Volk
Studio album by
Laibach
Released26 October 2006
RecordedDaily Girl, NSK Studio and Studio Metro (Ljubljana), The Instrument and Metropolis studios (London), Master & Servant (Hamburg)
GenreIndustrial, neoclassical dark wave
Length58:31
LabelMute
ProducerLaibach and Silence
Laibach chronology
Anthems
(2004) 		Volk
(2006) 		Volk Tour London CC Club 16 April 2007
(2007)
Silence chronology
Key
(2006) 		Volk
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Pitchfork Media(4.8/10)[2]
PopMatters[3]
Release Magazine[4]

Volk is the seventh studio album by Slovenian industrial group Laibach, released in 2006. The word "volk" means "people" or "nation" in German and "wolf" in Slovene. The album is a collection of thirteen songs inspired by national or pan-national anthems, plus the anthem of the Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK) State, a fictional state invented by the band. The album is a collaboration with another Slovenian band, Silence.[5]

The anthem of the NSK state is essentially the same arrangement as "The Great Seal", a song on their 1987 album Opus Dei. Like "The Great Seal", the words are based on Winston Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.

Track listing

  1. "Germania" – based on "Das Lied der Deutschen" (Germany)
  2. "America" – based on "The Star-Spangled Banner" (United States)
  3. "Anglia" – based on "God Save the Queen" (United Kingdom)
  4. "Rossiya" – based on the State Anthem of the Soviet Union, post-2000 "National Anthem of Russia" (Russia), and "The Internationale"
  5. "Francia" – based on "La Marseillaise" (France)
  6. "Italia" – based on "Il Canto degli Italiani" (Italy)
  7. "España" – based on "Marcha Real" (music) and "El Himno de Riego" (lyrics) (Spain)
  8. "Yisra’el" – based on "Hatikvah" (Israel) and "Fida'i" (Palestine)
  9. "Türkiye" – based on "İstiklâl Marşı" (Turkey)
  10. "Zhonghuá" – based on "March of the Volunteers" (People's Republic of China)
  11. "Nippon" – based on "Kimi ga Yo" (Japan)
  12. "Slovania" – based on "Hey, Slavs" (anthem of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and unofficial anthem of Pan-Slavism)
  13. "Vaticanae" – based on "Inno e Marcia Pontificale" (Vatican City)
  14. "NSK" – the anthem of Neue Slowenische Kunst, also known as "The Great Seal"

Personnel

Album written and produced by Laibach and Silence, 2005–2006.

References

  1. ^ "Volk - Laibach". Allmusic.
  2. ^ "Laibach: Volk". Pitchfork.
  3. ^ "Laibach: Volk". PopMatters.
  4. ^ "Laibach: Volk". Release Magazine.
  5. ^ silence-zone.com. "Silence discography: Volk". silence-zone.com. Retrieved 27 March 2007.
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