The Rainbirds are a German band formed in 1986 and originally composed of Katharina Franck, Michael Beckmann and Wolfgang Glum.
Spotted by Mercury Records during a rock festival in Berlin, the group released their eponymous debut album in 1988. An album that hit the Old Continent and produced the flagship Single "Blueprint" in particular.
Further success in 1989 with the release of the album "Call Me Easy, Say I’m Strong, Love Me My Way, It Ain’t Wrong".
Repeated successes which did not prevent the group from imploding soon after leaving only Katharina Franck in charge.
Unified by pianist Ulrike Haage, the group will become a duo which will release other albums later but which will not compete with the quality of the previous two.
To discover or rediscover...
Discography (among others ...) :
80s Decade :
Blueprint 1987
Boy on the beach 1988
Sea of time 1989
Not exactly 1989
Love is a better world (White city of light) 1989
90s Decade :
Two faces 1991
Real 1991
Head over heels 1991
Devil’s dance 1993
Jamais jamais 1993
Someone sometime 1993
Absolutely free 1996
Give me a kiss 1996
Everything falls (Into place) 1996
Don’t cry ariver for me (Be cool) 1997
Shoot from the hip 1997
2010s Decade :
Paperchase 2014
Yonder 2014
Seven compartments 2014
Tracks :
1987 ... frankly, almost impossible to imagine that this group is stamped Made In Deutschland. The sound and style really make you think of pure Anglo-Saxon and it's pretty flattering ...
1988 ... after the time of revelation, the time for confirmation has come. Admittedly, the success is not on a planetary level but whatever, we will largely be satisfied with it ...
1989 ... a multi-influence style which takes up most of the great musical themes of the time. Everyone will find his account...
1989 ... a big year 1989 with several big caliber titles. For the very large caliber, we will still have to be patient ...
1989...while we thought that the group was out to smash everything, the decline in the Charts was going to be violent to say the least from this title onwards...
1991 ... change of decade which rhymes with change of style. The group begins to switch slowly but surely in the wacky. For good or for bad...?
1991...unfortunately this musical reorientation will not really benefit them far from it. Why this sudden glazing in terms of sounds...?
1991...on the other hand we cannot say that the titles which are now being released are unworthy, far from it. But that's not really what the general public expects, that's clear...
1993...frankly a shame because it all got off to a good start. The group had started on the right track and suddenly decided to change it. Bad pick...
1993...this opus will be the last to be classified. Afterwards, no album or Single will appear in the Charts, a harsh law of the trade...
1993...afterwards as long as they continue to enjoy what they do why change anything. At least that's what they tell themselves...
1996 ... years with the minimum union, years without anything at all. A fairly chaotic decade of the 90s which saw the group somewhat lose his Latin ...
1996...that in no way prevents them from continuing the adventure whatever happens. They will still have to ask themselves the right questions at one point or another...
1996...questions they don't intend to ask themselves just yet. Be careful not to see the exit door approaching too quickly...
1997 ... anyway, an original group which will have demonstrated a certain talent and produced several titles of certain quality...
1997...they will have gone through the 90s doing what they wanted and only what they wanted without really taking into account the musical developments of the time...
2014...we thought that the adventure would go no further and yet here they are again in the middle of the decade 2010. Who would have believed it...?
2014...it's the core fans who are most excited in any case. It now remains to be seen with which musical project the group returns exactly...
2014...unexpected return which will not allow them to get back into the race no matter what. They will have at least tried as they say...
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