Tocotronic (album, 2015)

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Tocotronic
Studio album from Tocotronic
Label (s) Vertigo Records

Format (s)

CD, download, vinyl

Genre (s)

Indie pop, rock

occupation

production

Moses Schneider

chronology
How we want to live
(2013) 		Tocotronic Infinity
(2018)

Tocotronic is the eleventh studio album by the German indie rock band Tocotronic , which was released on May 1, 2015 on Vertigo Records without a title, but with a red cover . Hence, it has also been called the Red Album by fans and critics . It followed the album How we want to live and contains 12 songs including a hidden track .

background

The album was announced on March 6, 2015 with the first single Prolog . On March 20, the lyric video of the song The Adults followed , for which the "correct" video was published four days later. From then on, the prelistenting stream was also accessible on Ampya . The third single was released on July 17th, Rebel Boy , followed by Zucker on October 2nd.

The album is described by the band as a concept album on the subject of "love", often referring to the socialist symbolism ( cover color , May 1st as the release date ), as a kind of political counterpoint to the personal theme of the album. Tocotronic are known for their left-wing political stance and the song Solidarity is also reminiscent of a key concept in the labor movement.

The record was released as a download, as a CD and as a double LP .

Cover design

The cover shows an almost monochrome red surface, which can be seen on the edge structures of a rough line of lines when painting a canvas.

Track list

  1. Prologue - 4:15
  2. I open - 5:11
  3. The adults - 3:45
  4. Rebel Boy - 4:06
  5. Chaos - 4:19
  6. Solidarity - 3:53
  7. Spirals - 3:09
  8. You're wrong - 2:18
  9. Detention - 3:23
  10. Sugar - 3:17
  11. Maiden voyage - 5:01 am
  12. This night (+ date with Dirk) - 11:10

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tocotronic - "The Red Album" at universal-music.de (accessed on May 11, 2015)