Robby Maria & The Silent Revolution (album)
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Studio album by Robby Maria & The Silent Revolution | |
Released | 20 April 2012 |
Recorded | November 2011 - January 2012 |
Genre | rock, pop, indie |
Length | 51:07 |
Label | Timezone |
Producer | Robby Maria & Karl-Heinz Mittenzwei |
Robby Maria & The Silent Revolution is the only studio album of the former Berlin based band Robby Maria & The Silent Revolution around singer-songwriter Robby Maria. It was released on 20 April 2012.[1][2]
Origin
The Album was written by Robby Maria and drummer Anni Müller and recorded with Ben Hunt on electric guitar and Simon Birkholz on bass during Winter 2010/2011 in various studios all over Berlin and Nicosia.[3] The tracks "9o1 Independence", "Cars & Highways", "Could've Been" und "Down By The Water", which Maria originally wrote with songwriter Stephan Metzner for the Poetry-Album 9o1 Independence on the Island of Cyprus were included as bonus tracks.[4][5]
Track listing
all music composed by Robby Maria, except track 11-14 by Stephan Metzner. All lyrics by Robby Maria.
- The Spanish House – 1:50
- Immigrants – 2:22
- 22nd Century Girl – 4:00
- Build Me A Woman – 3:44
- Nostradamus' Years – 3:12
- Break The Silence – 3:30
- Ship To Shore (Organ Version) – 2:43
- Like A Zombie – 3:57
- Surprise – 3:17
- Satellite City – 6:20
- 9o1 Independence – 2:54
- Cars & Highways – 5:18
- Could've Been – 4:43
- Down By The Water – 3:14
Personnel
- Robby Maria – vocals, acoustic guitars
- Anni Müller – drums, percussions
- Ben Hunt - electric guitars, background vocals
- Simon Birkholz - bass guitar, organ
Album Ratings
Marcel Peteroff wrote:"... i cannot deny an analogy to the early David Bowie plus an enormous originality that is hard to judge".[6] Blackbirds TV wrote"...extremely charismatic!"[7]
References
- ↑ Catalogue of the German National Library https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm;jsessionid=D85A6609B36B04EED6CE79392ADE706C.prod-worker1?method=showFullRecord¤tResultId=Woe%3D1025172760%26any¤tPosition=1
- ↑ Timezone Catalogue Number TZ722 http://www.timezone-records.com/kuenstler/details/robby-maria/
- ↑ MusicBrainz http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/79c339b7-959a-40be-975d-03665049746f
- ↑ JPC http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/Robby-Maria-The-Silent-Revolution-Robby-Maria-The-Silent-Revolution/hnum/4917487
- ↑ Discogs http://www.discogs.com/Robby-Maria-The-Silent-Revolution-Robby-Maria-The-Silent-Revolution/release/5787370
- ↑ Marcel Peteroff http://www.rezensator.de/mariarobby_andthesilentrevolution.htm
- ↑ Blackbirds TV http://blackbirds.tv/?p=5108