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40 Jahre – Live von der Waldbühne Berlin

Karat · 2015

135 min · 24 tracks · rock music

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Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

58 /100
Foothills
Higher than 10% of albums we've rated

Strong songs and a broad career-spanning set sustain the concert, but the anniversary format gives the sequence less unity than a purpose-built album.

What we noticed

  • The 24-song set threads major older songs through the running order: “Schwanenkönig” is fourth, “Der Albatros” eleventh, and “Der blaue Planet” twentieth.
  • “Über sieben Brücken musst du gehn” comes directly after “Der blaue Planet,” followed by three more songs, so the close extends beyond the two biggest late-set landmarks.
  • The long set moves between reflective songs such as “Abendstimmung” and more forceful titles such as “Gewitterregen” and “Mich zwingt keiner auf die Knie”; it plays as a career-spanning concert rathe…
Composition 25% of the score
6/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
6/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
6/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
5/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
6/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 3/10

Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Steh wieder auf 3:01
  • 2 Marionetten 4:07
  • 3 Jede Stunde 7:07
  • 4 Schwanenkönig 7:37
  • 5 Tanz mit der Sphinx 4:30
  • 6 Falscher Glanz 9:18
  • 7 Musik zu einem nicht existierenden Film 3:23
  • 8 Auf den Meeren 7:32
  • 9 Abendstimmung 4:10
  • 10 Gewitterregen 4:10
  • 11 Der Albatros 9:50
  • 12 Soll ich dich befreien 4:11

Disc 2

  • 1 Sag seit wann 4:35
  • 2 Seelenschiffe 4:05
  • 3 Hab den Mond mit der Hand berührt 6:00
  • 4 Blumen aus Eis 6:26
  • 5 Mich zwingt keiner auf die Knie 4:07
  • 6 In deiner Galerie Karat 4:33
  • 7 Das Narrenschiff 5:54
  • 8 Der blaue Planet 6:40
  • 9 Über sieben Brücken musst du gehn 8:00
  • 10 Weitergehn 4:20
  • 11 König der Welt 5:40
  • 12 Magisches Licht 5:52

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