Quadratur des Kreises
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Quadratur des Kreises is the first album of the German hip hop
group Freundeskreis
. It hit #12 in Germany
, #34 in Switzerland
and #38 in Austria
. Three singles were released from the album, the first one being the hit "A-N-N-A", which peaked at #6 in the German charts
and reached the top 30 in Austria and Switzerland.
German hip hop
German Hip Hop refers to hip hop music produced in Germany. Elements of American hip hop culture, such as graffiti art and breakdancing, diffused into Western Europe in the early 1980s.-1980–1990:...
group Freundeskreis
Freundeskreis
Freundeskreis also known as FK, was a German hip hop group from Stuttgart, whose songs were in German but also in English, French and Esperanto. The members were Max Herre, Don Philippe and DJ Friction....
. It hit #12 in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, #34 in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and #38 in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. Three singles were released from the album, the first one being the hit "A-N-N-A", which peaked at #6 in the German charts
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
and reached the top 30 in Austria and Switzerland.
Track listing
- Quadratur Des Kreises (Intro) - 2:43
- Leg Dein Ohr Auf Die Schiene Der Geschichte ("Put your ear on the tracks of history") - 5:11
- Lasst Mich Nicht Alleine ("Don't leave me alone") - 3:26
- Enfants Terribles International (feat. DéborahSens UnikSens Unik is a hip hop group from Lausanne, Switzerland. They released their first Album Le VIème Sens in 1991. In 1992 they released Les Portes Du Temps which featured some of the first Swiss Rap hits, like "Fiche", "Rira bien qui rira le dernier" and "A Gauche, A Droite".In 1994, they released...
) - 5:20 - Letzten Sonntag Bei Donato ("Last sunday at Donato's") - 1:24
- A-N-N-A (feat. Donato Wharton & Davide Petroca) - 6:06
- Nachtrag ("Addendum") -0:37
- Future Mothers - 4:26
- Vorspiel ("Foreplay") - 0:38
- Baby, Wenn Ich Down Bin ("Baby, when I'm down" feat. Theresa J. Burnette) - 5:16
- Cross The Tracks (feat. Donato Wharton) - 4:56
- Wenn Der Vorhang Fällt ("When the curtain falls" feat. WasiMassive TöneMassive Töne is one of the oldest and most popular German Hip hop groups, founded in 1991 in Stuttgart.The four founding members, Showi , Ju , Wasi and DJ 5ter Ton all originated in Stuttgart's hip hop scene and modeled themselves at first on the American and French hip hop groups like...
) - 4:15 - Zwischenteil ("Interlude") - 0:58
- Overseas/Übersee (feat. AfrobAfrobAfrob is an Afro-German rapper of Eritrean descent. He is easily recognizable due to his trademark afro, from which his pseudonym is derived.- Biography :...
) - 6:53 - Cassandra & Christina - 0:34
- Telefonterror (feat. Cassandra SteenCassandra SteenCassandra Steen is a German singer, songwriter and voice actress, who rose to fame as the lead singer of the trio Glashaus....
) - 5:45 - Im Land Der 1210er ("In the land of the 1210s"Technics SL-1200The Technics SL-1200 MK2 MK3 MK4 MK5 MK5G M5G MK6 LTD & GLD are a series of turntables manufactured since October 1972 by Matsushita under the brand name of Technics. S means "Stereo", L means "Player". Originally released as a high fidelity consumer record player, it quickly became adopted among...
)- 4:21 - Enfants Terribles - 5:45
- Easy At Last (Outro) - 0:58
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
Switzerland | Austria | ||
| 1997 1997 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy... |
"A-N-N-A" | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| 1997 | "Leg dein Ohr auf die Schiene der Geschiche" | - | - | - |
| 1997 | "Wenn der Vorhang fällt" | 77 | - | - |