Völkerball

Völkerball (German for "Dodgeball", lit. "Peoples' ball") is the German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein's live album/DVD set. It was released on 17 November 2006 in Europe, 19 December 2006 in Canada and on 18 September 2007 in the U.S. The album was advertised within media by the Ich will live video featured on the DVD and Mann gegen Mann single.

The standard edition-packaging comes in both CD-sized and DVD-sized formats.  The special edition features two DVDs and one CD.  The extra DVD comes with the documentary Anakonda im Netz and the Making of Reise, Reise.  The limited edition has two DVDs, two CDs and a photobook. The logo is derived from that of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Name
Völkerball Literally it means Peoples' Ball. One could also think that the combination of the word Ball, being a dancing event like English ball or prom, in connection with Peoples and relating to the musical act Rammstein, means Dancing/Musical event of (all) people.

Versions

Standard edition: two-disc set

 DVD, 140-minute concert footage filmed in: Nîmes, Tokyo, London, and Moscow
 Audio CD, 75-minute live audio recorded in Nîmes
 Released in both CD-sized packaging and DVD-sized Packaging

Special edition: three-disc set

 DVD, 140-minute concert footage filmed in: Nîmes, Tokyo, London, and Moscow
 Audio CD, 75-minute live audio recorded in Nîmes
 DVD, 90-minute documentary: Anakonda im Netz and Making of Reise, Reise
 Released in both CD-sized packaging and DVD-sized Packaging

Limited 'tourbook' edition: four-disc set

 DVD, 140-minute concert footage filmed in: Nîmes, Tokyo, London, and Moscow
 Two Audio CDs, the entire live-audio-recording of the concert in Nîmes (105 minutes, dead airs were edited)
 DVD, 90-minute documentary: Anakonda im Netz and Making of Reise, Reise
 190-page special edition, numbered tour  photobook 
 Only 40,000 copies were produced, each one marked with a unique serial number.

Track listing

Release history

Charts

Year-end

Certifications

Reception
Völkerball was nominated for Echo Awards 2007 in the Best DVD category, which was won by Pink Floyd's Pulse.

Personnel
Till Lindemann - lead vocals, harmonica on "Los"
Richard Z. Kruspe - lead guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "Los"
Paul Landers - rhythm guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "Los"
Oliver Riedel - bass, backing vocals on "Stein um Stein" and "Sehnsucht"
Christoph Schneider - drums
Christian Lorenz - keyboards

References

External links

 

Category:Rammstein albums
Category:2006 video albums
Category:2006 live albums
Category:German-language albums
Category:Live video albums
Category:Universal Music Group live albums
Category:Universal Music Group video albums
Category:Albums recorded at the Brixton Academy