Volk (album)


Volk is the seventh studio album by Slovenian industrial group Laibach. 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 NSK State, a virtual state to which Laibach belong. The album is a collaboration with another Slovenian band Silence.
The anthem of the NSK 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. The album cover has a double meaning. The word Volk in German means "nation" or "people", and is also a Slavic word for "wolf".

Track listing

  1. "Germania" - based on "Das Lied der Deutschen"
  2. "America" - based on "The Star-Spangled Banner"
  3. "Anglia" - based on "God Save the Queen"
  4. "Rossiya" - based on the State Anthem of the Soviet Union, post-2000 "National Anthem of Russia", and "The Internationale"
  5. "Francia" - based on "La Marseillaise"
  6. "Italia" - based on "Il Canto degli Italiani"
  7. "España" - based on "Marcha Real" and "El Himno de Riego"
  8. "Yisra’el" - based on "Hatikvah" and "Fida'i"
  9. "Türkiye" - based on "İstiklâl Marşı"
  10. "Zhonghuá" - based on "March of the Volunteers"
  11. "Nippon" - based on "Kimi ga Yo"
  12. "Slovania" - based on "Hey, Slavs"
  13. "Vaticanae" - based on "Inno e Marcia Pontificale"
  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.