ZYX Music	-	-	-	First published: April 14, 2003 Sales approx. 5,000
2010	Go on a & f music (noble)	DE81 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: April 9, 2010
2015	Soul ships Electrola	DE63 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: March 27, 2015
2018	Labyrinth Electrola	DE46 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: October 19, 2018

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Live albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	Remarks
2015	40 years - Live from the Waldbühne Berlin Electrola	DE53 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: October 30, 2015

More live albums

1985: 10 years of Karat - On the way to you - Live ( Amiga / Teldec (Pool) )
2001: 25 Years - The Concert (K&P Music / BMG ); with the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg
2013: Symphony ( a & f music (edel) ); with the Philharmonic Orchestra Kiel

Compilations

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	Remarks
1992	Fourteen carat Amiga / Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin	DE- gold DE	-	-	First release: 1992 Official Best Of album

More compilations

1998: Sixteen carats (Amiga / BMG ); Official best of album
2000: I love every hour (K&P Music / BMG); Best of album with remakes and some new songs
2005: 30 years of Karat (BMG); Best of album with demo CD by Herbert Dreilich

Albums with participation karat

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	Remarks
2007	Ostrock in classic bush radio	DE- gold DE	-	-	First published: 2007 title The Blue Planet and Albatros
2009	A Tribute to The Fantastic Four Columbia	DE4 (5 weeks) DE	AT29 (4 weeks) AT	-	First published: August 7, 2009 Interpretation of summer rain
2014	Rock Legends - Puhdys, City + Karat Rhingtön (Universal)	DE21 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: September 26, 2014 Interpretation of Glastraum On the Shores of Night , Ice Age and From the Same Beat
2015	Gregor Meyle presents Meylensteine Embassy Of Music	DE6 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: June 12th, 2015 Gregor Meyle interprets Der Blaue Planet , Karat interpreted with Meyle Over seven bridges
2015	Rock Legenden Live - Puhdys, City + Karat Rhingtön (Universal)	DE13 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: September 18, 2015
2017	Rock Legends Vol. 2 - Karat, City + Machine Rhingtön (Universal)	DE23 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: October 6, 2017

Other albums with the participation of Karat

1986: It's Only Rock'n'Roll - Die Gitarreros live in concert ( Amiga / Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin / Sechzehnzehn); Participation by Herbert Dreilich, Ed Swillms, Bernd Römer
2009: Ostrock in Klassik Vol. 2 (Buschfunk); Title Over seven bridges and king of the world
2010: Ostrock in Klassik Gold Edition ( Polydor ); Title Every Hour and Over Seven Bridges

Title with chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 GDR ¹	DE	Remarks
1975	sister	GDR ¹27DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1975
1975	Out in the cornfield	GDR ¹50DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1975
1976	Find a room	GDR ¹3DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1975
	Karat evening mood	GDR ¹5DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1976
	Charly	GDR ¹26thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1976
	A little one	GDR ¹8thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1976
1977	A little one	GDR ¹32DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1976
	Fairytale time carat	GDR ¹5DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1977
	The monster carat	GDR ¹6thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1977
	And I love you karat	GDR ¹11DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1977
	Karat Castle	GDR ¹14thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1977
	Rock 'n' roll fan Karat	GDR ¹33DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1977
1978	Rock 'n' roll fan Karat	GDR ¹9DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1977
	King of the world carats	GDR ¹1DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1978
	Ballad of the seven carat ghosts	GDR ¹47DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1978
	Ay, ay, que verano	GDR ¹26thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1978
	You have to go over seven bridges. Over seven bridges	GDR ¹2DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	DE15 (13 weeks) DE	First publication: 1978 in the FRG only in 1981 in the charts
1979	When the silence breaks Across seven bridges	GDR ¹3DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1979
	Thunderstorms over seven bridges	GDR ¹6thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1979
	On the seas Over seven bridges	GDR ¹25thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1979
	Albatros Over seven bridges	GDR ¹13DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1979
1980	Albatros Over seven bridges	GDR ¹19thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1979
	Magic light swan king	GDR ¹7thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1980
	The ship of fools Swan King	GDR ¹12DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1980
	Swan King Swan King	GDR ¹4thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1980
1981	Swan King Swan King	GDR ¹40DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1980
	Deep sea swan king	GDR ¹9DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1980
	Dance with the Sphinx Swan King	GDR ¹39DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1980
	The blue planet The blue planet	GDR ¹2DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	DE14 (30 weeks) DE	First publication: 1981
1982	Marionettes The blue planet	GDR ¹2DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1982
	Every hour the blue planet	GDR ¹7thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	DE9 (29 weeks) DE	First published: 1982
	Flowers from ice The blue planet	GDR ¹31DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1982
1983	False shine The blue planet	GDR ¹9DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1982
1983	How far does the pigeon fly The blue planet	GDR ¹11DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1982
1984	... and the moon shone red The seven wonders of the world	GDR ¹7thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1984
	The seven wonders of the world The seven wonders of the world	GDR ¹20thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1984
	Nobody forces me on my knees The seven wonders of the world	GDR ¹33DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1984
1985	Don Alfredo The seven wonders of the world	GDR ¹29DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1984
1985	Touched the moon with my hand Fifth season	GDR ¹6thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1985
1986	Fifth season Fifth season	GDR ¹32DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1986
1987	The bell two thousand fifth season	GDR ¹9DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1987
1987	In your gallery fifth season	GDR ¹42DDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1987
1990	Always like this ... in the next peace	GDR ¹19thDDR]] ^{[[# FN_1 \| 1}	-	First published: 1989

Singles

only GDR

1975: Guys what a day / you and me
1976: The Monster / Evening Mood
1978: Eh, this summer / We are getting more and more (interpreter: principle)
1978: You have to walk over seven bridges / Rock-Vogel
1978: On the seas / When the silence breaks
1981: Over seven bridges / Thunderstorms / King of the world / The boxer
1983: Kalter Rauch / Flipper

only FRG

1978: King of the World / Reggae Rita Star
1979: You have to walk over seven bridges / Blues
1980: Swan King / Le Doyen II
1982: every hour / false gloss
1983: And I love you / evening mood / fairytale time / Hey, Manuela
1984: Cold smoke / On the way home
1986: The fifth season / The curse of love
1987: In your gallery / The bicycle seller

GDR and FRG

1980: Magical light / big city
1981: The blue planet / flowers made of ice
1985: I touched the moon with my hand / Hallelujah world

after the turn

1989: Always like that / don't stop
1990: Breathless / Magic of the Night
1990: Over seven bridges (duet) / ... in the next peace

1991: Weightless / Visions?
1991: Miracles / The shadows grow longer
1992: Child / Rain and Ice
1994: At the top / The free hour / At the top (long version)
1995: Under the Wind / Everyone / The eighth day
1997: Maybe (radio edit) / Maybe
1998: The Ocean / Signs of Life / No Man's Land
1998: Nobody can do that like you ( Promo )
2000: I Love Every Hour (Remake) / Every Hour (Original)
2000: I love every hour (remake) / Little things / Nobody can do that like you (Promo)
2001: Then I can fly / In your gallery / Flowers made of ice (Promo)
2003: As far as the wind (Promo)
2005: Melancholy (Promo)
2006: The Last Countdown / Melancholy / The Last Countdown (acoustic version)
2006: Winter time (Promo, with MEDLZ)
2007: ... never too far (promo)
2010: Moving On (Promo)
2010: Berlin (Promo)
2012: Like You (Promo)
2013: The Blue Planet (Karat live with the Philharmonic Orchestra Kiel; Promo)
2015: Soul Ships (Promo)
2015: Shall I free you (with Gregor Meyle) (Promo)
2016: say since when (promo)
2018: Hope (Download)
2018: 1 with you (Download)

Music videos

year	title
2015	Soul ships
2018	hope

Box sets

year	Title music label	Remarks
2010	I love every hour - anniversary edition Amiga / Sony Music	First release: April 9th, 2010 Content: all studio albums to Licht und Schatten , the live album 10 Years of Karat - On the Way to You - Live and a CD with rarities

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	4 × gold4th	0! P-	600,000	musikindustrie.de
All in all	4 × gold4th	-

Footnotes

¹There were no charts in the GDR. The list of the GDR's annual hit parade was only created after the end of the GDR.

Literature and web links

Chart sources:
- GDR: Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1999.
- DE: Karat on officialcharts.de and Karat on chartsurfer.de
Sales figures:
- Caroline Gerlach: Carat. Pop Nonstop, Berlin 1985, p. 126.
- J. Fritzsche: My years with karat. Radeberg, Castrop-Rauxel 2005, p. 50. ( The given hour )
- H. Zöllner: Carat. We have never been heroes, in: FF-Here 4 (1991). ( ... in the next peace Amiga version)
Karat at deutsche-mugge.de
Karat on discographien.de

swell

↑ Charts A Tribute to Die Fantastischen Vier : DE AT
↑ Charts Gregor Meyle presents Meylensteine : DE

[1] Charts A Tribute to Die Fantastischen Vier : DE AT

[2] Charts Gregor Meyle presents Meylensteine : DE


Studio albums	Carat (1978) • Across Seven Bridges (1979) • Swan King (1980) • The Blue Planet (1982) • The Seven Wonders of the World (1984) • Fifth Season (1987) • … in the Next Peace (1990) • Carat 91 ( 1991) • The gift hour (1995) • Balance (1997) • Light and shadow (2003) • Moving on (2010) • Soul ships (2015) • Labyrinth (2018)
Collaboration albums	Ostrock in Klassik Vol. 1 (2007) • Ostrock in Klassik Vol. 2 (2009) • Ostrock in Klassik Gold Edition (2010) • Rock Legenden (2014) • Rock Legenden Live (2015) • Rock Legenden Vol. 2 (2017)
Live albums	On the Way to You (1985) • 25 Years - The Concert (2001) • Symphony (2013) • 40 Years - Live from the Waldbühne Berlin (2015)
Compilation albums	Fourteen Carats (1992) • Sixteen Carats (1998) • I Love Every Hour (2000) • 30 Years of Carats (2005)