All The Best From Germany: 43 German Favorites

All The Best (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 9, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Madacy Records
• ASIN: B000000LRB
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,740 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Rosemunde (Beer Barrel Polka)

2. Heidi

3. Schneewalzer [Snow Waltz]

4. Volksmusik Medley: Wern Gott Will Rechte Gunst Erweisen/Horch/Was ...

5. Hoch Auf Dem Gelben Wagen

6. Bayrischer Landler (Bavarian Waltz)

7. Lustig Ist das Zigeunerleben

8. Die Lustigen Holzhacherbuam

9. Hohe Tannen

10. Rhine Medley: Wir Machen Durch Bis Morgen Fruh/Ein Prosit/Nach House

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Wir Kommen Alle in Den Himmel

2. Schnaps, das War Sien Letztes Wort

3. Humba Tatara

4. Am 30, Mai Ist Der Weltuntergang

5. Wer Soli das Bezahlen

6. Das Kannst du Nicht Ahnen

7. Heute Blau und Morgan Blau

8. Der Schonste Platz Is Immer an Der Theke

9. Jetzt Trin'n Ma Noch a Flascheri Wein

10. Heidewitzka Herr Kapitan

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This collection of German standards is so determinedly lighthearted you could go snow-blind just listening to it. Disc 1 wanders from brass band music with a cheery chorus to a pop-friendly combo armed with electronic keyboards and what sounds suspiciously like a drum machine. "Kornblumenblau" gets a reverential glee club treatment, while "Heute Blau und Morgen Blau" erupts with ersatz yodels that are as close as this set gets to Alpine vocal antics. The Mexican ay-yi-yi-ing on the calypso-flavored "Nach Hause Geh'n Wir Nicht" shows how far such collections have come from the days of "The Happy Wanderer," though the unnamed musicians toss that ditty in as well. Disc 2 ups the oompah-band quotient a couple of notches, putting a head on the lusty singing guaranteed to put the gemütlichkeit into your own private Oktoberfest. --Bob Tarte

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars There are two CDs with incorrect labeling and repeats., February 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: All The Best From Germany: 43 German Favorites (Audio CD)

It appears that the label forgot to listen to their own CDs. There are two CD's in the set. Both have identical covers except for the numbers on the cover for Disc 1/2 and the incorrect count of favorites. The first CD has mislabeled selections 8,9,10 which are really 7,8,9. The second CD is listed at Amazon as having five bonus tracks, but they are not all at the end. They are at positions 1,2,15,16, and 28. They will sound familiar because they are repeats of selections from the Rhine and Carnival Medleys on the first disk.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music to lift the spirits while you work, May 24, 1999

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Combination (Ottawa, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All The Best From Germany: 43 German Favorites (Audio CD)

You don't have to be German or even understand german to enjoy these medlies. My neighbours have asked for copies because they enjoy hearing them so much through my windows. The only drawback is that I play them over and over again.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't be better, October 5, 2000

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A. B. Foster "winesnob_" (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All The Best From Germany: 43 German Favorites (Audio CD)

Being German, and having been to numerous beer fests I'd just like shoppers to know that these are the songs Germans sing at their festivities.