''Das Hohelied Salomos'' ("The Song of Solomon") is the sixth album by

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. It was originally released in 1975, on

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. In 2005, SPV re-released the album with three bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Florian Fricke except 2, 9 composed by Florian Fricke and Daniel Fichelscher, and 7 composed by Daniel Fichelscher. Lyrics by Salomo arranged by Florian Fricke. # "Steh auf, zieh mich Dir nach" – 4:44 # "Du schönste der Weiber" – 4:28 # "In den Nächten auf den Gassen I" – 1:33 # "Du Sohn Davids I" – 2:59 # "In den Nächten auf den Gassen II" – 3:26 # "Der Winter ist vorbei" – 3:42 # "Ja, Deine Liebe ist süßer als Wein" – 3:36 # "Du Sohn Davids II" – 3:47 # "Du tränke mich mit Deinen Küssen" – 4:57 ;2005 bonus tracks

"In den Nächten auf den Gassen III" – 2:10
"Schön bist Du vor Menschensöhnen" (Alternative Session) – 2:45
"Mitten im Garten" (Alternative Piano Version) – 4:50

Personnel

Florian Fricke Florian Fricke (23 February 1944 – 29 December 2001) was a German musician who started his professional career with electronic music using the Moog synthesizer within the krautrock group Popol Vuh. His music and that of the band however soon e ...

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Daniel Fichelscher Daniel "Danny" Secundus Fichelscher, (born 3 July 1953 in Berlin), is a German multi-instrumentalist who played a pivotal role in Krautrock band Popol Vuh, was a member of the German group Gila and is currently Amon Düül II's drummer. Fichelsch ...

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;Guest musicians *

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Credits

*Recorded at Bavaria Studio, Munich, February 1975 *Engineered by Klaus Meier and Wolfgang Loper, assisted by Libuse Tomas and Hardy Bank *Electronics by Florian Fricke, Frank Fiedler, and Robert Wedel *Mixed and produced by Florian Fricke and Reinhard Langowski *Art direction and design by Ulli Eichberger

References

External links

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Furious.com (Comprehensive article & review of every album, in English)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hohelied Salomos Popol Vuh (band) albums 1975 albums German-language albums United Artists Records albums SPV GmbH albums