Powstanie Warszawskie (album)
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Powstanie Warszawskie is a second studio album released in March of 2005 by Polish
Poland
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 band Lao Che
Lao Che (band)
Lao Che is a Polish music band formed in 1999 by former members of the band Koli. Lao Che's musical genre is a crossover of various styles such as alternative rock, punk rock, ska, ambient, and folk...

. It consists of 10 songs illustrating the course of 1944 uprising in Warsaw
Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army , to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The rebellion was timed to coincide with the Soviet Union's Red Army approaching the eastern suburbs of the city and the retreat of German forces...

, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. The album received many prestigious nominations and awards:
  • No. 1 Event in 2005's Polish music by Gazeta Wyborcza
    Gazeta Wyborcza
    Gazeta Wyborcza is a leading Polish newspaper. It covers the gamut of political, international and general news. Like all the Polish newspapers, it is printed on compact-sized paper, and is published by the multimedia corporation Agora SA...

  • The best album of 2005 by listeners of Polskie Radio
    Polskie Radio
    Polskie Radio Spółka Akcyjna is Poland's national publicly funded radio broadcasting organization.- History :Polskie Radio was founded on 18 August 1925 and began making regular broadcasts from Warsaw on 18 April 1926....

    Program III
    Program 3 Polskiego Radia
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  • One of the five best albums in 2005 by Przekrój
    Przekrój
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  • Nominee in The Best Alternative Album category of Fryderyk
    Fryderyk
    The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name...

    i 2005.

Track listing

Titles in brackets are translated from Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...

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  1. "1939 / Przed Burzą" (1939 / Before the Storm)
  2. "Godzina W" (W-Hour)
  3. "Barykada" (Barricade
    Barricade
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    )
  4. "Zrzuty" (Airdrop
    Airdrop
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    )
  5. "Stare Miasto" (Old Town
    Warsaw Old Town
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    )
  6. "Przebicie do Śródmieścia" (Breakout to the City Center
    Warszawa-Sródmiescie
    Śródmieście is the central borough of the city of Warsaw. The best known neighborhoods in the borough are the Old Town and New Town ....

    )
  7. "Czerniaków
    Czerniaków
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    "
  8. "Hitlerowcy" (Hitlerites
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    )
  9. "Kanały" (Sewers)
  10. "Koniec" (The End)

External links

Powstanie Warszawskie at the official website – lyrics, MP3
MP3
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samples and song descriptions
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