- Rainbirds【 8 albums 68 lyrics 】
- The Rainbirds are a German Pop rock band established in 1986 around the singer Katharina Franck. Their greatest hit is 'Blueprint'.
The band formed in 1986 and named themselves after an instrumental track by Tom Waits. When they won the Rock competition of the Senate of Berlin, they were contracted by Mercury Records. Their first album Rainbirds was produced in the Audio Studios of Berlin and became a success, the single 'Blueprint' enjoyed attention across Europe in 1988. The band's first line-up included Katharina Franck (guitar, vocals), Michael Beckmann (bass), and Wolfgang Glum (drums). Due to a concert tour, guitarist Rodrigo González became a member of the Rainbirds. Later he joined Die Ärzte and Abwärts.
In the spring of 1989 the second album Call Me Easy, Say I’m Strong, Love Me My Way, It Ain’t Wrong was released, with a video clip by director and photographer Anton Corbijn. Corbijn who was known for his photographs of bands like Depeche Mode and U2 became the Rainbird's favourite photographer in the following years.
After this album, the band separated and Katharina Franck reformed the Rainbirds as a duo with piano player Ulrike Haage. They released two albums in this line-up: Two Faces (1991) and In a different light (1993). Drummer Tim Lorenz joined them in 1994 as a third member. In the following years the band published two studio albums, Making memory (1996) and Forever (1997) as well as a live album 3000.live (1999), their last release.
Solo careers
Katharina Franck continued a solo career that had already begun in 1997 with a Spoken word album Hunger and published a second solo album Zeitlupenkino (lit.: slow motion cinema) on Mute Records in 2002.
Also Ulrike Haage, after recording numerous audio plays and composing theatre music, presented a solo album Sélavy in 2004. Drummer Tim Lorenz operates a recording studio in Berlin.
Reformation
In 2013 the Rainbirds reformed with a new line-up. Prior to the re-release of their remastered debut album Rainbirds, it was announced in September 2013 that a new album has been recorded with Katharina Franck as singer, drummer Bela Brauckmann and electronic musician Gunter Papperitz. Their new album Yonder was released in May 2014. - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
- Album name Release Date Song
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Forever
1997
1.Time Comes Round To Pass
2.No Amends
3.Don't Cry A River For Me(Be Cool)
4.Shoot From The Hip
5.Tomorrow
6.Please Don't Make Me Happy7.On Tv Forever
8.Your Aching Heart
9.One Sad Boy
10.Now And Then
11.Everywhere Is Resurrection -
Making Memory
1996
1.With A Smile
2.Absolutely Free
3.I Am Cold And I Am Not
4.Give Me A Kiss
5.In A Long Time
6.Education Of The Soul7.Oblivion Seekers/here To Go
8.High
9.Johnny Guitar
10.Never Gone
11.Nothing Cancels Love
12.Memories -
In A Different Light
1993
1.Sleep With Snakes
2.Pebbles In My Hand
3.Pride
4.Devils Dance
5.Ain'T It Strange
6.Pessoa 19347.Jamais Jamais (Provided)
8.A Waltz For Jane
9.Rock'n'roll
10.In Heaven
11.Someone Sometime
12.Todos Contentos Y Yo Tambien -
Two Faces
1991
1.Two Face(El Mirage Desert Version)
2.Ha! Ha! Houdini's Laughing
3.The World Is Growing Old
4.Real
5.Head Over Heals6.Big Fat Cat
7.Invisible
8.Mystery Train
9.Woman With The Golden Eye
10.Things Change -
Call Me Easy.
1989
1.Love Was Already There To Be Found
2.Love Is A Better Word(White City Of Light)
3.Not Exactly
4.Better Than Before
5.In Love & Alright6.Sea Of Time
7.Nowhere
8.Moon
9.Jesus First
10.Responsible -
Rainbirds
1987
1.Boy On The Beach
2.Blueprint
3.7 Compartments
4.Apparently5.On The Balcony
6.No Greater Love
7.We Make Love Falling
8.Dancer -
We Forget
1.Waves -
Miscellaneous
1.Two Faces
2.Boy On the Beach (Live From Baunatal Stadthalle, Germany / May 5th, 1998)3.Blueprint (Live From Berlin Altes Tempodrom, Germany / May 12th, 1998)
4.Sea of Time (a: Rocking Song / b: Time / c: Call Me Easy, Say I'm Strong, Love Me My Way, It Ain't Wrong)
【Correction of errors in the album information】