Tank Battles: The Songs of Hanns Eisler is a solo album by German

Germany

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 singer Dagmar Krause

Dagmar Krause

Dagmar Krause is a German singer, best known for her work with avant-rock groups like Slapp Happy, Henry Cow and Art Bears. She is also noted for her coverage of songs by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler...

 released by Island Records

Island Records

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 in 1988. It is a collection of 26 songs by German composer Hanns Eisler

Hanns Eisler

Hanns Eisler was an Austrian composer.-Family background:Eisler was born in Leipzig where his Jewish father, Rudolf Eisler, was a professor of philosophy...

 sung by Krause in English

English language

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. She also sung the songs in the original German

German language

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 which were released by Island at the same time on a companion album, Panzerschlacht: Die Lieder von Hanns Eisler.

Tank Battles was reissued by Voiceprint Records

Voiceprint Records

Voiceprint Records is a company and record label based in England, founded in 1990 by Rob Ayling. They specialise in re-releasing old material, especially progressive rock, but also have new releases, all under the Voiceprint and other imprints....

 in 1994 with all its original tracks, plus ten bonus tracks taken from the German edition, Panzerschlacht.

Tank Battles

1. "Song of the Whitewash" – 2:07
2. "(I Read About) Tank Battles" – 1:30
3. "You Have to Pay" – 1:43
4. "Chanson Allemande" – 1:20
5. "Ballad of the Sackslingers" – 3:24
6. "Mother Beimlein" – 1:16
7. "Perhaps Song" – 1:50
8. "Lied von der Belebeden Wirkung des Geldes (The Song of the Invigorating Impact of Cash)" – 4:32
9. "Mankind" – 0:59
10. "Bettelied" – 1:27
11. "Song of a German Mother" – 2:31
12. "Change the World - It Needs It" – 2:07
13. "Bankenlied (Banking Song)" – 2:59
14. "Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking (Legend of the Origin of the Book of the Taote King)" – 6:43
15. "Balad of (Bourgoise) Welfare" – 2:53
16. "Mother's Hands" – 2:02
17. "Berlin 1919" – 2:30
18. "And I Shall Never See Again" – 1:52
19. "Genevieve: Ostern ist Ein Ball sur Seine (Genevieve: Easter There is a Ball on the Seine)" – 1:05
20. "Wise Woman and the Soldier" – 3:43
21. "Failure in Loving" – 1:04
22. "Endlich Stirbt" – 1:12
23. "Rat Men Nightmare" – 1:18
24. "Homecoming" – 1:34
25. "Trenches" – 3:44
26. "To a Little Radio" – 1:05

Panzerschlacht

1. "Lied von der Tünche" – 2:09
2. "Panzerschlacht" – 1:31
3. "Zahlen müsst Ihr" – 1:44
4. "Chanson Allemande" – 1:17
5. "Ballade von den Säckeschmeißern" – 3:23
6. "Mutter Beimlein" – 1:21
7. "Das Vielleicht-Lied" – 1:50
8. "Lied von der belebenden Wirkung des Geldes" – 4:32
9. "Der Mensch" – 0:57
10. "Bettellied" – 1:28
11. "Lied einer deutschen Mutter" – 2:33
12. "Ändere die Welt - Sie braucht Es" – 2:06
13. "Bankenlied" – 2:58
14. "Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking" – 6:43
15. "(Ballade von der) Wohltätigkeit" – 2:53
16. "Mutterns Hände" – 2:05
17. "Spartacus 1919" – 2:31
18. "Und ich Werde Nicht Mehr Sehen" – 1:51
19. "Geneviève: Ostern ist Ball sur Seine" – 1:04
20. "Ballade vom Weib und dem Soldaten" – 3:41
21. "Verfehlte Liebe" – 1:04
22. "Und endlich Stirbt" – 1:11
23. "The Tar Man - Nightmare" – 1:19
24. "Die Heimkehr" – 1:35
25. "Der Graben" – 3:43
26. "An den kleinen Radioapperat" – 1:05

Tank Battles (reissue)

1. "Song of the Whitewash" – 2:07
2. "(I Read About) Tank Battles" – 1:30
3. "You Have to Pay" – 1:43
4. "Chanson Allemande" – 1:20
5. "Ballad of the Sackslingers" – 3:24
6. "Mother Beimlein" – 1:16
7. "Perhaps Song" – 1:50
8. "Lied von der Belebeden Wirkung des Geldes (The Song of the Invigorating Impact Of Cash)" – 4:32
9. "Mankind" – 0:59
10. "Bettelied" – 1:27
11. "Song of a German Mother" – 2:31
12. "Change the World - It Needs It" – 2:07
13. "Bankenlied (Banking Song)" – 2:59
14. "Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking (Legend of the Origin of the Book of the Taote King)" – 6:43
15. "Balad of (Bourgoise) Welfare" – 2:53
16. "Mother's Hands" – 2:02
17. "Berlin 1919" – 2:30
18. "And I Shall Never See Again" – 1:52
19. "Genevieve: Ostern ist Ein Ball sur Seine (Genevieve: Easter There is a Ball on the Seine)" – 1:05
20. "Wise Woman and the Soldier" – 3:43
21. "Failure in Loving" – 1:04
22. "Endlich Stirbt" – 1:12
23. "Rat Men Nightmare" – 1:18
24. "Homecoming" – 1:34
25. "Trenches" – 3:44
26. "To a Little Radio" – 1:05
27. "Panzerschlacht" – 1:33 *
28. "Vielleicht Lied" – 1:51 *
29. "Der Mensch" – 0:55 *
30. "Lied von der Deutschen Mutter" – 2:32 *
31. "Mutterns Hande" – 2:03 *
32. "Spartacus 1919" – 2:31 *
33. "Ich Werde Nicht Mehr Sehen" – 1:53 *
34. "Die Heimkebr" – 1:35 *
35. "Der Graben" – 3:43 *
36. "Den Kleinen Radioapparat" – 1:06 *

* Bonus tracks taken from Panzerschlacht

Personnel

• Dagmar Krause
  Dagmar Krause
  Dagmar Krause is a German singer, best known for her work with avant-rock groups like Slapp Happy, Henry Cow and Art Bears. She is also noted for her coverage of songs by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler...
  
   – vocals
• Alexander Bălănescu
  Alexander Balanescu
  Alexander Bălănescu is a violinist and founder of the Balanescu Quartet.He emigrated with his family to Israel in 1969....
  
   – viola
• Steve Berry – double bass
• Michael Blair – percussion
• Lindsay Cooper
  Lindsay Cooper
  Lindsay Cooper is an English bassoon and oboe player, composer and political activist. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the Pedestrians...
  
   – bassoon
• Andrew Dodge – keyboards
• Phil Edwards – saxophone
• John Harle
  John Harle
  John Harle is an English saxophonist and composer.-Biography:John Harle - SaxophonistJohn Harle is one of the world’s leading saxophonists, and the most significant performer of the saxophone in the concert hall today...
  
   – saxophone
• Sarah Homer – clarinet
• John Leonard – bassoon
• Ian Mitchell – clarinet
• Bruce Nockles – trumpet
• Ashley Slater
  Ashley Slater
  Ashley Slater is a UK based trombone player and best known for his work with Norman Cook in the band Freak Power. He was born in Schefferville, Canada in 1961...
  
   – tuba
• Steve Sterling – horns
• Graeme Taylor
  Graeme Taylor
  Graeme Taylor is a British electric guitarist.Taylor played lead guitar with 1970s medieval/rock band Gryphon, and leading folk rock bands including the Albion Band and Home Service...
  
   – guitar, banjo
• Gertrude Thoma – vocals
• Danny Thompson
  Danny Thompson
  Daniel Henry Edward 'Danny' Thompson is an English multi-instrumentalist best known as a double bassist and businessman...
  
   – double bass
• John Tilbury
  John Tilbury
  John Tilbury is a British pianist. He is considered one of the foremost interpreters of Morton Feldman's music, and since 1980 has been a member of the free improvisation group AMM.- Early life and education :...
  
   – keyboards

External links

• Album online on Radio3Net a radio channel of Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company
  Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company
  The Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company , informally referred to as Radio Romania , is the public radio broadcaster in Romania. It operates four national radio channels, and, under the Radio România Regional umbrella, eleven regional radio stations. The four national radio channels are: Radio...
  
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• Tank Battles: Songs of Hanns Eisler (Voiceprint/Blueprint) at Insound
  Insound
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