Liebe, Tod & Teufel

Liebe, Tod & Teufel
Studio album by Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung
Released	1987 (1987)
Genre	Austropop
Length	40:47
Label	EMI Columbia Austria
Producer	Günter Schönberger
Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung chronology
Geld oder Leben! (1985) Liebe, Tod & Teufel (1987) Neppomuks Rache (1990)

Liebe, Tod & Teufel (Love, Death & the Devil) is a 1987 album by the Austrian pop band Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung.

Background

After the great success of Geld oder Leben! (Your Money or Your Life!) and its singles, the band was working on a new album. Liebe, Tod & Teufel was released on 26 October 1987. The single Küss die Hand, schöne Frau was released on 17 October that year. In 1988, the singles An der Copacabana and Burli were released. On 18 February 1988, the band started touring to promote the album.^[1]

Track list

No.	Title	English translation	Length
1.	"Drei verliebte Pinguine (1)"	"Three Penguins in Love (1)"	0:35
2.	"Liebe, Tod und Teufel"	"Love, Death and the Devil"	5:02
3.	"Küss die Hand, schöne Frau"	"Kiss the Hand, Beautiful Woman"	4:10
4.	"Der Tod"	"Mr. Death"	5:41
5.	"An der Copacabana"	"At the Copacabana"	4:34
6.	"Yes, That's Jazz"	Yes, That's Jazz	0:19
7.	"Tarzan und Jane"	"Tarzan and Jane"	4:10
8.	"Burli"	"Boy"	4:03
9.	"Auf der Nepperbahn"	"On the Nepperbahn"	2:22
10.	"Sandlerkönig Eberhard"	"Eberhard, king of the beggars"	5:42
11.	"Ohr-Troubles (Prinz Charles)"	"Ear Troubles (Prince Charles)"	3:34
12.	"Drei verliebte Pinguine (2)"	Three Penguins in Love (2)	0:35

Personnel

Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung

• Klaus Eberhartinger – lead vocals
• Thomas Spitzer – guitar, vocals, co-lead vocals on "Der Tod"
• Nino Holm – keyboards, bass, programming, backing vocals
• Eik Breit – bass, backing vocals
• Anders Stenmo – drums, programming
• Mario Bottazzi – backing vocals
• Günter Schönberger – backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Peter Kolbert – drums
• Peter Müller – programming, production
• Peter Skrepek – programming

Contents

The cover of the album shows a penguin who is popular amongst women. It also features "Teil 1" (Part 1) on the cover, with Verunsicherung from their name in big red letters adorning the cover (Erste Allgemeine appear below in brackets). This is an illustration of the song Küss die Hand, schöne Frau. In Liebe, Tod und Teufel the attitude of the Catholic Church against AIDS and homosexuals is attacked, while Burli contains a biting satire of nuclear power. However, some songs poke fun at Prince Charles' large ears (Ohr-Troubles).

Reception

The album reached #1 in Austria and Switzerland, for eight and two weeks respectively. It peaked at #3 in Germany.^[2]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1987–1988) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 1 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] 3 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1988) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 3 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 5 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 2

References

1. Official Website of EAV Archived 3 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 31 July 2016.
2. "Chart positions for Liebe, Tod & Teufel" Retrieved on 31 July 2016.
3. "Austriancharts.at – Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung – Liebe, Tod & Teufel" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
4. "Offiziellecharts.de – Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung – Liebe, Tod & Teufel" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
5. "Swisscharts.com – Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung – Liebe, Tod & Teufel". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
6. "Jahreshitparade Alben 1988". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
7. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
8. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1988". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 22 February 2022.