Tabaluga or the journey to reason
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| Studio album by Peter Maffay | ||||
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1983 |
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| Label (s) | Metronome Records | |||
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LP, MC, CD |
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12 |
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45 min, 42 sec |
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Peter Maffay , Peter Wagner, Peter Schirmann |
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Red Rooster Studios in Tutzing and the Hansa Tonstudios in Berlin |
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Tabaluga or the journey to reason is a 1983 studio album by Peter Maffay. The album is a kind of musical for children, on which narrated passages and songs alternate.
action
When the little dragon Tabaluga does not listen to his father Tyrion's morning admonitions, Tyrion sends him on a journey, as has always been the custom with dragons. Tabaluga should seek reason, which is not easy to recognize, and rely on "the force that moves everything, the imagination".
On his journey Tabaluga meets the moon that makes time, a queen ant who relies on unconditional work and order, the giant Grynkolos and the tree of life. The fire salamander Pyromella notes that the two do not match; but if they can't be friends, at least they don't want to be enemies. This also shows him the tadpole school with the motto “Become a frog, but don't be a frog”. Finally, the stork Arafron tips Tabaluga to interview the two-hundred-year-old sea turtle Nessaja and brings him to her. On the way he observes a group of dolphins that are simply enjoying their existence. At the end of his trip, Nessaja tells him that she never wanted to grow up and that deep down she has remained a child.
Cover artwork
The illustrations were created by the children's book author and illustrator Helme Heine . The photos were created by Manfred Keupen .
Track list
- Introduction - 1:36
- Tyrion - 4:33 ( Peter Maffay , Rolf Zuckowski )
- Tabaluga - 4:10 ( Peter Rudolph Heinen , Gregor Rottschalk )
- Song of the Moon - 6:11 ( Peter Schirmann , Peter Maffay, Gregor Rottschalk)
- Work is half the battle - 3:54 (Peter Schirmann, Peter Maffay, Gregor Rottschalk)
- Giant Luck - 3:42 (Rolf Zuckowski)
- The Tree of Life - 4:45 (Peter Schirmann, Rolf Zuckowski)
- Dragon and Salamander - 2:39 (Peter Maffay, Gregor Rottschalk)
- Tadpole School - 2:23 (Peter Maffay, Peter Schirmann, Rolf Zuckowski, Gregor Rottschalk)
- Heavenly Giants - 3:38 (Peter Maffay, Peter Schirmann, Rolf Zuckowski)
- The Dolphins - 3:59 (Peter Schirmann, Peter Maffay, Gregor Rottschalk)
- Nessaja - 4:12 (Peter Maffay, Rolf Zuckowski)
Sequels
see → Tabaluga
success
Maffay had signed with the small company Metronome Records because his friend Klaus Ebert was in the executive suite there. But when the Polygram group acquired the label and Ebert had to leave, Maffay wanted to terminate his record deal. Since this was not contractually possible, he recorded this pure concept record. But instead of releasing him from the contract for this reason , Polygram published Tabaluga or the journey to reason . Das Rockmärchen became his most successful publication to date.
The album reached 2nd place in the German music charts . It stayed on the charts for 40 weeks. In Switzerland it came in 29th place. There was a total of one platinum record ( 
) for 500,000 copies sold and three gold records ( 
). The song Nessaja , which came 17th in the German single charts, was released.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tim Renner & Sarah Wächter: We had sex in the ruins and dreamed: The truth about the pop industry , Berlin Verlag, 2013, ISBN 9783827011619 , p. 199/200