Pik Sibbe

Pik Sibbe
Studio album from BAP
Publication (s)	08/30/1993
Label (s)	EMI Electrola
Format (s)	LP, MC, CD
Genre (s)	Kölsch rock
Title (number)	12
running time	51 min 42 s
occupation	Vocals, guitar: Wolfgang Niedecken Guitar, vocals: Klaus Heuser Bass: Steve Borg Drums: Jürgen Zöller Percussion, vocals: Manfred Boecker Keyboard: Alexander Büchel Sound engineer: Hans Wollrath
production	BAP and Phil Delire
Studio (s)	Red Rooster Studios Tutzing / Munich I.CP Studios Brussels May / June 1993
chronology ... affrocke !! (1990) Pik Sibbe Madness (1995)

Pik Sibbe ( Kölsch for "Pik Sieben") is the ninth studio album by the Cologne rock band BAP . It was released by EMI Electrola in 1993 and reached number 2 on the German album charts .

After seven number one albums in a row, Pik Sibbe was the band's first studio album since Affjetaut (1980), which did not reach number 1 in the German album charts.

2 years and 10 months had passed since the release of the last studio album X for 'e U , the longest break in the band's history.

The recordings were made in Peter Maffay's Red Rooster Studio in Tutzing near Munich . As with the two previous releases, additional recordings and the mixing of the album were carried out in the ICP studio in Brussels . This time, too, the production was not implemented entirely in-house, but with the help of the sound engineer Phil Delire.

Pik Sibbe was the last BAP album to be released on vinyl . Only with the album Aff un zo (2001) were vinyl versions released again. In total, only 3,000 copies were pressed on vinyl, which makes this album a rarity in this format.

Track list

1. Widderlich - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 4:37
2. Jipsmann - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 3:49
3. Like the sickle vum Mohnd - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 5:30
4. Couple there earlier - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 4:16
5. Closer to me - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 6:45
6. Om wet asphalt - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 4:27
7. Blonde Mohicans - (K. Heuser, A. Büchel, W. Niedecken) - 3:23
8. Hopelessly there - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 4:40
9. For what? - (W. Niedecken, A. Büchel) - 3:06
10. Naachtijall - (W. Niedecken, A. Büchel) - 2:47
11. Met Wolke schwaade - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 4:22
12. Queen vun dä Ihrestrooss - (V. Nikitakis, W. Niedecken) - 3:32

CD-Rom version

1994 a CD-ROM version with videos appeared in addition to the songs Naachtijall , couple Daach Fröher , Widderlich , What and sickle vum mohnd As . Also included was a BAP quiz, a BAP card game "17 + 4", photos and a written interview with Wolfgang Niedecken about the individual titles and other things.

1. Computer data - 16:09
2. Finally ens Ruh - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 4:38
3. Jelenowski - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 4:05
4. Om wet asphalt - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 4:27
5. Closer to me - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 6:45
6. Jipsmann - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 3:49
7. Hopelessly there - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 4:25

Released in 2006

The album was released again on December 15, 2006 by EMI as a "Digital Remastered CD" with a second CD containing the following bonus material:

1. Widderlich (Live "Rockpalast", Koblenz 1996) - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken)
2. Couple Daach earlier (Live "Rockpalast", Koblenz 1996) - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken)
3. Jelenowski (CD: "4 Ballads") - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 4:05
4. Finally ens Ruh (CD: "4 Ballads") - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken) - 4:38
5. Like the sickle vum Mohnd (acoustic version / CD: "4 ballads") - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken)
6. Ass huh, Zäng ussenander (original demo, October 1992)
7. Naachtijall (demo January 5, 1993 with N. Nikitakis, A.Büchel, W.Niedecken) - (W. Niedecken, A. Büchel)
8. Queen vun dä Ihrestrooss (Demo January 22, 1993 with N. Nikitakis, A.Büchel, W.Niedecken) - (V. Nikitakis, W. Niedecken)
9. Blonde Mohicans (Demo March 8, 1993 with N. Nikitakis, A.Büchel, W.Niedecken) - (K. Heuser, A. Büchel, W. Niedecken)
10. Om naasse Asphalt (Live / Maxi: "Like a blue balloon") - (K. Heuser, W. Niedecken)
11. For what? (Electric guitar version / maxi: "... Sichel vum Mohnd") - (W. Niedecken, A. Büchel)

Single releases

1. Aries / Blonde Mohicans
2. Like the sickle from the Mohnd
3. Couple there sooner

Widderlich was the last BAP single to be released on vinyl.

Pik Sibbe Tour 1994

On January 26, 1994 the tour of the album Pik Sibbe, which was released in August 1993, started. As before, the demand in the BAP stronghold of Cologne was high, in some other cities the audience numbers fell slightly short of expectations.

Web links

• Information about the original album on the BAP website
• Information about the remastered album on the BAP website