Sonx

Sonx
Studio album from BAP
Publication (s)	March 1, 2004
Label (s)	EMI
Format (s)	LP, CD
Genre (s)	Kölsch rock
Title (number)	LP: 16 CD: 14
running time	LP: 80 min 20 s CD: 71 min 26 s
occupation	Vocals, guitar: Wolfgang Niedecken Guitar, vocals: Helmut Krumminga Bass: Werner Kopal Drums: Jürgen Zöller Keyboard: Michael Nass
production	Werner Kopal
Studio (s)	Studio 301 Cologne September to November 2003
chronology Övverall (2002) Sonx Three times ten years (2006)

Sonx is the 14th studio album by the Cologne rock band BAP . It was released by EMI in 2004 and reached number three on the German album charts . The tour for the album took place between March and May 2004.

occupation

When Sheryl Hackett ( percussions ) left and Jens Streifling (wind instruments, guitar) switched to the Cologne band Höhner , BAP had shrunk to a quintet in 2003 .

Songs and album art

The songs on the album revolve around the core theme of "love, faith, hope". The first song on the album How, where and when? vividly describes these three topics. Rövver noh Tanger and I wish you wöhrs he treat the subject of Morocco like the song Paar Daach fröher from the album Pik Sibbe (1993) . On the one hand, they describe the journey there and tell of the country and its people, of customs and traditions. Whenever you nit wiggerweiß , the album's first pre-release single, is about friendship and trust. In aimlessly Absolutely it comes to escape from the confines of everyday life. It describes the memories of former friends who are now scattered in the wind. Unger Linde enn Berlin tells the impressions and events in January 1984, when BAP decided to cancel the GDR tour in 1984 in the hotel Unter den Linden in East Berlin . For Maria is a love song and describes the common path and the longed-for future in a kind of road movie .

The album cover shows a close-up of a golden pin on Wolfgang Niedecken's jacket, with the symbols heart (love), cross (faith) and anchor (hope).

Track list

1. How, where and when? - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 5:04
2. In any case, surveyed - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 4:11
3. Rövver noh Tanger - (W. Kopal, W. Niedecken) - 4:46
4. For Maria - (W. Niedecken) - 4:37
5. I wish you wöhrs he - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 3:43
6. Whenever you don't wigger white - (M.Nass, W. Niedecken) - 4:28
7. Et ess over - (J. Streifling, W. Niedecken) - 4:38
8. How beautiful dat wöhr - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 4:27
9. Unger Krahnebäume - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 3:12
10. Jedanke em quicksand - (W. Niedecken, H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 4:07
11. One for all - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 3:25
12. Unger Linde enn Berlin - (M. Nass, W. Niedecken) - 5:01
13. Absolutely aimless - (W. Niedecken) - 3:46
14. Simply sorted out - (J. Streifling, W. Niedecken) - 6:05
15. The world eats jrausam - (M. Nass, W. Niedecken) - 4:39
16. Sulang du spills - (J. Streifling, W. Niedecken) - 4:26

The two songs Wie schön dat wöhr and Sulang du spills are not on the CD, but only on the vinyl version of the album. There is also an SACD version of the CD version.

DVD version

The complete album has also been released in a DVD version. This contains all 16 songs of the LP version (but in a slightly different order and some bonus songs) in the formats DTS 5.1 96/24, Dolby Digital 5.1 and stereo.

1. How, where and when - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 5:01
2. In any case, measured - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 4:13
3. Rövver noh Tanger - (W. Kopal, W. Niedecken) - 5:17
4. For Maria - (W. Niedecken) - 4:36
5. I wish you wöhrs he - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 3:52
6. Whenever you don't wigger white - (M.Nass, W. Niedecken) - 5:04
7. Et ess over - (J. Streifling, W. Niedecken) - 4:49
8. Unger Krahnebäume - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 3:15
9. One for all - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 3:27
10. Unger Linde enn Berlin - (M. Nass, W. Niedecken) - 5:02
11. How beautiful dat wöhr - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 4:28
12. Simply sorted out - (J. Streifling, W. Niedecken) - 6:08
13. Absolutely aimless - (W. Niedecken) - 3:49
14. The world eats jrausam - (M. Nass, W. Niedecken) - 4:41
15. Sulang du spills - (J. Streifling, W. Niedecken) - 4:28
16. Jedanke em quicksand - (W. Niedecken, H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 4:12

Sonx Bonus Trax:

1. Wie schön dat wöhr (Isis & Jojo version) - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 3:52
2. Unger Linde enn Berlin (The Video) - (M. Nass, W. Niedecken) - 3:11
3. Leechterkette locke (rehearsal room version) - (W. Niedecken, J. Dix, Axel Risch, M. Boecker, M. Keul, C. Keul, D. von Senger) - 5:00
4. Streets like this (read Böll text) - (H. Böll) - 7:30

Released in 2007

The CD version of the original album was released again on March 23, 2007 by EMI as a "Digital Remastered CD" with a second CD containing the following bonus material:

1. Kaspar (from “Homage to Reinhard Mey”, 2002) - 5:49
2. The Ballad Of A Soldier's Wife (I. Matthews & E. Murphy feat. Wolfgang Niedecken) - 3:45
3. For Maria (Sonx Sessions, piano ballad version) - (W. Niedecken) 4:47
4. Sulang du spills (Sonx Sessions) - (J. Streifling, W. Niedecken) - 4:27
5. Wie schön dat wöhr II (Sonx Sessions, alternative text) - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 4:28
6. Streets like this (Sonx Sessions) - (H. Böll) - 7:30
7. Hermann, sometime (demo version) - 3:32
8. Wie schön dat wöhr (Isis & Jojo version, Live, Münster, 2004) - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 3:53
9. Isis (Live, Hachenburg, 2004) - 8:05
10. Where are you now, Marie? (Live, Tuttlingen, 2004) - (B. Dylan; German special text: W. Niedecken) - 4:18
11. Jedanke am quicksand (original demo, 1997) - (W. Niedecken, H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 5:10
12. Dreimohl ten year olds (from "Dreimal 10 Years Album") - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 3:48
13. Sewing texts city (from "Dreimal 10 Years Album") - (H. Krumminga, W. Niedecken) - 3:44
14. Hollywood Boulevard (from "Three Times Ten Years Album") - (R. Davies) - 5:15

Single releases

• February 9, 2004 - Whenever you don't wiggerweiß (Radio Edit) / Unger Krahnebäume - [2-Track Version]
• February 9, 2004 - Whenever you nit wiggerweiss (Radio Edit) / Whenever you nit wiggerweiss (album version) / Streets like this (read Böll text) '/ Unger Krahnebäume / Sulang du spills - [5-track version]
• June 7, 2004 - For Maria (radio mix) / For Maria (album version) / For Maria (unplugged version live from the SWR1 radio concert on March 7, 2004) / Where do you go from Naach, Marie? (Live recording from Sonx-Tour in Tuttlingen, April 28, 2004)

criticism

Joachim Gauger from laut.de awards three out of five stars. He notes that better and weaker tracks alternate on the album. Rövver nach Tanger live from impressive bass and choral singing in a successful refrain, while the songwriter Schmonzette Maria [written by Niedecken] is annoying with a stiff-hipped rhythm and howling and yet horribly banal guitar cum. I wish, do wöhrs he falls a little out of the ordinary with its syncopated rhythm , before Whenever you don't wigger white and Et es over with catchy melodies and charming major / minor changes, go back to rock music .

Web links

• BAP website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.laut.de/Bap/Sonx-%28Album%29