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So I ordered the Sehnsucht CD after all. It was about $25 with shipping - but it's worth every penny, and then some. Actually, this album was released in two slightly different editions: the one I had downloaded from the net is the 'regular' one, and the one I have on CD includes several 'special versions'. So I have the full collection now.:)
Anyway... the CD artwork is mindblowingly gorgeous, and the lyrics pack quite a punch too. Thankfully, the booklet includes English translations of all the German lyrics (as well as the German translations of all the English ones) - they have been doing this since the beginning, as far as I know (the earliest album I have on CD is from 1993, and it does include translations). So I can share my favorites here without having to mangle them through the Google translator.:D Btw, just like the music and the artwork, the translations have also steadily improved over the years, and are now quite good (the artwork was always good, now it's excellent; the music was always way beyond good, now it's beyond words, thank you very much).
( So without further ado, here's the album cover: )
Anyway... the CD artwork is mindblowingly gorgeous, and the lyrics pack quite a punch too. Thankfully, the booklet includes English translations of all the German lyrics (as well as the German translations of all the English ones) - they have been doing this since the beginning, as far as I know (the earliest album I have on CD is from 1993, and it does include translations). So I can share my favorites here without having to mangle them through the Google translator.:D Btw, just like the music and the artwork, the translations have also steadily improved over the years, and are now quite good (the artwork was always good, now it's excellent; the music was always way beyond good, now it's beyond words, thank you very much).
( So without further ado, here's the album cover: )
