Longing (album)

	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Albums
	nostalgia
	Singles
	Angel
	You have

chronology
nostalgia
Studio album by
Publication ; (s)	August 22, 1997
Label (s)	Motor Music
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	New German Hardness
Title (number)	11
running time	44 min.
occupation	Singing : Till Lindemann ; Guitar : Richard Kruspe ; Guitar: Paul Landers ; Bass : Oliver Riedel ; Drums : Christoph Schneider ; Keyboard : Christian Lorenz ;
production	Jacob Hellner; Ronald Prent
Studio (s)	Temple Studios, Malta
March 28, 1997	Angel
July 18, 1997	You have

Sehnsucht is the second studio album by the new German hardship band Rammstein . It was published on August 22, 1997. In addition to six different covers (which can be selected using a specially folded booklet), the 2001 re-release included both German and partly English texts.

Recordings

Rammstein began recording Sehnsucht in autumn 1996. Again Jacob Hellner acted as producer, and Ronald Prent was at his side again as mixer.

illustration

Since Rammstein had to take harsh criticism for the cover of their first album, this time they wanted to deal more with the front. They hired the Austrian Gottfried Helnwein , who works as a photographer and painter, for the photos . He made up all six members of the group and provided them with individual wire frames. These wire frames are original medical instruments that the surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch used. The forks that Till Lindemann has in mind are exactly the same that Helnwein used to design the cover of the Scorpions LP “Blackout”. The portrait photos were laid out in such a way that every band member could be seen on the cover. At the back is a white beach with palm trees and blue skies.

success

With longing , Rammstein made the commercial breakthrough - also internationally. In Germany and Austria the album reached the top position and in Switzerland 3rd place. For their sales, Rammstein received a platinum record in Germany with more than 500,000 units sold and in Austria each , in Switzerland it was even double platinum . They also got a gold record in the USA , and later also a platinum record, although the highest chart position was 45th place. Further hit parade placements were 40th in the Netherlands, 76th in France, 17th in Sweden, 47th in Norway and 23rd in New Zealand.

The song Engel reached number 3 in the German charts in May 1997. Inspired by the success of this album, the previous album Herzeleid also rose to number 8 in the German album charts. Sehnsucht was in the charts in a total of 19 countries.

Track list

#	title	length
1	nostalgia	4:04
2	Angel	4:24
3	animal	3:46
4th	Punish me	3:36
5	You have	3:54
6th	Bend over	3:21
7th	play with me	4:45
8th	piano	4:22
9	old man	4:22
10	jealousy	3:35
11	Kiss me (fur frog)	3:30

Information about the songs

nostalgia

Especially in English-speaking fans of this song has desire led to confusion, as some believed, Lindemann singing "Chainsaw" ( Engl . For chainsaw ) instead of "Sehnsucht". The song was already known under the name "Africa" in 1996, only there were a few small differences in text and rhythm in the chorus.

Angel

The video for this song was inspired by the movie From Dusk Till Dawn .

animal

The melody for the song Tier does not come from Rammstein, but from the band Die Krupps , who wrote them for their song The Dawning of Doom . That is why Jürgen Engler is named as the composer in the credits of Live from Berlin . In the text, a father lives out his sexual urges on his daughter. When she later grows up, she takes revenge for her rape by killing him and depicting the murder as suicide.

Punish me

In Punish me it's either a punishment by God, or the domination of God over man, or sadomasochistic practices. In the video, which is on the DVD Live from Berlin , Till Lindemann whips himself with a leather whip .

You have

The title you have is a play on the second person singular word of have and hate. In terms of content, it is about a marriage proposal in which the lyrical self is initially undecided whether to accept it, but ultimately decides against it, which becomes clear in the chorus: “Do you want to be faithful to you for all days until death does part? - No! ".

Bend over

"Bück dich" is the only live video that was censored from the DVD Live from Berlin , as Till Lindemann and Christian Lorenz imitate anal intercourse on stage . Lindemann leads Lorenz onto the stage on a dog leash and carries a dummy penis that is connected to a tube and squirts a sperm-like liquid. For this performance, Lindemann and Lorenz were arrested at a concert in Worcester (Massachusetts) in the USA and sentenced to six months probation and a $ 100 fine.

play with me

The song Spiel mit mir is about the sexual abuse of a boy by his older brother. Since the older of the two cannot fall asleep, he asks his brother to please him.

piano

The song Piano is about a murder that was committed out of love or that was committed because the female person cheated on the male with another person. He confronted her and then killed her.
Quote: "She said to me: 'I will always stay with you.' But it only appeared that she was playing for me alone. I poured her blood into the fire of my anger. […] There at the piano she listened to me and when my playing started she held her breath. “The melody of this song is very similar to that of the song Seemann from the album Herzeleid .

old man

The text of the song Old Man is inspired by a painting. This is also the only song in which drummer Christoph Schneider contributed lyrically.

jealousy

This song is about what a person should do to the lyric self in order to reduce their jealousy. Quote: “If I am braver, kill myself and eat my heart. If I have your wife, kill me and eat me whole. "

Kiss me (fur frog)

The song Kiss Me is about the oral desire of a female sex organ. It has never been performed live.

Singles

Angel

Single released: March 28, 1997
Release of the fan edition: May 23, 1997
Video premiere: March 1997
Gold status (250,000 singles sold): May 23, 1997

You have

Single release: July 18, 1997
Video premiere: July 1997

Awards

echo

On March 5, 1998, Rammstein received an echo in the category Best Video for Angels .

Awards for music sales

On August 24, 1998, Sehnsucht was awarded platinum in Germany for over 500,000 units sold, and the album was sold over 850,000 times in Germany. The award party took place in the radio building of the former GDR.

On November 2, 1998, Rammstein was also awarded gold in the United States by London Records , their record company there, at Moomba in New York City for more than 500,000 albums sold. In July 1999, Sehnsucht received a platinum record for over one million sales in the United States.

With more than 3.2 million units sold worldwide, it is Rammstein's most commercially successful album.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	850,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,200,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold 7 × platinum	2,460,000