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Robby Maria & The Silent Revolution (album)

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Robby Maria & The Silent Revolution is the only studio album of the former Berlin based band Robby Maria & The Silent Revolution around singer-songwriter Robby Maria. It was released on 20 April 2012.[1][2]

Origin

The Album was written by Robby Maria and drummer Anni Müller and recorded with Ben Hunt on electric guitar and Simon Birkholz on bass during Winter 2010/2011 in various studios all over Berlin and Nicosia.[3] The tracks "9o1 Independence", "Cars & Highways", "Could've Been" und "Down By The Water", which Maria originally wrote with songwriter Stephan Metzner for the Poetry-Album 9o1 Independence on the Island of Cyprus were included as bonus tracks.[4][5]

Track listing

all music composed by Robby Maria, except track 11-14 by Stephan Metzner. All lyrics by Robby Maria.

  1. The Spanish House – 1:50
  2. Immigrants – 2:22
  3. 22nd Century Girl – 4:00
  4. Build Me A Woman – 3:44
  5. Nostradamus' Years – 3:12
  6. Break The Silence – 3:30
  7. Ship To Shore (Organ Version) – 2:43
  8. Like A Zombie – 3:57
  9. Surprise – 3:17
  10. Satellite City – 6:20
  11. 9o1 Independence – 2:54
  12. Cars & Highways – 5:18
  13. Could've Been – 4:43
  14. Down By The Water – 3:14

Personnel

  • Robby Maria – vocals, acoustic guitars
  • Anni Müller – drums, percussions
  • Ben Hunt - electric guitars, background vocals
  • Simon Birkholz - bass guitar, organ

Album Ratings

Marcel Peteroff wrote:"... i cannot deny an analogy to the early David Bowie plus an enormous originality that is hard to judge".[6] Blackbirds TV wrote"...extremely charismatic!"[7]

References