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Opium fürs Volk

Opium fürs Volk
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Studio album by Die Toten Hosen
Released 26 January 1996
2007 (jubilee edition)
Genre Punk rock, hardcore punk, alternative metal, thrash metal
Length 66:54
76:01 (re-release)
Label JKP
Producer Jon Caffery & Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen chronology
Musik war ihr Hobby
(1995)Musik war ihr Hobby1995
Opium fürs Volk
(1996)
Im Auftrag des Herrn... - Die Toten Hosen Live
(1996)Im Auftrag des Herrn... - Die Toten Hosen Live1996

Opium fürs Volk (Opium for the people) is the seventh studio album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen. Although it's not considered a concept album, it has a central theme of religion (exemplified by the intro "Vaterunser", "Die zehn Gebote" and "Paradies"). It is regarded as one of the best Die Toten Hosen albums. The title is derived from a common misquotation of Karl Marx, who called religion the Opium of the People - Opium des Volkes.

1995: "Nichts bleibt für die Ewigkeit"
1996: "Paradies"
1996: "Bonnie & Clyde"
1996: "Zehn kleine Jägermeister"

One unreleased demo from the album surfaced in 2007 with the re-release of Auf dem Kreuzzug ins Glück.


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