Der blaue Planet
Occupation
- Vocals: Herbert Dreilich, Ulrich " Ed" Swillms ( Title 7)
- Guitar: Bernd Römer
- Bass: Henning Protzmann
- Keyboard: Ulrich " Ed" Swillms
- Drums: Michael Schwandt
The Blue Planet is an album by the German rock group carat from the year 1982. Album was recorded in the Amiga Studios in the East Berlin street fountains. It appeared simultaneously in both parts of Germany.
Content
The album is the most self -contained album of Karat in his musical and thematic texture. With the instrumental intro 45-01 already be important and frequently recurring in the course of the album sound elements, such as flowing string passages, driving bass lines and gentle winds motifs presented. The title puppets which was influenced by the New Wave movement is musically precise designed for whimsical text that he achieved individually for a new stylistic level. Similarly innovative acts and the hit single Every hour, in which the entire composition is built around a simple basic rhythm and a few harmonies around it but by rising rhythmic momentum still manages to create musical tension.
The title song combines typical oriental music features (including through the use of exotic instruments ) with those of European rock music. His text refers to the fears and dangers of a nuclear catastrophe as a result of the deepening Cold War. This theme is continued in the song How far does the dove that stands out by its contrastive arrangement. While Dreilichs voice is carried almost exclusively in the first part of strings, sets in the second part a the whole band with heavy bass figures. A lengthy guitar solo decides the plate.
As guests looked Manfred Baier ( English horn ), Heiner Duke (marimba ), Thomas Natschinski ( harmonica) and the string section " Otto Karl Beck" with, conducted by Bernd Wefelmeyer.
The album was released in the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany with different artwork. In Czechoslovakia the album under the name Modra Planeta has been published.
The singles were released The blue planet with flowers made of ice and every hour with gloss Wrong from the album. The maxi-single Wrong luster and every hour also appeared in the label records Blonde in Italy.
In the GDR The blue planet about 1.1 million units sold times, in the Federal Republic of Germany were sold about 300,000 copies, what carat later received a gold record. In other European countries also more than 50,000 sound recordings were sold again. The pre-release single "The Blue Planet " sold additionally 210,000 times. This is the blue planet 's most successful rock album of the GDR. For this status carat was honored in 2003 with the Media Control Award.
From the title song The Blue Planet also exists a translated by Robert Bryce English version titled The Blue Planet, which has produced the band in 1982, but was only published in 2007.
Occupation
- Herbert Dreilich (vocals )
- Ulrich " Ed" Swillms (keyboards, accordion, vocals on tracks 7 )
- Bernd Römer ( electric guitar, 12 -string guitar)
- Michael Schwandt (drums, percussion)
- Henning Protzmann (bass guitar)