Ein deutsches album
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| Studio album by Peter Gabriel | ||
| Released | July 1980 | |
| Recorded | 1979 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 45:32 | |
| Label | Charisma Records | |
| Producer(s) | Steve Lillywhite | |
| Peter Gabriel chronology | ||
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| Peter Gabriel (1980) |
Ein deutsches album (1980) |
Peter Gabriel (also known as Security) (1982) |
Ein deutsches album, released in July 1980, is a German language version of Peter Gabriel's third eponymous album. The record was released in Germany two months after the standard English language version. The German market was given a foretaste of the album with a February 1980 single that likewise contained German language versions of "Games Without Frontiers" and "Here Comes the Flood."
The obvious difference between ein deutsches album and the standard Peter Gabriel (1980) album, is that Gabriel redid all of his vocals in German. Since the vocals were overdubbed on top of the instrumental and backing vocal tracks, there is no other sonic difference between the two albums. The German lyrics are more or less straight translations from the English. Two years later, Gabriel's second German album, deutsches album (1982), would be a significantly altered version of Peter Gabriel (IV)(also known as Security) (1982).
The vinyl and CD versions do contain one minor anomaly in that "Start" (the third track of the English language version) became the beginning of the German version of "I Don't Remember," rather than simply being the track that preceded it. Consequently, "Frag mich nicht immer" has the playing time of "Start" plus "I Don't Remember" from the English language version.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Peter Gabriel.
- "Eindringling" – 5:00
- "Keine Selbstkontrolle" – 4:00
- "Frag mich nicht immer" – 6:04
- (combines the instrumental "Start" with the German version of "I Don't Remember")
- "Schnappschuß (ein Familienfoto)" – 4:26
- "Und durch den Draht" – 4:28
- "Spiel ohne Grenzen" – 4:07
- "Du bist nicht wie wir" – 5:32
- "Ein normales Leben" – 5:32
- "Biko" – 8:55
- as listed on the album, the song titles do not follow standard German capitalization rules
[edit] Personnel
- same details as on the standard release of Peter Gabriel (III) (1980).
[edit] External links
- Ein deutsches Album at MusicBrainz
- Peter Gabriel discography (including 7" and 12" singles)
