Tank Battles

For the PlayStation 3 video game known as Tank Battles in some regions, see Battle Tanks.

Tank Battles

Studio album by Dagmar Krause

Released

1988

Genre

Cabaret, jazz, avant-garde

Length

58:20

Label

Island

Dagmar Krause chronology

Supply and Demand
(1986)

Tank Battles
(1988)

Voiceprint Radio Sessions
(1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Tank Battles: The Songs of Hanns Eisler is a solo album by German singer Dagmar Krause released by Island Records in 1988. It is a collection of 26 songs by German composer Hanns Eisler sung by Krause in English. She also sang the songs in the original German 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 in 1994 with all its original tracks, plus ten bonus tracks taken from the German edition, Panzerschlacht.

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[2]

Track listings

All songs composed by Hanns Eisler.

Tank Battles

"The Song of the Whitewash" – 2:07
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: N. Gould-Verschoyle
"(I Read About) Tank Battles" – 1:30
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: John Willett
"You Have to Pay" – 1:43
- Text: Walter Mehring
- Translation: Jim Woodland, Malcolm Green
"Chanson Allemande" – 1:20
- Text: Berthold Viertel
- Translation: Andrew Dodge
"The Ballad of the Sackslingers" – 3:24
- Text: Julian Arendt
- Translation: Dagmar Krause, Jim Woodland
"Mother Beimlein" – 1:16
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Lesley Lendrum
"The Perhaps Song" – 1:50
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Bettina Jonic, Katherine Helm
"Lied von der Belebeden Wirkung des Geldes (The Song of the Invigorating Impact of Cash)" – 4:32
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Mankind" – 0:59
- Text: Hanns Eisler
- Translation: Dagmar Krause, Jim Woodland
"Bettelied" – 1:27
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Song of a German Mother" – 2:31
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"Change the World – It Needs It" – 2:07
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"Bankenlied (Banking Song)" – 2:59
- Text: Siegmar Mehring
"Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking (Legend of the Origin of the Book of the Taote King)" – 6:43
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Balad of (Bourgoise) Welfare" – 2:53
- Text: Kurt Tucholsky
- Translation: Jim Woodland
"Mother's Hands" – 2:02
- Text: Kurt Tucholsky
- Translation: Malcolm Green
"Berlin 1919" – 2:30
- Text: Anonymous
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"And I Shall Never See Again" – 1:52
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"Genevieve: Ostern ist Ein Ball sur Seine (Genevieve: Easter There is a Ball on the Seine)" – 1:05
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"The Wise Woman and the Soldier" – 3:43
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"Failure in Loving" – 1:04
- Text: Heinrich Heine
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"Und Endlich Stirbt" – 1:12
- Text: Peter Altenberg
"The Rat Men – Nightmare" – 1:18
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"The Homecoming" – 1:34
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"The Trenches" – 3:44
- Text: Kurt Tucholsky
"To a Little Radio" – 1:05
- Text: Bertolt Brecht

Panzerschlacht

"Lied von der Tünche" – 2:09
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Panzerschlacht" – 1:31
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Zahlen müsst Ihr" – 1:44
- Text: Walter Mehring
"Chanson Allemande" – 1:17
- Text: Berthold Viertel
"Ballade von den Säckeschmeißern" – 3:23
- Text: Julian Arendt
"Mutter Beimlein" – 1:21
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Das Vielleicht-Lied" – 1:50
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Lied von der belebenden Wirkung des Geldes" – 4:32
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Der Mensch" – 0:57
- Text: Hanns Eisler
"Bettellied" – 1:28
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Lied Einer Deutschen Mutter" – 2:33
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Ändere die Welt – Sie braucht Es" – 2:06
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Bankenlied" – 2:58
- Text: Siegmar Mehring
"Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking" – 6:43
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"(Ballade von der) Wohltätigkeit" – 2:53
- Text: Kurt Tucholsky
"Mutterns Hände" – 2:05
- Text: Kurt Tucholsky
"Spartacus 1919" – 2:31
- Text: Anonymous
"Und ich Werde Nicht Mehr Sehen" – 1:51
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Geneviève: Ostern ist Ball sur Seine" – 1:04
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Ballade vom Weib und dem Soldaten" – 3:41
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Verfehlte Liebe" – 1:04
- Text: Heinrich Heine
"Und Endlich Stirbt" – 1:11
- Text: Peter Altenberg
"The Rat Men – Nightmare" – 1:19
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Die Heimkehr" – 1:35
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Der Graben" – 3:43
- Text: Kurt Tucholsky
"An den Kleinen Radioapperat" – 1:05
- Text: Bertolt Brecht

Tank Battles (reissue)

"The Song of the Whitewash" – 2:07
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: N. Gould-Verschoyle
"(I Read About) Tank Battles" – 1:30
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: John Willett
"You Have to Pay" – 1:43
- Text: Walter Mehring
- Translation: Jim Woodland, Malcolm Green
"Chanson Allemande" – 1:20
- Text: Berthold Viertel
- Translation: Andrew Dodge
"The Ballad of the Sackslingers" – 3:24
- Text: Julian Arendt
- Translation: Dagmar Krause, Jim Woodland
"Mother Beimlein" – 1:16
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Lesley Lendrum
"The Perhaps Song" – 1:50
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Bettina Jonic, Katherine Helm
"Lied von der belebenden Wirkung des Geldes (The Song of the Invigorating Impact of Cash)" – 4:32
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Mankind" – 0:59
- Text: Hanns Eisler
- Translation: Dagmar Krause, Jim Woodland
"Bettellied" – 1:27
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Song of a German Mother" – 2:31
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"Change the World – It Needs It" – 2:07
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"Bankenlied (Banking Song)" – 2:59
- Text: Siegmar Mehring
"Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking (Legend of the Origin of the Book of the Taote King)" – 6:43
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Balad of (Bourgoise) Welfare" – 2:53
- Text: Kurt Tucholsky
- Translation: Jim Woodland
"Mother's Hands" – 2:02
- Text: Kurt Tucholsky
- Translation: Malcolm Green
"Berlin 1919" – 2:30
- Text: Anonymous
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"And I Shall Never See Again" – 1:52
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"Genevieve: Ostern ist ein Ball sur Seine (Genevieve: Easter There is a Ball on the Seine)" – 1:05
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"The Wise Woman and the Soldier" – 3:43
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"Failure in Loving" – 1:04
- Text: Heinrich Heine
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"Und endlich stirbt" – 1:12
- Text: Peter Altenberg
"The Rat Men – Nightmare" – 1:18
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"The Homecoming" – 1:34
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
- Translation: Eric Bentley
"The Trenches" – 3:44
- Text: Kurt Tucholsky
"To a Little Radio" – 1:05
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Panzerschlacht" – 1:33 *
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Vielleicht Lied" – 1:51 *
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Der Mensch" – 0:55 *
- Text: Hanns Eisler
"Lied von der Deutschen Mutter" – 2:32 *
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Mutterns Hande" – 2:03 *
- Text: Kurt Tucholsky
"Spartacus 1919" – 2:31 *
- Text: Anonymous
"Ich werde nicht mehr sehen" – 1:53 *
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Die Heimkehr" – 1:35 *
- Text: Bertolt Brecht
"Der Graben" – 3:43 *
- Text: Kurt Tucholsky
"Den kleinen Radioapparat" – 1:06 *
- Text: Bertolt Brecht

* Bonus tracks taken from Panzerschlacht

Personnel

Dagmar Krause – vocals
Alexander Bălănescu – viola
Steve Berry – double bass
Michael Blair – percussion
Lindsay Cooper – bassoon
Andrew Dodge – keyboards
Phil Edwards – saxophone
John Harle – saxophone
Sarah Homer – clarinet
John Leonard – bassoon
Ian Mitchell – clarinet
Bruce Nockles – trumpet
Ashley Slater – tuba
Steve Sterling – horns
Graeme Taylor – guitar, banjo
Gertrude Thoma – vocals
Danny Thompson – double bass
John Tilbury – keyboards

References

↑ Dougan, John. "Tank Battles: Songs of Hanns Eisler". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
↑ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.

External links

Album online on Radio3Net a radio channel of Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company
Tank Battles: The Songs Of Hanns Eisler at Discogs.
Panzerschlacht: Die Lieder Von Hanns Eisler at Discogs.
Tank Battles: The Songs Of Hanns Eisler (reissue) at Discogs.

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