Ein deutsches album

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Ein deutsches album

Studio album by Peter Gabriel
Released	July 1980
Recorded	1979
Genre	Rock
Length	45:32
Label	Charisma Records
Producer(s)	Steve Lillywhite
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