Pigs (album)

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Pigs
Studio album by Die Prinzen

Publication
(s)

April 24, 1995

Label (s) BMG , Hansa Records

Format (s)

CD, MC

Genre (s)

pop

Title (number)

13

running time

42 min 10 sec

occupation
  • Singing:
  • Wolfgang Lenk,
  • Henri Schmidt
  • Texts:
  • Tobias Künzel
  • Annette Humpe
  • Sebastian Krumbiegel

production

Annette Humpe

chronology
All Just Stolen
(1993) 		Pigs Everything with my mouth
(1996)
Single releases
1995 You must be a pig
1996 I want a baby

Pigs is the fourth album by the Leipzig band Die Prinzen and was released on April 24, 1995.

background

The album was the Prinzen's last CD at the time, which was produced by Annette Humpe . It was recorded and mixed between October 1994 and March 1995 by Graham Laybourne at Boogie Park Studio Hamburg . The tour through Germany belonging to the album took place from November to December 1995. The band enjoyed increasing popularity and was considered "East Germany's most successful pop band". The first single You must be a pig became a hit in German-speaking countries. In the second single I want a baby , the band also processed doubts about their own career (“I don't want to see the cameras flashing from photographers”).

reception

The album reached number three in the German charts and was widely received at the time. In the magazine Der Spiegel, for example, the texts were highlighted that were "the exception in East German songs". The song title You must be a pig was widespread and developed into a catchphrase, especially when it came to East German topics.

Track list

  1. Relax - 3:29 (Text: Sebastian Krumbiegel )
  2. I want a baby - 3:02 (Text: Tobias Künzel )
  3. You must be a pig - 3:16 (Text: Humpe)
  4. Black - 4:10 (Text: Künzel)
  5. She always only thinks of you - 3:42 (Text: Humpe)
  6. Get out of here - 2:49 (Text: Künzel)
  7. It is as it is - 2:50 (Text: Humpe)
  8. What is good - 3:13 (Text: Künzel)
  9. Money is nice (thank you) - 2:44 (Text: Krumbiegel)
  10. Can you forgive me again - 3:15 (Text: Künzel)
  11. Can you hear me - 3:10 (Text: Krumbiegel)
  12. Pointless Song - 2:17 (Text: Krumbiegel)
  13. Tired - 3:57 (Text: Künzel)

Charts

album

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1995 Pigs DE3 (37 weeks)
DE 		AT6 (15 weeks)
AT 		CH22 (12 weeks)
CH

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1995 You have to be a pig DE8 (22 weeks)
DE 		AT12 (13 weeks)
AT 		CH26 (10 weeks)
CH

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c "Life is cruel" . In: Der Spiegel . No. 36 , 1995 ( online ).
  2. ↑ Thomas Tuma: Aufbau Ost: "You must be a pig" . In: Der Spiegel . No. 48 , 1996 ( online ).
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH
  4. ↑ Awards for music sales: DE

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