Talk:Deutsches Album

Merge with Peter Gabriel (1982 album)
Would it be better to Merge both articles?Reeferboy (talk) 15:50, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
 * No. Stephenjh (talk) 08:56, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Across the Border
Was the international version released in Germany at the same time as deutsche album, or was it only available as an import? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 18:05, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The English version was the main version in Germany, too, and was released domestically. The German versions were just a kind of a practical joke. 79.221.63.75 (talk) 19:03, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Despite the cover of the American CD boasting a FULL DIGITAL RECORDING, AFA I K “Deutsches Album” was only released on vinyl, correct? And is that how we’re writing it, deutsches album? He’s billed as peter gabriel on the cover, but we don’t capitalise his name like that for this record

Also, saying “the album is noticeably different from the international release” makes it sound like the international recording itself is different than, say, the North American or British CD. It’s not, is it? And wasn’t “Deutsches Album” also an international release, or was it only put out in Germany? —Wiki Wikardo 19:49, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Maybe someone knowledgeable about Peter Gabriel's work could shed some light on this: What made him record those German albums in the first place? AFAIK he has no particular ties to that country, and it's not common for English-speaking acts to release complete albums in other languages. Sometimes they do record individual tracks in other languages as a kind of "practical joke" as someone described it above; for example, Bad Religion ("Punk Rock Song") and Bloc Party ("Flux", also in French) did so. But to record a whole album, let alone two, as a "practical joke"? I know that Fish of Marillion has a German ex-wife and often speaks German on stage when in Germany - but even he never recorded any songs in German. Unfortunately Google hasn't been much help, but maybe a plausible and verifiable answer will show up on Wikipedia some day... :) --Jimmy Fleischer (talk) 17:03, 28 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I can't remember specific details, but I recall reading an interview with one of PG's regular side men (Jerry Levin? Larry Fast?  Jerry Marrotta?) that early in Gabriel's solo career, PG received some really intense fan mail from some of his German fans.  From what I recall of the story, PG was so taken by their letters than he decided to reward/acknowledge them by producing the two German-language albums.  AFAIK, Gabriel has never spoken on the matter, but I can't imagine that he's bever been asked about it in an interview.  Anyway, that's what I've heard, but I have no links, attribution or source material to back it. 72.0.15.8 (talk) 14:44, 18 September 2013 (UTC)