''Powstanie Warszawskie'' (
Polish for "
Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occurred in the summer of 1944, and it was led ...
") is a second studio album released in March 2005 by
Polish band
Lao Che. It consists of 10 songs illustrating the course of 1944
uprising in Warsaw,
Poland
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. The album received many prestigious nominations and awards:
* No. 1 Event in 2005's
Polish music by ''
Gazeta Wyborcza
''Gazeta Wyborcza'' (; ''The Electoral Gazette'' in English) is a Polish daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland. It is the first Polish daily newspaper after the era of " real socialism" and one of Poland's newspapers of record, covering the ...
''
* The best album of 2005 by listeners of
Polskie Radio
Polskie Radio Spółka Akcyjna (PR S.A.; English: Polish Radio) is Poland's national public-service radio broadcasting organization owned by the State Treasury of Poland.
History
Polskie Radio was founded on 18 August 1925 and began making ...
—
Program III
* One of the five best albums in 2005 by ''
Przekrój''
* Nominee in The Best Alternative Album category of
Fryderyki 2005.
Track listing
Titles in brackets are translated from
Polish.
# "1939 / Przed Burzą" (''1939 / Before
the Storm'')
# "Godzina W" (''
W-Hour'')
# "Barykada" (''
Barricade
Barricade (from the French ''barrique'' - 'barrel') is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. Adopted as a military term, a barricade denot ...
'')
# "Zrzuty" (''
Airdrops'')
# "Stare Miasto" (''
Old Town
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'')
# "Przebicie do Śródmieścia" (''Breakout to the
City Center
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'')
# "
Czerniaków"
# "Hitlerowcy" (''
Hitlerites'')
# "Kanały" (''
Sewers'')
# "Koniec" (''The End'')
References
External links
*
''Powstanie Warszawskie'' at the official website– lyrics,
MP3
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samples and song descriptions
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2005 albums
Concept albums
Lao Che (band) albums