VA - Chanson in der DDR - "Kein Tag ist sicher vor der Nacht"

This album shows the broad spectrum of chansons produced in the GDR. It features artists like Barbara Thalheim, Lissy Tempelhof, Manfred Krug, Gerry Wolff, Reinhold Andert, Vera Oelschlegel, Sonja Kehler, Stephan Krawczyk, Gerhard Schöne and Gisela May.

Those authors and singer-songwriters who chose to stay in the GDR and work within its structures had to handle resignation and resistance, repression and official honor. In between the official structures there was a small space for a critical approach that challenges the hegemony of the official discourse – despite being basically socialist in intention. Certainly there were limitations to how far one could take criticism. It was precisely the inability and reluctance of such artists to question the system as a whole that enabled them to do what they did. If they had taken their criticism further they would have been silenced.

Textual nuances were therefore of fundamental importance in this situation. It was not until after Gorbachev had come to power in the Soviet Union in 1985 that GDR ‘Liedermacher’ dared voice more open, direct criticism.


Tracklist:

1.	Barbara Thalheim	Kein Tag Ist Sicher Vor Der Nacht	3:30
2.	Helmut Müller-Lankow	Jonas	5:06
3.	Lissy Tempelhof	Der Wind Auf Der Warschauer Brücke	1:51
4.	Manfred Krug	Satan, Zerwühle, Zerrase	3:00
5.	Felicitas Ritsch	Der Brave Herr Soldat	2:22
6.	Gerry Wolff	Die Rose War Rot	4:07
7.	Barbara Kellerbauer	Das Lächeln	1:39
8.	Reinhold Andert	Der Alte Franz	3:26
9.	Vera Oelschlegel	Das Lied Vom Kleinen Trompeter	2:35
10.	Gisela May	Der Alte Fritz	3:44
11.	Jürgen Walter	Aber Für'n Sex Sind 'se Blind	2:53
12.	Stefan Krawczyk	Das Lied Vom Clown	2:39
13.	Görnandt & Rönnefarth	So Sagt Die Alte Frau	3:25
14.	Hans Radloff	Auf Dem Karussell	2:22
15.	Jürgen Eger	Manu	5:13
16.	Angelika Neutschel	Jetzt Geht Der Mond Auf	3:35
17.	Ilona Schlott	Winterlied	2:04
18.	Sonja Kehler	Das Lied Von Den Jungen Hähnen	2:55
19.	Gerhard Schöne	Meine Rache	2:39
20.	Maike Nowak	Komm, Schwester	1:44
21.	Kurt Nolze	Ein Bißchen Dunkel War	5:12
22.	Heinz-Martin Benecke	Leipziger Weihnachtstraum '89	2:53
23.	Eva Other	Alles Illusion	2:09

VA- Chanson in der DDR - "Kein Tag ist siche vor der Nacht"
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