''Cobra Verde'' is the sixteenth album by

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. It was originally released in 1987 on

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as the original motion picture soundtrack of

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'' with

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. In 2006 SPV re-released the album with one bonus track (recorded during the sessions for the 1991 Popol Vuh album '' For You and Me'').

Track listing

All tracks composed by Florian Fricke except where noted. # "Der Tod des Cobra Verde" – 4:35 # "Nachts: Schnee" – 1:51 # "Der Marktplatz" – 2:30 # "Eine andere Welt" – 5:07 # "Grab der Mutter" – 4:30 # "Die singenden Mädchen von Ho, Ziavi" (Zigi Cultural Troupe Ho, Ziavi) – 6:52 # "Sieh nicht überm Meer ist's" – 1:26 # "Hab Mut, bis daß die Nacht mit Ruh' und Stille kommt" – 9:32 ;2006 bonus track

"OM Mani Padme Hum 4" (Piano Version) – 5:28

Personnel

* Florian Fricke –

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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Daniel Fichelscher –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

, vocals * Renate Knaup – vocals ;Guest musicians *

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– vocals (on 1) * Irmgard Hecker – vocals (on 7) * Choir of the

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Synclavier programming, recording and digital mastering by Ralph Graf
Track number 6 performed with the singing girls of the Zigi Cultural Troupe Ho, Ziavi

Credits

Recorded at Union Studios, Munich, September 1987
Track number 9 recorded at New African Studio, Munich and Sound Fabrik, Munich, January - April 1991
Produced by Florian Fricke
Track number 9 produced by Florian Fricke and Frank Fiedler

References

External links

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Popol Vuh

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