Unsterblich
Encyclopedia
Unsterblich is the eighth studio album
by the German
punk
band Die Toten Hosen
. The band has stated dissatisfaction with the cover, which is a photo by Johann Zambryski.http://www.dietotenhosen.de/en/veroeffentlichungen_backkatalog_remastered_unsterblich.php This album is considered overall one of the more peaceful and quiet DTH albums, although there are some loud songs on the album.
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2000: "Unsterblich
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2000: "Bayern
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2000: "Warum werde ich nicht satt?
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Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
punk
Punk rock
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band Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. They have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany.The band's name literally means "The Dead Pants" in English, although the phrase "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "nothing going on" or "boring"...
. The band has stated dissatisfaction with the cover, which is a photo by Johann Zambryski.http://www.dietotenhosen.de/en/veroeffentlichungen_backkatalog_remastered_unsterblich.php This album is considered overall one of the more peaceful and quiet DTH albums, although there are some loud songs on the album.
Track listing
- "Entschuldigung, es tut uns leid!" (Forgive us, we're sorry!) (Frege/Jacques PalmingerJacques PalmingerJacques Palminger is a German actor, musician, and member of the comedy ensemble Studio Braun.- Albums :* 2007: Rasta Dub ’76 — Les Tools D’Amour...
, Frege, Joe Tirol) − 4:05 - "Lesbische, schwarze Behinderte" (Lesbian, black, disabled people) (van Dannen/van Dannen) − 2:28 (Funny van DannenFunny van DannenFunny van Dannen is a German singer, songwriter, author, and painter of Dutch origin....
cover) - "Warum werde ich nicht satt?Warum werde ich nicht satt?"Warum werde ich nicht satt?" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the fourth single and the third track from the album Unsterblich....
" (roughly Why don't I get enough?) (Breitkopf, von Holst/Frege) − 3:28 - "Wofür man lebt" (Why one lives) (von Holst, Meurer/Frege) − 3:18
- "Helden und Diebe" (Heroes and thieves) (Breitkopf/Frege) − 6:05
- "Sonntag im Zoo" (Sunday at the zooZooA zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred....
) (Frank Ziegert) − 2:37 (Frank Z.AbwärtsAbwärts is a West German post-punk group from Hamburg. Members Mark Chung and FM Einheit would leave the group in the early 1980s to join the Berlin-based band Einstürzende Neubauten....
cover) - "Schön seinSchön sein"Schön sein" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the lead single and the seventh track from the album Unsterblich.The song is about a wish to be beautiful and rich, which in many people's minds is supposed to make their life better off and bring success.The single was released with two possible...
" (To be beautiful) (Frege, van Dannen/Frege, van Dannen) − 3:12 - "Container-Lied" (Container song) (Meurer/Frege) − 1:07
- "Alles wie immer" (Everything as always) (Meurer/Frege) − 2:49
- "UnsterblichUnsterblich (song)"Unsterblich" is a ballad by Die Toten Hosen. It's the second single and the tenth track from the album Unsterblich.It is a love song, in which the narrator sings, how he feels like he were immortal, when he's with his beloved....
" (Immortal) (Frege, von Holst/Frege) − 3:46 - "Inter-Sex" (Meurer) − 0:40
- "Call of the Wild" (Breitkopf/Frege, T. V. SmithT. V. SmithT. V. Smith is a British punk rock singer-songwriter, who was part of the band The Adverts in the late 1970s...
) − 3:23 - "Unser Haus" (Our house) (von Holst/Frege) − 3:22
- "Regen" (Rain) (Rohde/Frege) − 2:09
- "König der Blinden" (King of the blind) (Breitkopf, von Holst/Frege) − 3:32
- "BayernBayern (song)"Bayern" is a punk hymn by Die Toten Hosen. It's the third single and the sixteenth track from the album Unsterblich.It is an anti-FC Bayern Munich song, which is the most successful German football club. A slogan from this song has become synonymous with DTH among the fans, which can be...
" (BavariaBavariaBavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
) (van Dannen, Frege/van Dannen, Frege) − 4:16 - "Der Mond, der Kühlschrank und ich" (The moonMoonThe Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
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and I) (van Dannen, Frege/van Dannen, Frege) − 2:43 - "Die Unendlichkeit" (The endlessness) (von Holst/Frege) − 1:28
2007 remastered anniversary edition bonus tracks
- "Ich seh' die Schiffe den Fluß herunterfahren" (I see the ships floating downstream) (Ziegert, Strauss/Hansen) – 2:41 (from the compilation Pop 2000; AbwärtsAbwärtsAbwärts is a West German post-punk group from Hamburg. Members Mark Chung and FM Einheit would leave the group in the early 1980s to join the Berlin-based band Einstürzende Neubauten....
cover)
- "Fußball" (Football) (von Holst/Frege) – 2:09 (from "Schön seinSchön sein"Schön sein" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the lead single and the seventh track from the album Unsterblich.The song is about a wish to be beautiful and rich, which in many people's minds is supposed to make their life better off and bring success.The single was released with two possible...
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- "Im Westen nichts Neues" (All quiet on the Western frontAll Quiet on the Western FrontAll Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front.The...
) (Breitkopf/Frege) – 1:59 (from "Schön sein")
- "Gesicht 2000" (Face 2000) (Breitkopf/Frege) – 2:20 (Unsterblich demo)
- "Lass doch mal Dampf ab" (Let some steam off for once) (Christian Bruhn/Fred Weyrich) – 2:24 (from "BayernBayern (song)"Bayern" is a punk hymn by Die Toten Hosen. It's the third single and the sixteenth track from the album Unsterblich.It is an anti-FC Bayern Munich song, which is the most successful German football club. A slogan from this song has become synonymous with DTH among the fans, which can be...
"; Gert FröbeGert FröbeKarl Gerhart Fröbe, better known as Gert Fröbe was a German actor who starred in many films, including the James Bond film Goldfinger as Auric Goldfinger, The Threepenny Opera as Peachum, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Baron Bomburst, and in Der Räuber Hotzenplotz as Hotzenplotz.-Life:Born in...
cover)
- "Meine Stadt" (My city) (Breitkopf/Frege) – 2:47 (from the compilation Pro Asyl - On the Run)
- "Neandertaler" (Neanderthal) (van Dannen, Frege/van Dannen, Frege) – 3:22 (Unsterblich demo)
- "In der Nacht der lebenden Leichen" (In the night of the living corpses) (Meurer/Frege) – 2:33 (from the compilation Fritz 10 Jahre)
- "You're Dead" (von Holst/Frege, Smith) – 4:41 (from "Schön sein"/You Are Dead OST)
Singles
1999: "Schön seinSchön sein
"Schön sein" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the lead single and the seventh track from the album Unsterblich.The song is about a wish to be beautiful and rich, which in many people's minds is supposed to make their life better off and bring success.The single was released with two possible...
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2000: "Unsterblich
Unsterblich (song)
"Unsterblich" is a ballad by Die Toten Hosen. It's the second single and the tenth track from the album Unsterblich.It is a love song, in which the narrator sings, how he feels like he were immortal, when he's with his beloved....
"
2000: "Bayern
Bayern (song)
"Bayern" is a punk hymn by Die Toten Hosen. It's the third single and the sixteenth track from the album Unsterblich.It is an anti-FC Bayern Munich song, which is the most successful German football club. A slogan from this song has become synonymous with DTH among the fans, which can be...
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2000: "Warum werde ich nicht satt?
Warum werde ich nicht satt?
"Warum werde ich nicht satt?" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the fourth single and the third track from the album Unsterblich....
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Demos
Two unreleased demos from the album surfaced in 2007 with the re-release of main DTH albums.- "Zigarettenautomat" (Cigarette machine) (Frege, Hanns Christian Müller/Müller, Frege) – 2:04 (released on Ein kleines bisschen HorrorschauEin kleines bisschen HorrorschauEin kleines bißchen Horrorschau is the sixth LP by Die Toten Hosen, released in 1988...
) - "Steht auf, zum Gebet!" (Stand up, for prayer[s]) (Frege/Frege) – 1:58 (released on Auf dem Kreuzzug ins Glück)
Personnel
- Campino - vocals
- Andreas von Holst - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Michael Breitkopf - guitar
- Andreas Meurer - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Wolfgang Rohde - drums (4, 11, 14, 16)
- Vom Ritchie - drums
- Big Noise Orchestra (Hans Steingen) - brass instrumentBrass instrumentA brass instrument is a musical instrument whose sound is produced by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips...
s - Birte Schuler - celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
Charts
| Year | Country | Position |
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| 1999 | Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
1 |
| 1999 | Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
6 |
| 1999 | Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
9 |